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Ran my way back from work at 3AM to streak out Archaea cells from a very generous collaborator. First round of plates are already cooking in the incubator - once we have data we'll know something about conserved genomic architecture dating back 250 million years. Exciting.

#microbiology #archaea

#microbiology #archaea
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naturepoker
naturepoker
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@STCmicrobeblog @foaylward that's the aspiration, but I'm already halfway there. Crossing fingers this will work out (and not get scooped at the last minute haha)
@Frank Aylward @Small Things Considered
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Frank Aylward
Frank Aylward
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@STCmicrobeblog cool! I had an experimental evolution idea with haloarchaea to see of their genomes would get larger. Bc they are polyploid i thought they would be a good system for promoting duplications, etc. Haven't had a chance to start it, though...
@Small Things Considered
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naturepoker
naturepoker
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@foaylward @STCmicrobeblog yeah polyploidy in Archea was always tricky for me (on genome asm end). The whole lot's curiously understudied (IMHO, relatively speaking) I think. Hoping the long-read closed genomes and methylation data we're aiming for can aid other researchers!
@Frank Aylward @Small Things Considered

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