Monthly Archives: September 2015

BEACON Researchers at Work: Life by the Lake

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by College of Charleston junior Kola George. Kola was an BEACON Undergraduate Research Apprentice (URA) at MSU Kellogg Biological Station in summer 2015, with Jeff Conner as his mentor. This summer, I was … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Murphy's Law

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU sophomore Krista Nicholson. Krista was an BEACON Undergraduate Research Apprentice (URA) at MSU Kellogg Biological Station in summer 2015, with mentors Susan Magnoli & Dr. Jen Lau. Murphy’s Law states … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: EDAMAME!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU faculty member Ashley Shade. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our Explorations in Data Analysis for Metagenomic Advances in Microbial Ecology (EDAMAME) workshop last year, which was partially supported … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Bases vs Bytes- Bioinformaticians to the Rescue

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin Research Scientist Dhivya Arasappan. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field in which computer algorithms and statistical methods are applied to answer biological questions. It is a … Continue reading →

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