Jens Hegg

Jens Hegg

Palouse, WA

Gonzaga University

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Published on Apr 11, 2023

Save Our Seas Keystone Grant

I can finally share the news! On the strength of the team and plans we’ve built here, this project has been funded by the Save Our Seas Foundation to complete analysis of all the samples We’ve coll...

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Published on Mar 22, 2023

They're Here!!

In our last lab note we were still mired in a bit of a bureaucratic paperwork shuffle. As you'll recall, we had just received the NOAA Letter of Determination that made our samples legal to import....

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Published on Sep 14, 2022

Approved...again!

It's been a bit longer than I'd like since my last announcement. As you might recall, the last Lab Note announced that we had received the Brazilian paperwork allowing us to export the samples. We ...

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Published on Oct 28, 2021

Sample export permits are approved!

All, Thank you all for your patience with this project. I realize it has been a VERY long time since I've updated you on the status of this project. But, in the last two weeks things have been happ...

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Published on Dec 19, 2019

Thank you again!

I know that many of you on this project hopped over to the new page and donated, and others of you enthusiastically shared the project with friends. Your help made it possible for the new fundraisi...

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Published on Dec 19, 2019

We Did It!

We made our funding goal! With 4 hours to go we passed the 100% funding mark!Thank you all so much for your contributions. It wouldn't have been possible without all of your help. A few of you even...

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Published on Dec 18, 2019

The Final Stretch! We could really use your help

Hello everyone!First, let me say thank you to all of you for your donations. You are all helping to make this research a reality and that deserves a ton of praise!We're in the last 12 hours of the ...

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Published on Dec 18, 2019

Now is the time. 12 hours left!

Hello everyone!I just wanted to send a quick note to let you all know that the new crowdfunding campaign is on the very last stretch and could use your help. www.experiment.com/amazonmegafishWe hav...

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Published on Dec 15, 2019

Sawfish: Why is our work so exciting and how does it work?

I'm reposting this Lab Note here because it's super cool science and I thought you all would like to read this explanation of our work. The new crowdfunding campaign is on the final 4 days of fundr...

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Thanks SO much to EcoWB for pushing us over the top with the last pledge!!
Dec 18, 2019
Could teeth and scale chemistry reveal threatened Amazonian mega-fish movements?
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Thanks!
Dec 16, 2019
Could teeth and scale chemistry reveal threatened Amazonian mega-fish movements?
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Thanks! I'm glad you liked this report. It's fascinating science. I'll have to pick that book up, I have not read it.
Dec 10, 2019
Could teeth and scale chemistry reveal threatened Amazonian mega-fish movements?
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I share your bias! I do think that this project has big potential. I believe, at this point, that I have one of the largest collections of sawfish samples in the Americas, and the Amazon region is very poorly understood despite being a refuge for the species. I think we'll learn some cool things. And that's even before we get to the tarpon samples. I'm excited by the potential! Thanks for your donation!
Dec 03, 2019
Could teeth and scale chemistry reveal threatened Amazonian mega-fish movements?
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That’s awesome! Good luck and keep us informed of the progress. This is cool research.
Jan 22, 2018
Biological control of the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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No problem. Get in touch if you need any specific names. I have that thesis tucked away somewhere. They were using R. Iyengari I believe, or perhaps also R. Culicivorax and had a whole system for mass producing them for dispersal into seasonal ponds. I never heard what the end result was but it made for an interesting senior thesis.
Dec 29, 2017
Biological control of the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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I did a senior thesis with the Roraima Secretary of Health looking at efficacy of similar nemotodes on malarial mosquitos. It was a joint project with the Cuban government in Boa Vista, Roraima. Do you know of that work? They may have knowledge about scaling this up in the future. I like your project! Good luck.
Dec 28, 2017
Biological control of the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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Awesome!! Glad you made it.
May 04, 2016
Can sloths serve as “canaries in the coal mine” for forest health today and in the past?
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Awesome! Hey cousin! Thanks for the donation and also thanks for the tip. It took me a second to find, it's .org, but wow that is super cool. I've honestly been trying on a small scale to do this sort of semi-automated analysis with otolith analysis in my lab group. I don't have enough samples to make it worth their time...but who knows about the future. I like these sorts of citizen science ideas for big data. Reminds me of the SETI screensaver from the old days.
Apr 14, 2016
Big Fish a Long Way from Home: Using ear bones and teeth to unravel migration in Amazonian fish
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Excellent! I hear Stephen is playing a concert with a pretty incredible piano player this week. Thanks for the book recommendation and the vote of confidence. I'll certainly be sharing on Facebook over the coming month. Keep in touch.
Apr 14, 2016
Big Fish a Long Way from Home: Using ear bones and teeth to unravel migration in Amazonian fish
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Thanks so much for the donation!
Apr 12, 2016
Big Fish a Long Way from Home: Using ear bones and teeth to unravel migration in Amazonian fish
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I'm really excited by the project, and I think it's really timely. We were the first to use this isotopic technique but just the other day another paper was posted in pre-print with a very similar study that confirmed our earlier results (http://bit.ly/1S49pPr , paywall I can send the PDF if anyone wants to read it). Another group also just submitted a paper. Unfortunately, the pace of dam building is what is finally spurring people to do this work...along with the fact that until last year there weren't good baselines for the isotopic chemistry of the river or techniques like ours to predict it. So, there's a convergence of really urgent need and technological ability that makes this possible finally.
Apr 12, 2016
Big Fish a Long Way from Home: Using ear bones and teeth to unravel migration in Amazonian fish
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