UMass Brachypodium Consortium
Plant Biology Graduate Program
Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program
Institute for Cellular Engineering
The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuel Research
Vapor-phase sterilization of Arabidopsis seed
Agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA
Transformation of Agrobacterium using electroporation
Gateway-compatible yeast one-hybrid screens
Polymerase Chain Reaction - PCR
Lazy bones yeast transformation
Manuals TaKaRa Taq Manual
TaKaRa Ex Taq Manual
Platinum Pfx DNA Polymerase Manual
Dual luciferase assay system (Promega)
pENTR Directional TOPO Cloning Kits (Invitrogen)
MultiSite Gateway Pro (Invitrogen)
Gateway pDONR Vectors (Invitrogen)
Gel DNA Recovery Kit (Zymo)
Plasmid miniprep kit (Zymo)
Premade Z-CompetentTM E. coli Cells (Zymo)
Zymoclean Gel DNA Recovery Kit (Zymo)
Recipes LB Media
TAE buffer
Online tools Design tool for Brachypodium distachyonqPCR primers.
Calculator for suspension of dry single-stranded oligonucleotides
Pick primers from a DNA sequence
Micropipette guide
Making an agarose gel demonstration
Running an agarose gel demonstration
Real time PCR tutorial
Microbiologists and plant biologists teamed up to develop an assay to measure the feedstock quality of plant biomass. 2/8/12
US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and UMass initiate project to develop biofuel research tools. 1/28/12
Hazen to present at Plant and Animal Genome XX in San Diego and the 2012 Genomic Science Annual Contractor-Grantee Meeting in Bethesda. 12/27/11
Hazen to present at the 1st European Brachypodium Workshop in Versailles France
10/18/11
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and UMass Amherst team up to improve biomass accumulation in energy crops.
8/12/11
DOE grant to help study on boosting ethanol yields from energy crops.
6/13/11
Undergrad Dominick Matos awarded the 2011 Kofi Cash Scholarship for Independent Research.
5/9/11
Mike Veling presents at the UMass Brachypodium Consortium meetings.
4/24/11
Undergrads Mike Veling, Rebecca Lamothe, Jessica Sysopha, and Dominick Matos presented their research at the 5th Annual Undergraduate Life Science Research Symposium and the 17th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference. 4/22/11
Undergraduate Research Assistant Mike Veling accepts invitation to Summer Research Internship Program in Plant Genomics at Michigan State University
3/15/11
Undergraduate Research Assistant Jess Sysopha joins the Hazen Lab ranks to study biofuel feedstock quality genetics.
2/8/11
Check in on the New Laboratory Science Building construction site.
1/7/11
UMass Amherst annual research report highlights energy research in the Hazen Lab.
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