Lasers advance eDNA detection
2011
From the Notre Dame College of Science press release:
“Notre Dame physicists are working on a laser transmission spectroscopy tool that will be able to detect the presence of nanoparticles in suspension, as well as determine the type and number of the nanoparticles. The tool can detect particles so tiny and diffuse that they cannot be seen with any existing technology, and it extends to a range many orders of magnitude below what has previously been achieved.”
Which is where the Lodge Lab comes in. Using this new technology this new paper demonstrates that this technique can be used to detect species-species environmental DNA from water samples.
The full paper can be found here.
Li F, Mahon AR, Barnes MA, Feder J, Lodge DM, et al. (2011) Quantitative and Rapid DNA Detection by Laser Transmission Spectroscopy. PLoS ONE 6(12): e29224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029224
New Publication from Lodge Lab
12/21/11
Dr. David Lodge and grad student Matt Barnes, along with former post-doc Andy Mahon, co-author PLOS one paper with Notre Dame Physicists.
