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New Kids on the Blog: Katie E. Grogan & R. Shawn Abrahams

Posted on 13 Jan, 2020 by R Shawn Abrahams

 Name: Katie E. Grogan Current Position, Institution, & Department: Postdoctoral fellow in the Departments of Anthropology & Biology at Pennsylvania State University Contact information (if you want people to be able to reach you): kathleen.e.grogan@gmail.com What is your elevator pitch? … Continue reading →

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We're seeking new molecular ecologists for 2019 and 2020!

Posted on 14 Oct, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist is seeking two new regular contributors for 2019 and 2020! Join us in blogging about “ecology, evolution, and everything in between.” Ideal candidates should have expertise and experience in the use of genetic data to understand the past … Continue reading →

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Introducing Molecular Ecology Spotlight

Posted on 29 May, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder

Today, the Molecular Ecology journals are launching a new venue for highlights and behind-the-scenes looks at the research they publish. Molecular Ecology Spotlight fills a niche as the official blog of Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources, publishing author summaries and interviews linked to noteworthy new papers in the journals — … Continue reading →

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Meet the new Molecular Ecologists

Posted on 1 Mar, 2018 by Jeremy Yoder

This month we’re excited to welcome a bunch of new voices to *The Molecular Ecologist, from all over the world and with all sorts of research interests. Say hello to the 2018 cohort of TME contributors!* Katharine Coykendall Who are … Continue reading →

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Join the Molecular Ecologist blogging team in 2018!

Posted on 22 Dec, 2017 by Jeremy Yoder

Update, 22 Jan 2018: We’ve had a bunch of great applications — thanks to everyone who’s applied. Recruiting is closed for now, but keep an eye out for future opportunities. The Molecular Ecologist is seeking new regular contributors for 2018! … Continue reading →

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Right reads, wrong index? Concerns with data from Illumina's HiSeq 4000

Posted on 11 Apr, 2017 by Ethan Linck

Commanding around a 70% share of a 1.3 billion USD market, Illumina is the major player in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. More likely than not, if you’re a molecular ecologist working with NGS data, you’ve run your samples on a … Continue reading →

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Handling microbial contamination in NGS data

Posted on 6 Jan, 2017 by Ethan Linck

Until recently, I had given little thought to the potential for unwanted microbial contamination in high throughput sequence data. I suspect that if you’re a molecular ecologist who doesn’t primarily study microbes or work with ancient DNA, you’re in a … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Summer Meetings Round-up

Posted on 13 Apr, 2016 by Rob Denton

Summer conferences are some of the best places to get up-to-date with your field, meet new collaborators, and hatch new ideas. The Molecular Ecologist contributors will be out in force this year, and we’d like to meet you! Below you … Continue reading →

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A note about e-mail subscriptions

Posted on 4 Apr, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

If you recieve The Molecular Ecologist by e-mail, you’re far from alone — we have almost 650 subscribers recieving e-mailed posts via the Feedburner service. (How do you know if you’re one of them? You are if you’re reading this … Continue reading →

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Thanks!

Posted on 31 Mar, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

Our crowdfunding campaign wrapped up last night at midnight, with a total of $1240 pledged by 24 supporters — enough to support the basic costs of the blog, and to tackle some of our more ambitious plans for the future, … Continue reading →

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