Tag: STAMPS

STAMPS, Week Two: The Vortex of Methods Development

Last night’s lobster boil kicked off the second week at STAMPS. So far, it’s been a very interesting experience, for a number of reasons. While here, I’ve been noticing different classes of what we’ve been learning. I am currently seeing it along a spectrum of “transitory-immutable”. The transitory end of the spectrum is “the [quick] …

STAMPS, Day 1

This was my first day back in Woods Hole at the MBL, this time for the Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Populations (STAMPS) course. The first thing I did when I arrived yesterday was jump in the ocean. After swimming in Ithaca’s gorges all summer, the salty seawater feels so buoyant. The first thing …

STAMPS, Day 1

This was my first day back in Woods Hole at the MBL, this time for the Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Populations (STAMPS) course. The first thing I did when I arrived yesterday was jump in the ocean. After swimming in Ithaca’s gorges all summer, the salty seawater feels so buoyant. The first thing …