Category Archives: bioinformatics

In the pipeline – Part 1: ‘Plan, plan, and plan some more’

Posted on 10 Mar, 2021 by Rishi De-Kayne

So you’ve decided it’s time to finally get around to starting that sequencing project. But before you aimlessly leap into it and generate terabytes of sequencing data, just STOP.  It’s far too tempting to rush into sequencing projects for a … Continue reading →

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GEOME is putting genetic data in its place

Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

Infrastructure to make genetic data widely available for research beyond its initial publication has been a theme of the genomics revolution, from GenBank to the Sequence Read Archive. For molecular ecologists, though, genetic data is only half of our field … Continue reading →

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A genomic march of the penguins

Posted on 4 Sep, 2020 by Kelle Freel

It’s undeniable that penguins are a marine representative of the charismatic megafauna group. I have an affinity for stuff we need microscopes to see, BUT I agree that penguins are cute (just LOOK at these National Geographic photos…they’re even in … Continue reading →

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Serendipitous history in the microbial making

Posted on 24 Jul, 2020 by Kelle Freel

It’s been over 100 years since the Dutch Microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck theorized that microbes could oxidize manganese to generate energy for growth. Last week, the first evidence for this theory was published, and you might be surprised about from … Continue reading →

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Where Did This Flower Come From?

Posted on 19 Jun, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Sam Gregory wrote this post as a project for  Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Scientific Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sam earned a BS in biology and BFA in studio art from Birmingham-Southern College, and is currently pursuing an MS in … Continue reading →

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Genes rolling down the river

Posted on 12 Jun, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Sarah Shainker wrote this post as a part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sarah completed a B.S. in Marine Biology at the College of Charleston before serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, … Continue reading →

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It’s the city life for me… or maybe not.

Posted on 29 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Michael Fitch wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Evolution course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed a B.S. in Biology from the UAB and is currently considering entering the Master’s program.  Current interests… all over … Continue reading →

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Kelp connections

Posted on 22 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Aisha O’ Connor wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently a MS student in the Krueger-Hadfield lab, she is interested in algae and conservation. Aisha tweets @Aisha_MOC. We can … Continue reading →

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Tapping social networks to explore biological systems

Posted on 15 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Bharat Mishra is wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the lab of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He earned an undergraduate degree at … Continue reading →

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Yeast 2-Hybrid: Discovering Protein-Protein Interactions from Yeast to West

Posted on 8 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Thomas Detchemendy wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He is currently studying plant-microbial interactions in efforts to … Continue reading →

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