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Portable DNA Sequencing as a Teaching Tool for Conservation & Biodiversity Fig 1. Biomonitoring training programs and examples from case studies. Top: the location and setup of the Green Lab, a molecular genomics field laboratory in southeastern Peru. Middle: portable PCR devices analyzing locally collected specimens, including a bat and its ectoparasite, a saddleback tamarin primate, and a butterfly, which were photographed in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. Bottom: imaging of amplicons during agarose gel electrophoresis using smartphones, loading of a flowcell with a field-prepped library onto ONT’s MinION portable sequencer, and the output from WIMP [13] of the phylogenetic analysis of the fecal microbiome analyzed during a field training program conducted at the Green Lab. Data for Fig 1 are provided in S1 Data. ONT, Oxford Nanopore Technologies; WIMP, What’s in my Pot?. Image Credit: Bat: Ishaan Raghunandan; Tamarin: Timothy Paine; Arthropod ectoparasites, butterfly, and laboratory images: Aaron Pomerantz. http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2018/12/6/the-glasswing-paradox-amp-research-at-the-smithsonian-in-panama monthly 0.5 2019-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1544111340858-4CUV8OJD64D4RB81IQ5B/Pomerantz_Tinker_Photo_%231.JPG Home - The Glasswing Paradox & Research at the Smithsonian in Panama The “Glasswing” butterfly Greta oto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1544111114660-14YG549NLGDNCV1OYRPI/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Glasswing Paradox & Research at the Smithsonian in Panama The role of random nanostructures for the omnidirectional anti-reflection properties of the glasswing butterfly by Siddique et al. 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1544111287991-APLN41P51P8TMXNUL9U8/Pomerantz_Tinker_Photo_%232.jpg Home - The Glasswing Paradox & Research at the Smithsonian in Panama First visit to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa Panama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1544111375083-AMRF6A4CSA9AJJ8I7EQT/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Glasswing Paradox & Research at the Smithsonian in Panama A pupa of the Glasswing raised at STRI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1544111387158-S4TLQM89Z7K687XKKDW8/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Glasswing Paradox & Research at the Smithsonian in Panama Iridescent wing patterns at certain angles of light on the wings of transparent species http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2018/4/8/jungle-genomics-field-course-announcement monthly 0.5 2019-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1523225942396-YNR8GSP7YDG8LXPGYZ75/image-asset.jpeg Home - Jungle Genomics Field Course Announcement My portable lab setup that I recently deployed in Peru to sequence long stretches of ribosomal DNA from plants and arthropods. http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/from-snakes-to-sequences-in-24-hours monthly 0.5 2017-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500347527117-KSKQ39FER1BVWEALBC5J/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! The "boat" responsible for transferring our vehicle across the Canandé river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500348010775-V3F5ZP9KYHENXHFNMOOI/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Eyelash viper posing on the MinION DNA sequencer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500506780665-I6QA7TGQU335A36W0W7B/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! A beautiful shot of our viper next to the MinION by Lucas Bustamante https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500478753013-IJNDIPZ1EDXEOBN009TU/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Part of the DNA extraction and PCR set-up at our field site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500507387068-AF8Q9TCYNXGCDC6CI0SU/20170712204425_IMG_2052-01+%282%29.jpg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! The MinION (top) and miniPCR (bottom) make a great portable duo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500479503799-OB7TATUGOWPIQRVJ8N4J/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! The MinION sequencer glowing red and blue as it runs off the power of my laptop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500478254892-ZQDSWQH1X14W03IZTLLV/image-asset.png Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Some of the sequence data produced from the MinION sequencer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500484450898-6PBUYOHP24EGMYTW4SUL/bothriechis_schlegelii_16S_blast.png Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! BLAST hit result using a consensus read from the nanopore 16S barcode, which is a 98% match to the correct viper species. It will be interesting to see if the 2% difference is due to individual genetic variation, or if the difference is due to nanopore sequence error, which will be verified with Sanger sequencing of the same individual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500477715000-DPFVFZZ7NYNX0LBI1CGL/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Components of the portable lab used on the trip. Left to right: miniPCR sitting atop the Poweradd battery, Vaio laptop with Geneious pro software to visualize sequence data, and the ONT MinION sequencer powered by the laptop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500477934962-5R1QCDYC73Y25D9DQPSV/image-asset.jpeg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Stefan working on his nanopore bioinformatics in the jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1500509385501-MTVTJE8HO2M71NSL2SC4/FullSizeRender+%282%29.jpg Home - From Snakes to Sequences in 24 Hours: Success! Some of the expedition team members! Left to right: Alejandro, Aaron, Frank and Lucas http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2017/7/5/portable-dna-sequencing-for-rapid-species-identification-in-the-field monthly 0.5 2017-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499745380488-74VBKIMS30LSBSQPJP61/image-asset.jpeg Home - Off to Ecuador: Portable DNA Sequencing for Rapid Species Identification in the Field Loading the sample into the MinION DNA sequencer, which runs off the power of your laptop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499746146136-DSO9MFM6QNWJVRE59I17/nanopopore+barcode+run+uc+berkeley.jpg Home - Off to Ecuador: Portable DNA Sequencing for Rapid Species Identification in the Field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499746052178-22MHTRYRG0DQ6TFKW1AS/image-asset.jpeg Home - Off to Ecuador: Portable DNA Sequencing for Rapid Species Identification in the Field Stefan Prost working on creating a consensus for the nanopore barcode reads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499745986133-C5WY45SIXDFEEBVJZ6ZY/image-asset.png Home - Off to Ecuador: Portable DNA Sequencing for Rapid Species Identification in the Field Screen shot of some of the raw barcode nanopore data http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2017/7/5/portable-pcr monthly 0.5 2017-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499290657322-936J819RSZAVMXQUB4L9/miniPCR_me.jpg Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499281876667-JGWYGUUXH8YWRXYD2FTZ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field Phylogeny depicting relationships within colubrid snakes of the genus Atractus (Arteaga et al. 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499287895259-QEJ6QUNCLK3ANZPRVLP7/image-asset.png Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499290976230-CB0N2I1LHBLLYF94X0H7/image-asset.jpeg Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field miniPCR + Poweradd battery = portable PCR combo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499289697015-FRBKBPH5CB3GJFAO25GW/image-asset.jpeg Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field Left to right: two different ladders (1Kb+), ALS 16S (15.8 ng/ul), ALS ND4 (12.6 ng/ul), BRK 16S (10 ng/ul), BRK Cytb (11 ng/ul). The Drosophila (Dmel) COI samples didn't seem to amplify well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499289625622-B0VW8JNBYT58PQTSYZMW/image-asset.png Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1499288163631-DS2XZPLI6A798MIN5QR3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Portable PCR! Testing the miniPCR for DNA sequencing in the field ALS 16S Barcode 1 (152 ng/ul), ALS ND4 Barcode 2 (156 ng/ul), BRK 16s Barcode 3 (168 ng/ul), BRK Cytb Barcode 4 (157 ng/ul) http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2016/07/14/we-found-the-rare-pinocchio-lizard-in-ecuador monthly 0.5 2019-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486521501528-USX0BE1UKVZBSFPXPIOJ/MG_1094.jpg Home - We Found the Rare Pinocchio Lizard in Ecuador! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486525423681-ZJJFQJKB925ISOBESRY0/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Found the Rare Pinocchio Lizard in Ecuador! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486525481433-KY7O99HT9HXYEW1BQBR6/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Found the Rare Pinocchio Lizard in Ecuador! The endangered Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) is found only in this region of cloud forest. The protrusion on the nose is mainly composed of cartilage and is used as a display for attracting females as well as defending territory against rival males https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486525520143-PH1PYIVHLFD48VLAZ8O7/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Found the Rare Pinocchio Lizard in Ecuador! The Pinocchio lizard in his natural environment, blending in amongst the leaves and mossy backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486525614526-COANZUSPAR7TLE93E8LR/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Found the Rare Pinocchio Lizard in Ecuador! Face to face with the incredible Pinocchio lizard. Such an amazing opportunity to see this rare animal! http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2016/06/13/we-discovered-published-a-new-butterfly-life-history monthly 0.5 2017-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486521486219-WBS4J47MXYYOADRCQVKX/FIGURE-5-Adult-Adelotypa-annulifera-putative-wing-pattern-mimicry.jpg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533994417-ZZ4T1GD8XEELOM3625CX/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486534102987-OLSS16BSKMZ3GE0BQVJ2/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533690664-AA4T3CDGT9RTT2ZPHP4U/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History Overlook of the Tambopata River at our field site in Southeastern Peru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533475001-P0X8M8QN9AZ5OQMFVW63/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History Bamboo stalk with a leaf wrapped around the shoot near the base of the plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533501170-JY78BQCF46YFVODPCNPE/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History First observation of the caterpillars with an ant bodyguard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533489339-KQ2OCFHSEB6MGLG0ZD4K/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History The caterpillars later turned into pupae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533455190-MK9YH51Y92DB0F5CG8VG/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History Figure 1 from the publication, the immature life stages of the butterfly and their association with ants. (A) Eggs with Megalomyrmex ant, (B) First instar larva with Ectatomma tuberculatum ant (C) Mid-instar larva with Pheidole ant (D) Mid-instar larvae with bullet ants (E) Final instar larva with E. tuberculatum ant (E) Pupae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533435954-LLDTXNER2EOQ2LMNP56P/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533416514-5LLML4K71AYBG2URKR4M/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533393349-8S3IBWKT52GM2DHD8K1H/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History Figure 4. Adult Adelotypa annulifera interactions with ants on bamboo. (A) Ants touching the butterfly wings with antennae. (B) Ant crawling on butterfly wing. (C) Ants touching butterfly abdomen. (D-E) Butterflies and ants utilizing extrafloral nectary resources on bamboo. (F) Butterfly drinking bamboo fluid from the ant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486534118185-D5ZY2ENLFEAV8P5NTD2P/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486533537394-STX4LX042EF9DW18EDH2/image-asset.jpeg Home - We Discovered & Published a New Butterfly Life History http://www.thenextgenscientist.com/home/2016/06/10/in-the-field-macro-photography-microscopy-how-biology-creates-color monthly 0.5 2017-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486521498414-UZ64DEF7TSS8AG1ES70N/YouTubeCompilation_All_Wings9.jpg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523305310-HKLB300RIITF14DBZ7TG/Nymphalid_wings.jpg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color Macro shot of a Heliconius butterfly wing. The different colors (oranges, yellows, blacks) are caused by pigment production in each individual scale. MP-E65mm, ƒ/11.0, 1/125, ISO 200. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523516601-JCBFMU4BKXLFH63JQE4I/image-asset.jpeg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color At our remote outpost in Sumaco, Ecuador, tinkering with my camera to photograph insects and butterfly wing scales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523557072-MR3J1Z1L2L8BJXR21UMD/2_Morpho_Scales.jpg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color Macro of a Morpho wing, note the blue scales which do not contain any blue pigment. They contain nanostructures that bounce light back at the blue wavelength, a form of 'structural color'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523717094-1BC5UK795BCSY8XRVMIE/image-asset.jpeg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color Like beautiful painted tiles, the scales on this Phantom butterfly range from shades of pink to entirely transparent. MP-E65mm, ƒ/11.0, 1/125, ISO 200. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523835102-O204FENYAG50LWBT9G3R/image-asset.jpeg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color Owl Butterflies mating. The large eye spot on the hindwing is thought to startle potential predators like birds, a form of Batesian mimicry in which a harmless organism acquires protection by resembling a threatening animal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486523935295-KZ71BPYM2IRMG77XT9HR/Mobile_Lab_1.jpg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color Some of the tools in my "mobile lab" kit: a foldable microscope, a DSLR camera with macro lens, a handheld gene sequencer, and my mobile phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54de32c6e4b0409b0653ca2d/1486524064679-92PU8628KE2I6HREH6GO/image-asset.jpeg Home - In the Field: Macro Photography, Microscopy & How Butterflies Create Color An Amber Phantom butterfly with transparent wings. 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