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ArticleMicrobiome2016

The Metagenomics and Metadesign of the Subways and Urban Biomes (MetaSUB) International Consortium inaugural meeting report.

MetaSUB International Consortium

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Article in Microbiome, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

MetaSUB International Consortium

Funding

Epigenome Interactions in Complex Neurogenetic DisordersR01NS076465 · NINDS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI MASON, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD, ROSS, MARGARET ELIZABETH · 2011 to 2015
$5.8M
Community Research Education and Engagement for Data Science (CREEDS)R25EB020393 · NIBIB · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CLAUDIO, LUZ, KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2015 to 2017
$578k
Rapid Identification and Quantification of Organisms from Heterogeneous DNAF31GM111053 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI REEVES, DARRYL ANDREW · 2014 to 2016
$108k
NIBIB NIH HHS R25 EB020393NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM111053NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Metagenomics and Metadesign of the Subways and Urban Biomes (MetaSUB) International Consortium is a novel, interdisciplinary initiative comprised of experts across many fields, including genomics, data analysis, engineering, public health, and architecture. The ultimate goal of the MetaSUB Consortium is to improve city utilization and planning through the detection, measurement, and design of metagenomics within urban environments. Although continual measures occur for temperature, air pressure, weather, and human activity, including longitudinal, cross-kingdom ecosystem dynamics can alter and improve the design of cities. The MetaSUB Consortium is aiding these efforts by developing and testing metagenomic methods and standards, including optimized methods for sample collection, DNA/RNA isolation, taxa characterization, and data visualization. The data produced by the consortium can aid city planners, public health officials, and architectural designers. In addition, the study will continue to lead to the discovery of new species, global maps of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) markers, and novel biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). Finally, we note that engineered metagenomic ecosystems can help enable more responsive, safer, and quantified cities.

Indexed as

City PlanningDatabases, GeneticEcosystemHumansMetagenomicsPublic HealthResearch DesignAntimicrobial resistance markersBiosynthetic gene clustersBuilt environmentMicrobiomeNext-generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID27255532
PMCPMC4894504

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