Sally, one of my lab mates, takes amazing videos of protists under the microscope (she posts these on her Instagram, pondlife_pondlife – go check it…
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Author: Holly Bik
I am a computational biologist at the University of California, Riverside. My research uses DNA sequencing and genomics to study microbial eukaryotes (yeah, nematodes!) in marine ecosystems, with an emphasis on evolution and biodiversity in the deep-sea. I can neither confirm nor deny that I like Unix more than I like going to sea.
“It’s like a deep-sea version of Truck Nuts”
Yes, that’s a direct quote from National Public Radio. I was giggling this weekend when I turned on the legendary NPR quiz show Wait Wait..Don’t…
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Yes, you read that right. I have no idea what it’s about, or why it’s named “The Runner”, but I do know that the trailer contains Nicholas…
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Ten Simple Rules for Effective Online Outreach
Exciting news for the DSN team! What we do here on this site — our mission and core values — have now been immortalized in the…
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I prefer my seafood without sperm, thank you
With the first taste of palolo I understood the Samoans’ love for it. Certainly it suggested a salty caviar, but with something added, a strong,…
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A Fond Friday Farewell
Parting is always such sweet sorrow. Although we have a tinge of sadness this week at DSN, sometimes we’re powerless to halt change. In this…
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The weird sizes and exotic shapes of nematode worms
FACT: We study evolution in nematodes by constructing trees out of their penis size. Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory…
View More The weird sizes and exotic shapes of nematode wormsThe complex wrath of the Ozone hole over Antarctica
Through its influence on atmospheric circulation, [the ozone hole] has helped to shield the Antarctic continent from much of the effect of global warming over…
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Putting snails in the microwave…for science!
Yahoo answers tells me I shouldn’t put snails in the microwave, but this paper tells me otherwise: Galindo LA, Puillandre N, Strong EE, Bouchet P…
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Diagnosing Death with Diatoms
“I know you drowned him in the ocean, these bones don’t lie…” Ever heard of forensic limnology? Neither had I, until I had a random…
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