Monthly Archives: March 2015
A firsthand perspective of trialling mobile DNA sequencing
Andy Kilianski and Sam Minot - March 27, 2015
Sam Minot from Signature Science, LLC and Andy Kilianski from the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center are part of a team that has been trialling a new palm-sized DNA sequencer to test whether it can characterize viruses and bacteria. Their findings, published in GigaScience suggest the device could have potential for disease diagnosis in the field.
‘Open Source, Open Science’ meeting report – March 2015
Amye Kenall - March 24, 2015
Guest post from Amye Kenall: On March 19th and 20th, the Center for Open Science hosted a small meeting in Charlottesville, VA, convened by COS and co-organized by Kaitlin Thaney and Titus Brown (UC Davis). People working across the open science ecosystem attended, including publishers, infrastructure non-profits, public policy experts, community builders, and academics.
Guest Posting: Help Crowdfund the “Community Cactus”
Scott Edmunds - March 13, 2015
Peng Jiang and Hui Guo from the University of Georgia provide a guest post covering their crowdfunding efforts to sequence the first cactus genome.