Hot dayum, Craig Venter
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By , on September 19th, 2011 Leave a comment   New Research   , , , ,  

There’s a new paper today describing the use of very short sequences (100 base pairs long) and sophisticated computational algorithms to map out an entire genome sequence. Falling asleep yet? Ok, that technology might sound pretty cool, but for us molecular biologists it is sooo last season in the genomics world (like beige nail polish . . . → Read More: Hot dayum, Craig Venter

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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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A 21st century view of Marine Biology
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By , on March 20th, 2011 2 comments   Ecology, Organisms, Scientist!   , , , , , ,  

So you wanna be a marine biologist in the 21st century? Better crack open that MacBook and start writing perl scripts. As part of our NSF RAPID grant studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill, our group is busy organizing an outreach workshop for undergrads entitled the “Bioinformatics of Biodiversity”. We’ll be giving a . . . → Read More: A 21st century view of Marine Biology

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