Research update

[emp42ress]

 As an undergraduate, I worked in a large, well-funded microbiology lab. I mostly worked as head lab tech, but I also did some research studying the function of a particular protein in E. coli in collaboration with a much smaller lab. Then I went to Tufts for graduate school. There I worked in a funding poor lab and did behavioral energetics work

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[sunspiral]

This all sounds really perfect for you! What are the technical advances which have made cloning so much faster and easier?

[emp42ress]

Better cell lines, pre-designed kits with good plasmids. Everything is off the shelf these days.

[emp42ress]

And as was hinted to above, full genomes as opposed to bits and pieces. And cheap, fast sequencing.

[lisefrac]

This has nothing to do with biology, but I wanted to tell you I have a geeky friend from my undergrad years at Vassar who lives in Iowa City. I know that's like two hours from you, but if you get out that way, should I put you in touch?

[emp42ress]

Thanks, but I'm not really looking for connections that aren't in the area. Des Moines maybe, but Iowa City: if I'm going to travel that far, I may as well take the somewhat longer trip to Minneapolis.

[cos]

I'm only very vaguely bio-literate (mainly from hanging out with biologists and asking about their work sometimes), but I'm curious: what does the data coming out of these assemblers look like, and how would one figure out a consensus guess from multiple similar-but-not-identical instances of it?