Samples Sent

 

Ranger Roo with the specimen tubes

At long last, after working out a few final kinks in our specimen database, a box containing 294 tissue samples, suspended in buffer-filled tubes, was sent off for sequencing. All 294 will be sequenced using the ITS1F and LR3 primers, while 71 of those samples will receive additional, multi-locus treatment to look at the RPB2 and β-tubulin gene regions. As stated in the campaign video, we expect a turn-around time of 1-2 months.

A belated but nonetheless special thanks to our lab assistant, Allie Ludden, who not only helped tremendously in the tissue sampling process, but will be staying on with the project to help with specimen repackaging and accessioning for deposit at the Oregon State Univeristy herbarium in Corvallis; our collections' final resting place.

 

Awesome Allie hard at work in the wet lab

We'll check back in with you all in the next month or two once the results are in. Until then, happy spring and thank you again for all your support!