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Posted on October 22, 2012
NY Times picks up Iowa State results!
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/a-simple-fix-for-food/
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Posted on October 19, 2012
Emerson Elem. Fundraiser
Howdy Jackson Lab. So my lovely wife sent me to work with a fundraiser packet from Hannah and Gretchen’s school. In typical fashion, not wanting […]
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Posted on October 9, 2012
Fascinating series of soil science review articles
I recently discovered an absolutely amazing series run by Soil Biology & Biochemistry entitled “Citation Classics.” In this series, the authors of a highly cited […]
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Posted on September 28, 2012
Reviewer comments (funny)
For your reading enjoyment this fine Friday afternoon, I offer an article published in Environmental Microbiology which offers a choice selection of comments made by […]
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Lakeshore Video Walk: The Yahara Watershed
As many of you know, I’ve been working the past couple months on a series of videos about water issues in the Yahara Watershed. Right […]
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Posted on September 20, 2012
Per request…
This has been entered in a competition. Feel free to share:). Nice to see some of you today at the WI ecology symposium! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJzdfdEZjU Maddy […]
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Pass on your love of science to young girls!
I believe this is geared towards female presenters (sorry guys) as role models for girls in the sciences! It seems like a pretty neat conference, and gives […]
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Posted on September 19, 2012
Lakeshore Video Walk: The Yahara Watershed
As mentioned in lab meeting today: This weekend I will be evaluating the educational videos on Yahara watershed issues I’ve been working on with participants […]
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Posted on September 12, 2012
microbial science job
Microbial Ecology at Boston University The Biology Department at Boston University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in microbial ecology, beginning Fall 2013 […]
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Posted on September 5, 2012
Ongoing debate about the utilty of a science PhD
Because those of us working toward (or recently attaining) a PhD are far too optimistic and carefree, there’s an interesting conversation going on about whether […]
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Posted on August 16, 2012
interesting essay on the word ‘sustainability’
http://iasc-culture.org/THR/THR_article_2012_Summer_Yates.php
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Posted on August 1, 2012
prairie preservation in MN
http://www.startribune.com/local/164469656.html
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Posted on June 2, 2012
Roche Nimblegen easing out of microarray business
Those pesky sleuthing kids over at Wisconsin State Journal broke the story faster than the word of mouth relay. Good thing I didn’t look at […]