It will now be possible to genetically differentiate the more than 400,000 species of land plants in the world thanks to DNA barcoding, a revolutionary technique invented at the University of Guelph.
University of Guelph news release: U of G Scientists Help Find Plant DNA Barcode
CBC article: DNA ‘barcodes’ I.D. plants
The Hajibabaei lab recently published a tool called MetaWorks in PLoS ONE to help facilitate and standardize the processing of large-scale genomics datasets used for biomonitoring from samples like soil, water, and samples collected in Read more…
Project STREAM, Sequencing the Rivers for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring was officially launched on February 4. Our lab has started an exciting collaboration with WWF-Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Living Lakes Canada and many Read more…
Congratulations to Katie McGee for completing her PhD. Congratulations to Siavash Nazari for completing his MSc Bioinformatics.