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The TTB released a notice on April 20th that they "are extending any exemptions, waivers, or other authorizations currently provided in TTB G 2020-1A, through December 31, 2020." This means that Distilleries and alcohol fuel plants can continue producing hand sanitizer through the end of the year. Additionally, hand sanitizer may be produced using undenatured ethanol and may be removed from the bonded premise without paying excise tax provided that the hand sanitizer is "for use by hospitals, blood banks, sanitariums, certain pathological laboratories, non-profit clinics, and qualifying educational institutions seeking to use it to manufacture hand sanitizer, and not for resale or use in the manufacture of any product for sale." Links TTB Newsletter for April 20, 2020 TTB G 2020-1A, Production of Hand Sanitizer to Address the COVID 19 Pandemic

C. Roullier-Gall, V. David, D. Hemmler, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, & H. Alexandre: “Exploring Yeast Interactions through Metabolic Profiling”, Scientific Reports (2020). How about we discuss some research that isn’t about the current pandemic? One of my college housemates always referred to yeast as “yeast-buddies” when we were brewing or in reference to my work as a winemaker. Let’s look at some recent yeast research in preparation for the impending crush. I came across this paper that was just published by Scientific Reports . Winemakers have to be practical microbiologists as they herd yeast, and bacteria, through their respective fermentations. Few winemakers, however, seem to stray beyond yeast ranching. Metabolomics is a type of systems biology that focuses on the intermediate substrates of metabolism. A textbook definition might read as, “Metabolomics is the study of the unique chemical composition, or fingerprints, of particular cellular processes.” The important concept, at l...

Leslie Dietz, Patrick F. Horve, David A. Coil, Mark Fretz, Jonathan A. Eisen, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg: “2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission”, mSystems (2020) Like most people, I’ve been holed up and socially isolating during this pandemic. While doing so, I have been thinking a bit about building design and how most people live, commute, and work in environments that seem designed to maximize the spread of disease. The Legionnaires’ outbreak back in 1976 should have served as a wake-up call about pathologically bad building design. Of course, Legionella bacteria are both substantially larger and thanks to antibiotics, infections are easier to treat, than a virus. Coincidentally, UC Davis, my alma mater , has been making an effort to keep the media informed about the latest published research about coronavirus (AKA COVID-19, AKA SARS-CoV-2) and posted a note about a literature review that was just published in the Am...