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Shark skin microbial communities

By Michael Doane
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Apr 07, 2016
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Expedition, Expeditions, Conferences and Outreach, Expeditions, Conferences and Outreach (2), Shark Microbiome

DCIM101GOPRO — Leopard sharks aggregating in Big Fisherman’s Cove – USC Wrigley Field Station on Santa Catalina Island.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Sampling the microbes from the skin surface of a juvenile whale sharks in La Paz, Mexico

California Kelp Forest Sampling

The Dinsdale lab has been collecting metagenomes from the San Diego Bay, Kelp Forest every month and analysing the microbes asssicated with the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Through observing this activity across a long time series will provide us valuable insights into microbial functioning on kelp forest through time and across a suite of environmental parameters. The lab has been collecting samples from both San Diego Bay and Catalina Island frequently and analysing both the bacterial and viral particles from the metagneomes. Keep Reading

2014 Feb Whale shark sampling in La Paz, Mexico –

By Bhavya Nalagampalli Papudeshi
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Oct 07, 2014
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Expedition, Expeditions, Conferences and Outreach

Mike from Dinsdale lab went to La Paz, Mexico for Whale shark sampling with Dr. Deni Ramirez, founder of the organization Tiburon Ballena Mexico (Whale shark Mexico). See address below for more information about Dr. Ramirez’s work with Whale sharks in La Paz.

http://www.whalesharkmexico.com Keep Reading

2014 June Abrolhos Archipelago Expedition

Members of the Dinsdale lab: Dr Liz, Kevin, Mike and John went to Abrolhos Archipelago on June 2014. This expedition was in collaboration between SDSU and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in order to look for microbial communities associated to coral reefs.

caudal jubarte PAB2 DSCF2350 Keep Reading