Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in microbial communities when compared to any one of 356 datasets collected as part of the International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM). That’s a ridiculous overlap! As the paper title suggests, . . . → Read More: Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea
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By Dr Bik, on  April 4th, 2013  Leave a comment  Genetics, Habitats, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  16S, archaea, Bacteria, endemic, genomes, genomics, high-throughput sequencing, Illumina, Microbes, rRNA By Dr Bik, on October 5th, 2012 One comment Pictures and Movies, Reviews genomics, high-throughput sequencing, marine music, metagenomics, Microbes Bringing you some awesome ocean sounds this Friday–nope, not crashing waves or squawking seagulls (boo hiss for vertebrates). These sounds come from MICROBES! Peter Larsen and colleagues at Argonne National Lab (home of the gargantuan Earth Microbiome Project) have turned their huge DNA sequence datasets into music. Listen to the jazzy samplings below (video), and . . . → Read More: TGIF: Some Friday jazz, courtesy of marine microbes
By Dr Bik, on August 8th, 2012 2 comments Microbes, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, 454, eukaryotes, genomics, high-throughput sequencing, Labyrinthulids, metagenomics, Microbes 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
By Dr Bik, on June 6th, 2012 11 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Oil Spills, Organisms, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, Community Ecology, Deepwater Horizon, DNA Barcoding, Fungi, Gulf of Mexico, high-throughput sequencing, Meiofauna, metagenomics, nematodes, Oil Spill, plos one Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop brought scientists and industry contacts together to discuss the challenges and consequences of petroleum-related accidents in fragile polar habitats. I remember the BP executives had to step out to deal . . . → Read More: Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By Dr Bik, on September 3rd, 2011 One comment Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Organisms Bacteria, high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, Microbes, pelagic, Seasonality, UK …because “High-throughput sequencing confers a deep view of seasonal community dynamics in pelagic marine environments”, however appropriate a title, seems far too dry and technical for a blog. I mean, I want people to read my posts, right? Don’t be fooled by the title, though: I am going to give you some seriously elegant science . . . → Read More: Big text files can tell you how the ocean works
By Dr Bik, on May 14th, 2011 One comment Microbes, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls 16S, archaea, Bacteria, DNA, high-throughput sequencing, hydrotermal vent, Lost City, Microbes, rRNA I recently reported on the awesomeness of high-throughput sequencing technologies, and commented on their huge potential for transforming the way biologists do business. (Seriously, people, its going to be like the renaissance of 21st century science – you heard it here first!) As a follow up to my previous post, I wanted to highlight this . . . → Read More: Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
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