Published on Aug 15, 2017
New Paper Out!
Hi Everyone,We are excited to share that the results of this study have been published in FEMS microbiology ecology. We hope you will read the paper and let us know what you think!A quick summary:W...
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Published on Jan 14, 2015
It all comes down to this tiny drop...
For the past four months we have been working on extracting the DNA and running individual PCRs on all 361 coral samples we collected in Bocas last summer. In order to sequence the 16S genes of al...
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Published on Oct 14, 2014
DNA extractions: the less glamorous but equally important part of our research
We are back in Boston and working on getting our coral samples ready to be sequenced. We have a total of 361 samples that we will sequence. This way, we will be able to characterize the bacteria ...
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Published on Jul 14, 2014
Busy Busy Busy
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Published on Jun 26, 2014
Diving and Experiments!
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Published on Jun 19, 2014
Hemos llegado a Bocas!
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Published on May 13, 2014
We did it! Thanks to you!
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Reply to:
Peter Prinsen
Peter PrinsenHi Pete, It's hard to say exactly but we are optimistic about our discovery of potentially beneficial bacteria on more resistant corals. We think that this is the most likely area to generate a treatment for coral diseases since selecting for or promoting growth of beneficial bacteria would be ...more
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