Gowanus eDNA

…surprisingly diverse DNA evidence–19 fish species–in the Canal, including the endangered shortnose sturgeon. The project is featured on Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Instagram page The summary slide is also here….

Sewage archives

(A) Darwin’s “Tree of Life” diagram from his Origin of Species (Darwin, 1860) juxtaposed with (B) a time-lapse study of bacterial growth across a step-wise concentration gradient of antibiotic (Baym et al.,…

Microbial diversity

barcodes for species identification versus human mitochondrial variation for the study of migrations and pathologies. Earlier work by Stoeckle and others looked at using the DNA barcoding method to document…

Biology in Art

…a milestone by documenting a comprehensive Genealogical Tree covering 500 years of the history of the Da Vinci Family based on baptismal and other records of living descendants of Leonardo’s half-brothers who…

Oceans

Humans in the 19th century knew little about the oceans, but other forms of life knew a lot. Our job over the last two centuries has been to catch up…

The Scientific Enterprise

…interest is in philosophy of science, in particular, the Vienna Circle of philosophers. Finally, portraits and remembrances of our colleagues fit in this area. About the icon – Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)…