Don’t barcode alone
Barcoding is a standardized approach to DNA-based species identification. The essence of standardization is an agreement among researchers and practitioners to rely on one or a few defined gene region(s)….
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Small houses on big lots
Most animal species correspond to tight clusters of mtDNA distinct from those closely-related species. In real estate terms, most species are small houses on big lots. Small houses because intraspecific…
On the Limits to Knowledge of Future Marine Biodiversity
Jesse’s opening keynote address On the Limits to Knowledge of Future Marine Biodiversity from a Scripps Institution of Oceanography conference on that subject appears in The Electronic Journal of Sustainable…
DOT EARTH – On CH4, Poverty and CO2
In a Dot Earth blog entry on African development, Andy Revkin of the New York Times refers to our work on the importance of energy gases….
PopSci Profile
The July 2010 issue of Popular Science (pp. 54-55) features a profile of Jesse in its Environmental Visionaries series….
Methane hydrates report from UNEP et al.
The executive summary of the new UNEP report on methane hydrates, Frozen Heat, is now available.  The report includes superb visualizations. PHE alumna Nadejda Victor and Jesse Ausubel contributed…
How to make an indentification machine
Successful automation often involves machines that carry out tasks differently than persons. For example, a Coulter counter (developed by Wallace H. Coulter, an American engineer), analyzes blood cells by electrical…
Dematerialization and decarbonization advance
Recent essays based on the “Peak Stuff” paper by Chris Goodall highlight our work on Dematerialization: In Le Monde in France in French by Audrey Garric, “Have we attained a…
First barcode data release paper is published
The first barcode data release paper has just been published by PLoS One. These data comply with the BARCODE data standard and the paper includes a table that links data…
Breath tests for DNA
In August 2010 PLoS ONE, researchers from University of Queensland, Georgetown University, and National Aquarium look at feasibility of genotyping cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) by sampling blow, the exhalations…