Beaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to Evan
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By , on August 8th, 2012 2 comments   Microbes, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

At the end of May I received some awful news. My former lab manager reached out with an ominous phone call: a high school student I had mentored at the University of New Hampshire had tragically passed away. His name was Evan Dube, and he was attending his first year of university at Bates College . . . → Read More: Beaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to Evan

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Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
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By , on April 26th, 2011 7 comments   Ecology, Microbes, New Species, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS of high-throughput sequencing. Frankly, I’m a bit obsessed. If my life were an SAT analogy, it would be Dr Bik:Sequencing platforms as Teenage Girls:Twilight. My gorgeous Illumina never sleeps (runs 2 weeks straight for a . . . → Read More: Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans

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