What you can learn from a tiny bit of DNA
…extracted with a standard kit (Prepman Ultra or Qiagen DNeasy), and a 146-bp segment of Bd ITS-1 region was amplified, using 1/80th of recovered DNA for each amplification, run in…
…extracted with a standard kit (Prepman Ultra or Qiagen DNeasy), and a 146-bp segment of Bd ITS-1 region was amplified, using 1/80th of recovered DNA for each amplification, run in…
In October 2006 Conservation Biology, Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History, comments on April 2006 CB piece on barcoding by Daniel Rubinoff, University of Hawaii (also see earlier Barcode…
Pioneering microbiologist Norton Zinder, a great friend of the Program for the Human Environment, passed away 3 February 2012. Nicholas Wade recapped Norton’s career beautifully for the New York Times….
…at all levels, the federal government has encouraged increasing the use of risk assessment to establish priorities. Risk assessment identifies, classifies, and evaluates environmental hazards that pose threats to human well-being and…
…have attempted synthetic exploration of this unprecedented genetic resource beyond species identification. To encourage high-profile discovery, Program for the Human Environment is offering $5000 prizes for the first DNA barcoding…
…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Principles Human genomics is not the same as biodiversity genomics–barcodes are derived from a multitude of often irreplaceable specimens for one, but the general principle of rapid data-release contributing to…
…with less harm to the environment has long moderated human impact. Does recent experience justify hope for sustaining this beneficial dematerialization, especially the decarbonization of national and global carbon emission?…
…Italy, and have issued a press release about the publication of a set of papers from the project in Human Evolution. Jesse Ausubel mediated the opening seminar on 2 May…
…origin over several billion years. The study follows mainstream views of human evolution. We do not propose there was a single “Adam” or “Eve”. We do not propose any catastrophic…
…with the Institute, as PHE was recognized last year with the award of the Breakthrough Paradigm Prize to Jesse for his work on harnessing technology to lighten the human footprint….