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Zoom Speaker Education Series: Dr. Michele Mansfield "The Penn State Honey & Pollen Diagnostic Lab"
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MDBA Zoom Series Presentation
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About this event
A plant pathologist by trade (Ph.D. Penn State 2005), I am coming to really appreciate the world of pollen and pollinators! My main professional interest lies in diagnostic method development. I also serve as an advisory plant pathologist for a start-up PSU-alumni based Ag Technology company. I am an avid gardener and so-so crafter in my free-time, along with “managing” my two offspring and spouse. In April of 2021, I joined the Grozinger Lab to help develop and launch the PSU Pollen and Honey Diagnostic Lab. The primary diagnostic tool in this service uses nested PCR for metabarcoding pollen DNA and combines this with next generation sequencing (the Illumina® platform) and a customized bioinformatics pipeline for worldwide data analysis. The goals of the service are to (1) be able to identify what plants are present in a pollen or honey sample (2) determine how much each plant contributes to the total floral fingerprint of a sample and (3) provide this information to beekeepers and researchers in a user-friendly platform. In my presentation, will go over a bit of the history of the method development, how to submit samples and what you can expect results to look like. Additionally, I will discuss what types of projects rely on the service, new/upcoming services and other resources available from the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State.
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