This is the course website for Fundamentals of eDNA offered Srping 2021 at the University of Maine.
Recent Reflections
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Week 9 Reflection - Emerging Methods
This week the first portion of class on Monday involved a brief overview of the emerging technologies in the field of eDNA. I am interested in learning more about the microfluidic chips, because in concept they seem so simple and easy to work with. So I would like to find... -
Reflection from emerging methods module
The emerging methods we discussed this week are pretty interesting. Some of them seem like they have a potential to become really powerful technology in the future. The ones seem the most revolutionary to me are microfluidic chips, mRNA, and nanopore sequencing. I am excited to hear more from Dr.... -
week 8 blog reflection
This week we talked about LAMP (loo=mediated isothermal amplification). Prior to this week I had not heard of LAMP before and was surpised to find out that it was 15 years old. The biggest difference between LAMP and regular pcr is mainly concerning the primers. The LAMP method utilizes primers...