Presenter: Dr. Luke Thompson
Date: August 26, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM UTC
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Presentation Synopsis:
Advances in marine environmental DNA sampling, extraction, processing and bioinformatics, and their use in the ocean.
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Speaker Bio:
Luke Thompson is an associate research professor at the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) at Mississippi State University and NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami. Luke received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his PhD from MIT, both in biology. His current research focuses on marine systems, from microbes to fish to mammals, using 'omics methods, especially DNA sequencing. His lab is developing methods to facilitate high-throughput environmental DNA sample processing and data analysis and applying them to monitoring and conservation efforts in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes.