Tag Archives: DNA

Rodent Phylogeny Progress

This month we made a huge step toward our short term goal of sending off the Thomasomys DNA samples for sequencing. Dr. Brokaw and I found a set of primers that could amplify an approximately 1200 base pair region of … Continue reading

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August Microbiology Research

The month of August tested my ability to not only accomplish my own work, but to perform the tasks of my two research partners while they were away on vacation. The key words for the summation of my success were … Continue reading

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Rodent Phylogeny Research

Hello fellow biology enthusiast, my name is Michael Maeker and this blog post is the first blog entry on the Phylogeny of Thomasomys research project. The goal of this research is to determine the structure of a phylogeny for a … Continue reading

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Our Students Were on TV

Watch Here on KTAB (16 August 2012) News Webpage For more from Dr. Xu also see KRBC 16 August 2012 (webpage) and KTAB 17 August 2012 (webpage).

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July Reflection of Microbiology Research

Wow!  The month of July has been full of learning experiences.  The first day I started my research, I was extremely nervous.  I did not know what to expect, and I definitely did not want to mess up anything that … Continue reading

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Blog Launch

This blog was inspired by a provocative open science blog by Rosie Redfield called RRResearch.  While gaining fame during the recent debate over arsenic-based DNA (listen), RRResearch also introduced blogging as a new component of the scientific method.  Unlike a … Continue reading

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