May 2013
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MY OLD SPREADSHEETS
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Map of Life
By bringing together all types of information about species distributions, providing model-based integration, and providing a system for users to build upon our knowledge, the Map of Life project hopes to support our community in understanding and saving the world’s biodiversity. There is now a demo release of Map of Life!This demo allows you to map and produce list of species anywhere for ~...
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Scholar Alert: New citation
Scholar Alert: New citations to my articlesSingle nucleotide polymorphism discovery in albacore and Atlantic bluefin tuna provides insights into worldwide population structureA Albaina, M Iriondo, I Velado, U Laconcha… - Animal Genetics, 2013Summary The optimal management of the commercially important, but mostly over- exploited, pelagic tunas, albacore (Thunnus alalunga Bonn., 1788) and Atlantic...
Ever hear of Nostrasamus?
That’s not a typo. Of course everyone’s heard of that old fool Nostradamus, who was supposed to be able to predict the fate of the world (including the OJ Simpson trial!). However, I think he’s a miserable failure.
NostraSAMus (that refers to me, by the way), on the other hand, seems to actually have a good grasp on reality and the future. As reference, notice what I wrote in...
Top 20 Articles (related to: Immune response and...
List 1: Top 20 Articles, in the Domain of Article 21853237, Since its Publication (2012)
1. Immune response and mechanical stress susceptibility in diseased oysters, Crassostrea virginica.
Roberts SB, Sunila I, Wikfors GH.
J Comp Physiol B; 2012 Jan;182(1):41-8.
2. Water-quality parameters and total aerobic bacterial and Vibrionaceae loads in Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from...
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Scholar Alert: New citation
Scholar Alert: New citations to my articlesGenetic and epigenetic variation in mass selection populations of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigasQ Jiang, Q Li, H Yu, LF Kong - Genes & GenomicsAbstract Selective breeding often produces an improvement in phenotype. Much of the phenotypic change within a species is a consequence of genetic variation. However, there is growing evidence for phenotypic...
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WHEN MY PI CHALLENGES ME
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Turn Your Smartphone Into A Microscope
This morning I played around with a pretty cool trick. You can turn your smartphone camera into a “microscope” of sorts using a tiny water droplet! I used my fingertip to place a droplet of water over the outer glass of my iPhone lens, juuuuust small enough to cover the glass and be held on by surface tension. Then just hold something up...
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Scholar Alert: New citations to my articlesA resource of genomeâwide singleânucleotide polymorphisms generated by RAD tag sequencing in the critically endangered European eelJM Pujolar, MW Jacobsen, J Frydenberg, TD Als… - Molecular Ecology …, 2013Abstract Reduced representation genome sequencing such as restriction-site-associated DNA (RAD) sequencing is finding increased use to identify...
Mac's May Goals
This month I am revising my MBDbs-seq data from C. gigas gill tissue. We’ve mapped the bisulfite reads to the WHOLE darn genome and so now I’m in the process of characterizing what regions of the genome are methylated in the gill tissue. Beyond that I am working on finding the best way to visualize and analyze the relationships between methylation within genes (where most of the...
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Next Week: SAFS Picnic Dunk Booth
We’re only a week away from this year’s SAFS Spring Picnic, featuring the “Ultimate Peer Review” live dunk booth fundraiser. You answered the call and the nominations poured in, so here are your Top 10 Dunkees that will take the plunge to support student travel!
Julia Parrish
Andre Punt
Tim Essington
Carolyn Friedman
Kristian Haapa-Aho
Lorenz Hauser
Steven...
Vertical Farming in South Carolina?
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Vertical farming in South Carolina? Dan Hutcherson envisions a vertical farm and aquaculture building in Greenville.
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Scholar Alert: New citation
Scholar Alert: New citations to my articlesEffects of the dinoflagellate< i> Alexandrium minutum</i> and its toxin (saxitoxin) on the functional activity and gene expression of< i> Crassostrea gigas</i> …DF Mello, PM Silva, MA Barracco, P Soudant… - Harmful Algae, 2013Abstract Blood cells or hemocytes are the major component of the cellular immune responses in bivalves....
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A comparison: Growth and Genes in two species
A Capstone Research paper from years past. Fulkerson capstone paper
via Tidal Cycles - oystergen.es http://oystergen.es/blog/2013/4/12/a-comparison-growth-and-genes-in-two-species
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Are they opening?
via Tidal Cycles - oystergen.es http://bit.ly/YfMB3F
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Oyster Hisotology
Day 7 Histology from Estrogen Exposure Trial
via Tidal Cycles - oystergen.es http://bit.ly/Y8uHQl
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Claire's May Goals
Lots has been going on lately! I am currently gearing up for a large experiment out at the Quilscene hatchery next week. I will be I strip spawning sperm from males to containers to fertilize eggs from an individual female. These larvae will be raised under ambient conditions and sampled at 5 days post fertilization. I will examine methylation patterns by comparing DNA from sperm samples to the...
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WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A JOKE ABOUT MY NEGATIVE DATA
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Emma's May Goals
Since May is the month I find out about the Chateaubriand fellowship to go to France, I am going to spend every day staring at my inbox until I receive the email. Assuming I get the email before May 31, the following will be my other goals (time allowing).
I have reanalyzed my proteomics data in Skyline and actually redone most of my figures, so now I can really start to write up the rest of the...
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Should the College (University) invest in PeerJ...
One important vessel for effective science communicaiton is publishing in open access journals. One new journal is PeerJ which boasts several features including open peer reviews, a preprint option, and the use of altmetrics. In addition, PeerJ offers institutional plans for faculty. http://blog.peerj.com/post/47613868756/four-universities-provide-peerj-memberships-to-faculty quote: Institutions...
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Scholar Alert: New citation
Scholar Alert: New citations to my articlesIn vitro indeterminate teleost myogenesis appears to be dependent on Pax3JM Froehlich, NJ Galt, MJ Charging, BM Meyer… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2013Abstract The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has been used extensively as a model system for developmental studies but, unlike most teleost fish, it grows in a determinate-like manner. A close relative, the...
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Oyster Sampling - the sciencey kind.
via Tidal Cycles - oystergen.es http://bit.ly/YQLYkk
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I'm listening to "George Jones Radio"
Http://www.pandora.com/stations/play/536189708841224839?shareImp=true
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Scholar Alert: New citation
Scholar Alert: New citations to my articles[PDF] Relatedness within and among sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) social units assessed using single nucleotide polymorphismsW Beslin - 2013Altruistic behavior, such as caring for the offspring of others, is an intriguing phenomenon observed in several mammalian species. One of the most successful theories for explaining how this behavior could...
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