5 Questions for interpreting scientific literature: Can experiments detect differences that matter? Hange was getting at the fact that it is hard to distinguish bacterial communities. If we use 16S genes to identify the species in a bacterial community, this does not tell us all the information about the microbes present. Hange argues that closely… Continue reading Writing Exercise #9 – 5 Questions for Scientific Literature
Writing Exercise #8 – Genome Science in 1995
Reading Nowak’s commentary was definitely helpful in understanding the Fleischmann article. The Fleischmann article was hard to understand because there was a lot of context I was missing (not to mention expertise in genome sequencing). For starters I have never talked about earlier methods of genome sequencing, so the descriptions of clone-by-clone sequencing and shotgun… Continue reading Writing Exercise #8 – Genome Science in 1995
Writing Exercise #7 – Rhetorical Precis 2
(1) Adéle Mennerat, associate professor at the University of Bergen, and Ben C. Sheldon, professor at Oxford University, in their microbial ecology article on PCR contamination “How to Deal with PCR Contamination in Molecular Microbial Ecology” (2014) suggests that a new standard method of purifying PCR reagents with the endonuclease restriction enzyme Sau3AI be used.… Continue reading Writing Exercise #7 – Rhetorical Precis 2
Writing Exercise #6 – In Class Tutorials
This was my first time messing around with sequencing data. In the past my only experience with coding has been in Stats, which was less than thrilling. However, I found this process to be very interesting. As the papers we read this week have summed up, the methodologies of sequencing make all the difference in… Continue reading Writing Exercise #6 – In Class Tutorials
Writing Exercise #5 – Proposal Reflections
Writing these mock proposals was a lot of fun, and I have learned a lot about the different types of peer review. The process has influenced me to become more familiar with proposals so that I have more of an understanding for the future. When reading the proposals of course I also had mine in… Continue reading Writing Exercise #5 – Proposal Reflections
Writing Exercise #4 – Rhetorical Precis
(1)Senior research fellow Shilpi Saikia in her article for the 6th volume of Applied Ecology and Environmental Research titled “Use of microbes from seabird faeces to evaluate heavy metal contamination in Antarctic region” (2008) asserts that different tolerances to heavy metals in gut bacteria shows an adaptive response for these communities which can also create… Continue reading Writing Exercise #4 – Rhetorical Precis
Writing Exercise #3 – Peer Reviews Pros/Cons
The peer review process is the assessment of your work, or someone else’s, by critical examination from experts in the same field. The peer review process is used in science to assess if the author’s work is up to standards for publication in a scientific journal. There are different amounts of anonymity depending on the… Continue reading Writing Exercise #3 – Peer Reviews Pros/Cons
Writing Exercise #2 – Peer Review Process
It was great to read someone else’s writing and see what kinds of communities they wanted to compare. This was my first time doing a peer-review through Canvas only. I try to think of remote learning as different instead of more difficult, so this was different. I liked that it was anonymous but I felt… Continue reading Writing Exercise #2 – Peer Review Process
Writing Exercise #1
List as many characteristics of Microbial Populations as you can think of. How does this differ from those of Microbial Communities? Characteristics of Microbial Populations – individuals of one species in one space and time measured based on size, density, and genetic diversity, which can change over time at the population level (evolution) populations can… Continue reading Writing Exercise #1
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