So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?
Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And...
Tag: DNA
Top 5 scariest species…from, er, DNA?
My fellow Deeplings have been barraging the blog with “Best of” and “Top 10” lists in recent memory. Now...
In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But...
Challenger Deep: What we can learn from a single, half core of mud
James Cameron’s descent to the Challenger Deep – we have adventure, intrigue, and a great story for the media....
Hot dayum, Craig Venter
There’s a new paper today describing the use of very short sequences (100 base pairs long) and sophisticated computational...
Assembling the Little Skate Genome
This past week I was visiting the University of Delaware to attend the 3rd Skate Genome Annotation workshop, sponsored...
Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
I recently reported on the awesomeness of high-throughput sequencing technologies, and commented on their huge potential for transforming the...
Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS...
A 21st century view of Marine Biology
So you wanna be a marine biologist in the 21st century? Better crack open that MacBook and start writing...
The Ghetto Guide to Genetics
Everyone knows what DNA is–the genetic code, the building block of life, what catches the criminals in CSI. But...