Jesse Ausubel (via Sloan) and Mark Stoeckle (via Rockefeller) encouraged the wonderful Urban Barcode Project of Cold Spring Harbor Lab.
We are delighted that Robyn Tse, mentored by Mark, won Honorable Mention for her project: DNA Barcoding Exotic Agricultural Pests Seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Jesse offered congratulations to all the teams in the prize ceremony on 6 June 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History, On the Success of the First New York City Urban Barcode Project.