Philipp Boeing
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For aquatic eDNA enthusiasts, here’s an interesting and useful review of the last 10 years in the field by Takahashi et al. (2023), covering 407 articles and including 522 single-species primers and 141 metabarcoding primers.
November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Yangi Sōri says he designs by playing and thinking with the paper.
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(I wrote a thing about wandering into Japan House London’s Design Discoveries exhibition )
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November 17, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Weekend reading on #PCR 📖
🧬 Cheap DNA Extractions Using Laundry Detergents
🧬 HotSHOT DNA Extraction Kit
🧬 Papers We Love: BaseLess — DNA detection using #MinION without basecalling
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November 4, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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📖 Sunday reading for PCR enthusiasts:
🧬 Modular Universal DNA Extraction method using homemade extraction buffers
🧬BarKeeper, free DNA barcode analysis
🧬 Problems in DNA barcoding practices and suggested solutions
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October 29, 2023 at 11:08 AM
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Sunday reading 📚
🧬 @POLBOLnode — the Polish Barcode of Life project
🧬 #iDNA — Invertebrate-Derived DNA
🧬 Single-Tube Nested PCR
PolBOL, iDNA, and Single-Tube Nested PCR
PolBOL (Polish Barcode of Life), iDNA (Invertebrate-derived DNA), and Single-Tube Nested PCR
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October 22, 2023 at 3:02 PM
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Sunday reading 📚
🧬 A primer on pollen #metabarcoding using @nanopore MinION
🧬 Methods and Techniques: Booster #PCR + Touchdown and Stepdown PCR
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Pollen ID using MinION, Booster PCR and Touchdown PCR
Pollen ID using MinION, Booster PCR, and Touchdown and Stepdown PCR
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October 15, 2023 at 1:07 PM
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Sunday reading 📖
🧬 A guide to @nanopore #MinION #DNAbarcoding in the field
🧬 PCR and Education: assays to detect onion colour and rice fragrance
🧬 Dipstick DNA Extraction Kits back in stock
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DNA Dipsticks and a MinION Field Barcoding Guide
DNA Dipsticks, a MinION Field Barcoding Guide, and Two PCR Assays for Education and Learning
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October 8, 2023 at 9:23 AM
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Sunday reading for #PCR enthusiasts:

💼 #eDNA suitcase laboratory for WAMBA-NET
🧬 PCR tip: try diluting your DNA extracts
♨️ Methods and Techniques: Extract DNA by heating at 98 °C in phosphate-buffered saline
WAMBA-NET, Diluting DNA Extracts, and PBS Extractions
West African Marine Fish DNA Barcoding Network (WAMBA-NET), Diluting DNA Extracts for PCR, and PBS DNA Extractions
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October 1, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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Weekend reading for PCR enthusiasts:
🧗An Amazing Cave Metagenomics Expedition
🔎 Bento Lab spotted at the British Science Festival
👩‍🎓 A Free 7 Week Massive Open Online Course on eDNA
📖 Methods and Techniques: Universal and Rapid Salt-Extraction of High Quality Genomic DNA

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September 16, 2023 at 3:25 PM
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Weekend reading for PCR enthusiasts:
🍄 Field mycologist @aplin_nick shows off amazing citizen science work
🦇 Accessible PCR spotlight: Identifying animals using DNA from their scat
🐦 and a paper highlight: A new strategy for sexing parrots by Kroczak et al. (2021)

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Citizen science success: Jelly fungi, and other PCR news
Citizen scientist Nick Aplin shares amazing mycology research (Jelly fungi). Plus other highlights: animal ID from scat, and a new parrot sexing strategy.
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September 10, 2023 at 7:03 PM
From Chaudhuri's A Passage To England (1955) - a timeless description
"There is no other nation which has shown greater energy in publicizing its ills"
September 10, 2023 at 6:38 PM