Why we need DNA ID
…name specimens, regardless of life stage. It does not make sense to rely on reference works for the world’s mosquitos that are incomprehensible to anyone who is not already a…
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Remembrances, passing of Jeannette Aspden
…for a personal view of the program, read Jesse’s poem, The Census of Marine Life is about the total richness of the sea, the foreword to Life in the World’s…
Expanding access to DNA secrets
…small industry of birding guides and optics, and was a driving force in the much larger social transformation in awareness of the natural world and human impact. I see the…
Zero emission power plant construction
We are pleased to read that North Carolina-based company NET Power Breaks Ground on Demonstration Plant for World’s First Emissions-Free, Low-Cost Fossil Fuel Power Technology. The NET Power technology, which…
U Adelaide, CBOL to host IBOL 4 (abstracts by 15 may!)
…December 2011 for the Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference. Barcoding has seen extraordinary growth since the Mexico City Conference in November 2009 so join participants from around the world…
Mark Stoeckle commentary in The Auk
…7,226 species (73% of world birds). This is an outgrowth of work he began in 2005 as part of All Birds Barcoding Initiative and is the first compilation of genetic…
FDA certifies barcoding for seafood ID, opening commercial, educational opportunities
…world enter the marketplace, often as filets or steaks lacking distinguishing external features. In October 2011, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally adopted DNA barcoding for seafood identification, the…
DNA IDs bushmeat carrying exotic viruses
Zoonotic viruses are like introduced species–most perish, a few cause localized outbreaks, and a tiny fraction spread widely. Unfortunately, the tiny fraction have ruinous potential. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a…
Live Like America
Jesse’s essay “Will the Rest of the World Live Like America?” appears in Technology in Society’s 25th anniversary issue. https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/LiveLikeAmerica.pdf…
Jesse at Millennium Technology Prize symposium
On 22 June Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, received the first Millennium Technology Prize [www.technologyawards.org] (1 million Euros) in Helsinki. Jesse was one of the speakers at…