Blog - Environmental Sustainability
JCVI Supports Human Mircrobiome Body Site Experts with Shotgun Data Analysis
Members of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Consortium (see http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp and http://www.hmpdacc.org for more information on the...
Starting the Atlantic Crossing
Wednesday November 17th 2010 On November 10th Sorcerer II set sail from Valencia Spain to start the sail back to America. The first leg...
Lucene Revolution Conference 2010
I arrived late in Boston after my plane from Washington DC was delayed. On the agenda - the next four days the Lucene Revolution conference and a...
French Road Sampling Trip Saves Sorcerer II From More Rough Weather!
September 28th 2010 With one last sample to collect and the weather still rough in the Mediterranean, we made the decision to make the Banyuls...
A Week Long Beat Down At Sea, All In The Name Of Science!
September 27th 2010 We just arrived in Barcelona after 7 very rough days at sea! Lots and lots of rolling around, very little sleep, high seas and...
Go To Greece!
September 20th 2010 We arrived in Crete today, bringing our Greek sampling leg to an end. We were very lucky to be able to sail in Greek waters,...
USA Science & Engineering Festival
What a great weekend! Thousands of people attended the USA Science and Engineering Festival. There were exhibits and performances for everyone, every...
Second Leg of Greek Sampling
September 19th 2010 After we picked up our samples in Maliakos Gulf and changed Greek collaborators we sailed overnight to Psara Island to collect...
The Start of Greek Sampling and Rough Sampling Conditions!
September 15th 2010 Aegean Sea Map On September 10th we arrived in the northeastern Aegean Sea and docked in the city of Alexandroupolis....
Tourist in Turkey
September 11th 2010 Our time in Turkey was relatively short, but we saw and learned a lot in that time. Our first stop was in Canakkale, it would...