Passing of John Fisher of Fisher-Pry substitution model
We note with sadness learning of the passing of John C. Fisher on 2 May 2018 at age 98. With Robert Pry, John Fisher developed the classic A simple substitution…
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Video of Wrap-up of Clean Ocean webinar
For a global overview of marine pollution in 90 minutes, watch the lively Wrap-up session of the 17-19 November UN Ocean Decade “Clean Ocean” webinar Jesse co-moderated. Co-moderator begins the…
4th International Barcode of Life Conference
The 4th International Barcode of Life Conference held in Adelaide, Australia, in December 2011 has now posted the presentations, including Mark Stoeckle on the All Birds Barcoding Initiative. Also posted…
Census of Marine Life on Naked Science radio
Sarah Castor-Perry of the lively UK Naked Science radio program broadcast an excellent series about the oceans, including an interview with Jesse Ausubel about the Census of Marine Life….
CoML in Cambridge
On 28 September in Cambridge MA for the 40th Reunion of his Harvard College class, Jesse presented a panoramic talk, Every Fish in the Sea, on the Census of Marine…
Encyclopedia of Life continues rapid expansion
A 4 January 2012 press release describes the continuing rapid expansion of the Encyclopedia of Life. It is hard to believe that the EOL went public only in February 2008.…
Non-invasive DNA recovery leaves tiny specimens intact
Reference databases of DNA sequences used for species identification, ie DNA barcode libraries, are most powerful when the morphologic specimens are vouchered in a museum collection. This way, when there…
Census of Marine Life US Postal Stamps
available from Zazzle.com stamp designs by Mark Stoeckle…
eDNA degradation; 2nd National Workshop
PHE’s guest investigator David Thaler offers some stimulating ideas in a memo about ways of understanding and learning from degradation of aquatic eDNA. The title: How long has each particular…
Video of Jesse’s Nierenberg Prize lecture on “Peak Human?”
In this 54″ video made 13 October, 2022 Jesse Ausubel, awarded the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, discusses whether the human species can continue to improve—much…