Landscape Genetics Seminar (Wed 20 Jan 2010)
Today starts the NCEAS supported Distributed Graduate Seminar in Landscape Genetics. This graduate seminar will be simultaneously provided to 8 universities in North America and Europe. Instructors for this course are drawn from the best laboratories in population genetics and landscape ecology. For more information on this DGS and others being supported by NCEAS, see this.Popgraph Server (Tue 29 Dec 2009)
The Popgraph analysis has been updated online and is now available from here for your consumption. Make sure to check out the output, I've added a few things to it such as global and stratum-level allele frequencies.
Bald Eagle Amplification!! (Thu 17 Dec 2009)
Cathy Viverette has been able to successfully amply bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) DNA extracted from decades old feather shafts collected from around nests! This is a particularly difficult procedure, and now that she has it down, she will be able to motor forward with her research project. Very cool indeed!
Next stop, the Colbert Show with her most patriotic DNA samples...
New Server Hardware. (Tue 15 Dec 2009)
The old servers finally kicked the digital bucket! I suspect that steady service from 2005 is a pretty good track record for hardware, they did a good job. However, in the interim, technology has sure changed a lot!
We are now running on dual quad-core AMD's using Sun X2200 M2 servers. Throw in 16GB or RAM and you get some very nice hardware!
I sure hope that the new overlords for Sun do not screw up the hardware.
Servers Down!!!! (Mon 07 Sep 2009)
After five years of quality service, the dyerlab servers have finally decided that it was time for a major hardware overhaul. The G5 XServes did a great job since I’ve been here at VCU and deserve a nice quiet place to spend the rest of their lives.
As of right now, we are looking at replacing them with some nice offerings from Sun and will tide ourselves over in the interim on a desktop box until the new units arrive.
The Dillion Defense (Fri 24 Jul 2009)
Ms. Candace Dillion has successfully defended her Masters thesis entitled, Assessment of pre-PCR whole genome amplification of single pollen grains using flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.).
The Baker Defense (Fri 24 Jul 2009)
Mr. Stephen Baker has successfully defended his Masters thesis entitled, Understanding the Genetic Consequences of Rapid Range Expansion: A Case Study Using the Invasive Microstegium vimineum Trin. (Poaceae).
The manuscript is currently in review and we will post updates as they occur.
