People!!! Google scholar seems to be having problems with papers are originally indexed as arXiv preprints, then go on to be published elsewhere. e.g. a journal. Google Scholar seems to ignore the new (real) citation, and be stuck with the arXiv submission- Has anyone else experienced this issue? Case in point: A new paper I […]
Known to some of you, I recently accepted a tenure track position at the University of New Hampshire in their Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences.. I was helped immensely by my Twitter and blog friends (especially this set of posts), and this is my attempt at paying it forward. I’d really like to […]
Instead of trying to squeeze this explanation into 140 characters, here is a short blog about the issue. I’ve posted the question to the samtools list serve, but no response there. I am generating consensus sequences from a series of BAM files using the standard samtools command: samtools mpileup -AIuf my.fasta my.bam | bcftools view -cgI […]
OK, so I have been fighting with GREP all afternoon– Im about to kick it in the teeth! Somehow, there are more lines in my output file than in my subject file.. This is driving me crazy cause I can’t figure out why!!!! Here is the simple enough command: query.txt | sort -k1 | awk […]
Every once in a while I get a spam message that is cooler than average– this one is, mainly because somebody took some time to add a few more details about the ‘mystery box of money’ than usual. For instance, Mark Morgan, who is the FBI agent named in this email, is actually a FBI […]
A mostly frustrating day in the field: I had more success in the mouse department, but they were VERY cold, and they didn’t want to eat/drink.. this part of the plan was critical.. Sleep– yes, eat, not so much.. To make sure the mice dont get so cold tonight, I bought some pillow stuffing, and filled […]
We drove a long 9 hour drive on Wednesday, through the LA basin, then east to the Inland Empire– the Southern California Deserts. As I mentioned in the last post, I am really excited for this trip, as I am collecting a bunch of interesting and important data. I have been watching the weather, and […]
I’m heading to the field in a couple of days– super excited! Busy today trying to wrap up a few things on campus, and pack up supplies. This should be a great trip, and I have plans to collect some really interesting stuff.. In particular, I’m really excited about trying out the hand-held refractometer that […]
OK, so a slight update on the tick issue: I have some better pics, and have send some specimens to an Acarologist– he thinks these are ticks of the genus Echinonyssus (family Hirstionyssidae s.s. or Laelapidae s. lat.). Im set to profile the metegenomic (e.g the bad shit ticks send to your way when they […]
As many of you know, I am working on a project involving desert rodents, and have come across a Acari (ticks and mites) species that I would love to identify. Please help! The animals is specific to a single rodent species, Chaetodipus spinatus, which is found in the Southern California deserts. I find 5-10 of […]