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PHE student earns 1st place in science fair

June 21, 2021May 17, 2022

Ossining NY high school sophomore Samara Davis, with guidance from PHE’s Mark Stoeckle, earned 1st place in the Somers/Westlake Science Fair for her project Environmental DNA Analysis to Determine Population Characteristics of Elusive Ephemeral Pool-Breeding Mole Salamanders, in Relation to the Effects of Climate Change. Congratulations to Samara! Thanks, Mark!

Posted in News, Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA), DNA Barcoding, Oceans

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