So we recently had two problems with a common solution: #1, we hadn’t had a lab social function in awhile #2, we wanted to try using the MinION sequencer in a “field” setting, but weren’t quite ready to try it without electricity on hand. The obvious solution, have the entire lab over to my house …
We are a research group working on Genetics in a Vet School and closely collaborating with veterinary clinicians and dermatologists. We moved from specific pathogens, such as Leishmania, to specific commensals such as Demodex… and finally ended studying the whole: the skin microbiota on healthy dogs. Vets are always wondering why there are differences among …
Well, I have been digging around a lot into Nanopore sequencing recently. This started as preparation for a lecture I gave at the Bodega Applied Phylogenetics course a few weeks ago on “The Evolution of DNA sequencing.” In preparation for my talk I posted my slides from last years talk and asked people on Twitter …