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Brian Krueger, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York NY USA

Brian Krueger is the owner, creator and coder of LabSpaces by night and Next Generation Sequencer by day. He is currently the Director of Genomic Analysis and Technical Operations for the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. In his blog you will find articles about technology, molecular biology, and editorial comments on the current state of science on the internet.

My posts are presented as opinion and commentary and do not represent the views of LabSpaces Productions, LLC, my employer, or my educational institution.

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Jaeson, that's not true at most places.  Top tier, sure, but 1100+ should get you past the first filter of most PhD programs in the sciences. . . .Read More
Jun 24, 2013, 8:39am

All I can say is that GRE's really do matter at the University of California....I had amazing grades, as well as a Master's degree with stellar grades, government scholarships, publication, confere. . .Read More
Jun 19, 2013, 11:00pm

Hi Brian, I am certainly interested in both continuity and accuracy of PacBio sequencing. However, I no longer fear the 15% error rate like I first did, because we have more-or-less worked . . .Read More
Feb 26, 2013, 12:13am

Great stuff Jeremy!  You bring up good points about gaps and bioinformatics.  Despite the advances in technology, there is a lot of extra work that goes into assembling a de novo genome on the ba. . .Read More
Feb 25, 2013, 10:20am

Brian,I don't know why shatz doesn't appear to be concerned about the accuracy of Pacbio for plant applications. You would have to ask him. We operate in different spaces- shatz is concerned a. . .Read More
Feb 25, 2013, 8:01am
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Here's a true timelapse video of a day in lab.  Pictures were taken every minute for 24 hrs.  The video goes from about 4am to 4am the next day.

And because someone asked...The images were taken with a GoProHD Hero camera and then compiled in Windows Live MovieMaker.  Images are displayed for 0.1 seconds.

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AmoebaMike
Independence Science
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What's the organism in the bottom middle of the aquarium? It seems fairly active, but completely immotile (<--- can't think of the proper term).


Brian Krueger, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
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It's an anemone. It moves because there's a really high water flow in the tank (2,400 gph).  I think the snails are the coolest thing to watch in that video!


Suzy
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Did people know they were being recorded? Would be mighty embarrassing if someone were working late, thought they were alone, and, um........ :-)


Brian Krueger, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
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Haha!  Yes, I told them all :)  You can see that Curtis came in around 3am.  He works two jobs, 8 hrs in my lab and then 8 hrs in the hospital clinical lab.


Nick Fahrenkopf
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Did I see the guy in the red shirt eat his lunch in the lab? And then later change his shirt?


Brian Krueger, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
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Haha, I covered our EH&S guidelines concerning eating in lab in my last post.  The Desk area is considered food safe.

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