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Staff of the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab, September 2022.  From left to right: Ann Riddle-Bernsten (Biologist), Bobbi Pierson (Lab Manager and Geneticist), Laura Scott (Geneticist), Eleni Petrou (Geneticist), Christina Ahlstrom (Geneticist), Cherie McKeeman (Geneticist), Damian Menning (Research Geneticist), and Andy Ramey (Lab Director and

Dr. Damian Menning, Geneticist with the USGS Alaska Science Center, preparing environmental samples containing Elodea species to test universal eDNA Elodea sp. primers that can be used to detect all five Elodea sp. in aquatic samples.

Dr. Damian Menning, Geneticist with the USGS Alaska Science Center, preparing environmental samples containing Elodea species to test universal eDNA Elodea species primers that can be used to detect all five Elodea sp. in aquatic samples.

Christina Ahlstrom, USGS Alaska Science Center, reviews genomic sequencing results for antibiotic resistant bacteria recovered from wild bird samples collected at a landfill in southcentral Alaska. The USGS uses genomic information on antibiotic resistant bacteria in wild birds to understand transmission pathways and to identify potential threats to human, dome

Christina Ahlstrom, USGS Alaska Science Center, reviews genomic sequencing results for antibiotic resistant bacteria recovered from wild bird samples collected at a landfill in southcentral Alaska. The USGS uses genomic information on antibiotic resistant bacteria in wild birds to understand transmission pathways and to identify potential threats to human, dome

John Reed, in the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Laboratory, uses molecular techniques to screen blood samples collected from wild birds sampled in Alaska for avian malarial parasites. The USGS uses genetic screening and sequencing techniques to understand how parasites may affect wildlife populations within the United States.

John Reed, USGS Alaska Science Center, uses molecular techniques to screen blood samples collected from wild birds sampled in Alaska for avian malarial parasites. The USGS uses genetic screening and sequencing techniques to understand how parasites may affect wildlife populations within the United States.

John Reed, USGS Alaska Science Center, reviews genetic screening results to detect avian malarial parasites in wild birds sampled in Alaska.  The USGS uses genetic screening and sequencing techniques to understand how parasites may affect wildlife populations within the United States.

Andy Reeves, in the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Laboratory, preparing to sequence influenza A viruses collected from wild birds sampled in Alaska.

Andy Reeves, in the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Laboratory, preparing to sequence influenza A viruses collected from wild birds sampled in Alaska.

Andy Reeves, USGS Alaska Science Center, prepares to sequence influenza A viruses in the Molecular Ecology Laboratory. The samples were collected from wild birds in Alaska.

Andy Reeves, in the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Laboratory, preparing to sequence influenza A viruses collected from wild birds sampled in Alaska.

Rob Wilson adding prepared genetic material to a gel in the Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Laboratory.