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The Applications of the Suitcase Lab

Tonight I watched a London Calling 2023 session by Ahmed Abd El Wahed from Leipzig University in Germany. The title of the session is “Pathogen and species identification using a mobile suitcase laboratory,” which aligns nicely with the course I am teaching: Portable Genome Sequencing (PGS). The recording had videos outside highlighting the suitcase lab. […]
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Creating Field Laboratories for Conservation Efforts

Tonight I watched a five-minute Oxford Nanopore Technologies London Calling 2022 session by Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa and titled “Genomics in the jungle: a field laboratory success story.” Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa is at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and is a field scientist working on conservation. They spoke about the need to assess populations pre […]
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