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During her visit to The Pub Club, Robin Buell shared several insights and resources with us.  While some of these will be added to various Resource pages based on content, they are also listed here for your convenience.

Papers recommended by Robin:

Saha, P. and Blumwald, E. (2016), “Spike-dip transformation of Setaria viridis.” Plant J, 86: 89–101. doi:10.1111/tpj.13148

Olsen, J. L., et al. (2016). “The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea.” Nature 530(7590): 331-335. doi:10.1038/nature16548

Computational Training recommended by Robin:

Plant Genomics (PLB 812) – graduate level course taught by Robin every fall semester

Get some basic statistics (See the Resources page or post by Shawna Rowe)

Learn Python vs. Perl

Many online training opportunities, including through Coursera and edX

Upcoming Coursera (April 18 – May 22, register by April 23): Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners

 

 

 

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