Daniel Williams

Today we completed the first 10 plant DNA extractions for genome sequencing. We are going to run PCR on these samples and determine which appears to have the greatest yield. From there we have be...

We received our equipment and reagents earlier in the week (9/29). We tested the Minion and the Flongle adaptors to ensure there were no warranty issues. We decided to start with plant whole geno...

All funds were accepted by the School Board or Education back in May. Funds were disbursed for ordering. Today we placed our main purchase order with Oxford Nanopore. I know the order was a few ...

Thanks to the three day workshop that I attended at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, I applied for and was accepted into Oxford Nanopore's Education Program. This enabled me to obtain education pric...

Thanks to the three day workshop that I attended at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, I applied for and was accepted into Oxford Nanopore's Education Program. This enabled me to obtain education pric...

Due to the late timing during the school year when we received our check, I used the summer to prepare for the 2025-26 school year. First I attended a 3 day workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laborato...

Thank you! I just found out we are fully funded! Watch this space for the exciting student science that is about to start! Thank you!!!!

This project was inspired by over ten years of working with teachers and students on DNA Barcoding. I was fortunate enough to be a teacher fellow in Cold Spring Harbor's Barcode Long Island. I he...