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1/24/2018

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Kinorhynch
BITMaB2: Benthic Invertebrate Taxonomy, Metagenomics and Bioinformatics

The workshop consisted of a bioinformatics portion in which we all learned QIIME2 and taxonomy sessions in the lab. Highlights: I was reunited with my favorite Phylum, the Kinorhyncha and learned more about them from experts, I saw my first live gnathostomulid, and many of us are keeping in touch moving forward, so collaboration potentials are high!

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NANOPORE SEQUENCING

1/11/2018

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GridIon Sequencing Machine
Colored GridION sequencing cells
Today, I loaded a flow-cell and ran it on a GridION sequencer. Third-generation sequencing continues to get more and more accessible.

Oxford Nanopore sent two scientists to our university to provide an in-depth 2-day training, and we learned a lot. Our first run of five flow cells included 2 species of fish, a bacterium, a plant, and my chiton. We got between 2Gb - 8Gb of data per cell.

The lower picture shows my actual flow cell, sequencing in real-time. The green squares are nanopores currently sequencing DNA. 



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SICB 2018

1/9/2018

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SICB2018 was great! I presented the poster below, Kevin also presented a poster, and I made many new science connections. Favorite talks included robots, phylogenetic techniques and critiques, and at one point a chainsaw. 

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Conference poster
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