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28
Nov
Date November 28, 2016
Categories meeting

MinION Meeting

Devin is heading out to the Oxford Nanopore New York Community meeting this week to learn from the community as well as present on the Alaska MinION Hackathons. You can follow along with the action on Twitter below:


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26
Oct
Date October 26, 2016
Categories Uncategorized

MinION Hackathon

The Drown lab is at it again! The annual MinION Hackathon began on Sunday, and UAF graduate students, undergraduate students and friends were invited to use this revolutionary technology, sequencing DNA samples on their own.  Learning genomics can be fun, just ask the Hackathon participants and their "minion" accomplices.
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01
Sep
Date September 1, 2016
Categories field, research

Permafrost Premonition

Given winter's rapid approach, the permafrost experimental plots are getting special attention.  Preemptive vegetation surveying and soil core collections are propelling the Drown lab into a future greenhouse hibernation...and I am excited about it! Do you know what this means? Vegetation surveying, soil samples and an empty greenhouse? Sounds like a pilot study to me. Maybe come January,  this smiling face will be found working alongside the IAB Research Greenhouse coordinator, Mark Wright.
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25
Aug
Date August 25, 2016
Categories field, research

Fairbanks Permafrost Experiment Station

This week I got to check out the US Army Corps of Engineers' research stomping grounds, also known as the Fairbanks Permafrost Experiment Station (FPES).  Accompanied by my proficient permafrost guides, Jackson and Alex, I explored this unique study site. Together we drilled soil cores,  slogged through the rain and battled prolific mosquitoes. Fun field days in Fairbanks!
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23
Aug
Date August 23, 2016
Categories field, research, update

Travel to Toolik (68° 38' N, 149° 36' W, AK)

On August 20th, Biology and Wildlife graduate students and researchers traveled to UAF's Toolik Field Station for an awakening taste of arctic atmosphere. Devin and I used this nine hour road trip north of Fairbanks for investigation...in the 68th degree.

Toolik provided an opportunity to use the MinION sequencing capabilities in the field and sample for microbes on the North Slope.

Soil sampling and DNA sequencing with the MinION was supplemented with an abundance of scarlet alpine bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) and characteristically Alaskan Arctic beauty.
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22
May
Date May 22, 2016
Categories meeting, research, undergraduate

University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference

Maddie, Anastasia, and Devin attended the 9th annual University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference (UA-BRC). For the undergraduates, this was their first research conference and they presented their work using the MinION nanopore sequencer to explore genomics. As you can see below, they drew a crowd to their poster.
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This two-day conference showcased biomedical and One Health related research from graduate students, undergraduate students, researchers, and faculty through-out Alaska in the form of oral presentations and poster sessions. There were two workshops about career issues relevant to undergraduate and graduate student training including internship opportunities, STEM student recruitment, networking, entrepreneurship/innovation, and employer expectations.
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