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Beyster Fellow Selection and Venter Institute Gift

Beyster Fellow Selection and Venter Institute Gift

I would like to congratulate University of Michigan College of Engineering student Katherine Sebeck on her selection as a 2013-201...

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Algae and Biofuels, Happy Thanksgiving

I recently learned that the University of Michigan College of Engineering has made a breakthrough in converting algae into a usabl...

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Artificial Leaf and Beyster Building Hawks

Artificial Leaf and Beyster Building Hawks

I recently read an article in the New Yorker magazine about the work being done by scientists to create a new sustainable source o...

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Reflecting on 2011

2011 has been quite an eventful year for me. I spent the first few weeks of January in and out of hospitals, but my health improve...

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More Progress on the Ocean Sampling Front

More Progress on the Ocean Sampling Front

I met with Craig Venter and his team at Cave Street last Thursday to discuss their progress on the 2009-2010 Research Voyage of th...

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Increasing the Debt Limit and Mapping Bacteria

By the time you read this blog post, the House and Senate will likely have passed legislation to increase the debt limit. I am per...

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