<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/research-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:27:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental DNA: One sample, Limitless Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA[In late January George Anderson, Maggie Harings, Kristen Reece, Maris Goodwin and I hosted an event that occurred around the  Alaska...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/environmental-dna-one-sample-limitless-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a3e1435b810ca457da35af</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 23:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_7a6fd005eced4944a3738b7b6ae49d73~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021-2022 NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) at Tribal Colleges Working Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[The meeting I had this afternoon was funded by NSF, it is a working group with members of the IUSE and TCUs. The goal of our monthly...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/2021-2022-nsf-improving-undergraduate-stem-education-iuse-at-tribal-colleges-working-group</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b7b9a4e9bd630017d2ccbe</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:03:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent talks for both PICES and UW Banse Early Career Seminar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a copy of my Powerpoint presentations that I've used this year - to discuss the research I've been involved in.]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/recent-talks-for-both-pices-and-uw-banse-early-career-seminar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b7985e4730380016fb48ea</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:04:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching a Hooligan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spirinchus thaleicthys (also known as Longfin Smelt, “Hoolies”, and “Tiokowe”) are an anadromous forage fish. They enter the lower...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/catching-a-hooligan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6193deb92eeb740016c84519</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:56:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_af919112006e451083bcdbfa3894f55c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetic population structure of the round whitefish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Citation: Thomas D. Morgan, Carly F. Graham, Andrew G. McArthur, Amogelang R. Raphenya, Douglas R. Boreham, Richard G. Manzon, Joanna Y....]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/genetic-population-structure-of-the-round-whitefish</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6172d8ab1ed9ec00163b4861</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:12:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_b952c3fcc2924e44a262ecac32121a29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning how to identify algae]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of instruction for the Bigelow algae identification course.]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/learning-how-to-identify-algae</link><guid isPermaLink="false">611a97f6ff53ab00155c08de</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:54:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_af7793eda7a447d1a1b52fbc4a790444~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning ArcGIS Story Maps with Sylvie Arques]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northwest Indian College Bachelor of Science in Native and Environmental Science Department faculty member, Sylvie Arques, offered a...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/learning-arcgis-story-maps-with-sylvie-arques</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61169f06baa69500153b3bff</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:01:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_388744eb71c745be9c254e31168458a1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filtering Fairhaven Dock samples - in search of dinoflagellates]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://youtu.be/8c4pd6ZbP3c The video is of me running a field blank and sample through a filtering apparatus. The sample was collected...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/filtering-fairhaven-dock-samples-in-search-of-dinoflagellates</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61157fe94c4df0001593872c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:35:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_83556b7ac5934049810834035606d9e6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_952,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNA copy number calculator]]></title><description><![CDATA[A good resource to calculate copy number for a strand of DNA is found here: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/brands/thermo-scienti...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/dna-copy-number-calculator</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603936601a860e00436fe492</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:01:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serial dilutions of stock gblock DNA of Spirinchus thaleichthys]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I am going to use the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer to assess the size and quality of DNA of the gblock DNA I ordered for the Spirinchus...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/serial-dilutions-of-stock-gblock-dna-of-spirinchus-thaleichthys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603e6ca1021263001541a424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electron microscopy of dinoflagellates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scanning electron microscopy is being used by the SSRC to determine species of dinoflagellates in the Bellingham Bay and Nooksack River....]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/electron-microscopy-of-alexandrium-and-prorocentrum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6022cb37645ba400177e6d06</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:51:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_e9e5445489004d3c8b314287d56b30f8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_768,h_858,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparing genomic sequence data with Nanopore technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week I'm learning how to use a Flongle Flow Cell  to sequence genes found in the cultures I have been keeping alive from Fairhaven...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/genomic-dna-by-ligation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">602c19c2714bf200177e8976</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:42:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_72f2c2ebb5dc4c17b18273cba07e1924~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytochrome b and qPCR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cytochrome b is a protein in the mitochondria (see schematic below #9) of eukaryotic cells. The mitochondria is a double layered...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/cytochrome-b-and-qpcr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6022ea4a7d73d700170dab98</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:45:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_28575910b6b3472bbd8e3464329cd67e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transmission Electron Microscopy of phages]]></title><description><![CDATA[SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science)  is a two semester program. The courses...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/transmission-electron-microscopy-of-phages</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60188ca614b223001762fe81</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:55:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_37be7477a74949b6979b47c0efe3f366~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History of the Nooksack River]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figure 1 from Grah O., Beaulieu J. (2013) This post is all about the Nooksack River and Hooligans. The headwaters of the Nooksack...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/history-of-the-nooksack-river</link><guid isPermaLink="false">601847e4890cd10017007444</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:19:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_3d2930f374a84f0494907aa997e790d4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_962,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[qPCR: how to do it right, the first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ultimate qPCR Experiment: Producing Publication Quality, Reproducible Data the First Time Taylor et al., 2019 As I am new to qPCR, I...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/qpcr-how-to-do-it-right-the-first-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600f5cd5784715001770b0ac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_1c7ba3639c8f416296b721f1720aa068~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmful Algae News December 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/1487/]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/harmful-algae-news-december-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">601065470556ee00176d4d03</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:54:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies released a new report]]></title><description><![CDATA[ADVANCING THE NATIONAL FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANTS CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY INTO A NEW DECADE New  paleo-temperature  reconstructions ...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-association-of-fish-and-wildlife-agencies-released-a-new-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">601064fbffc59f0017fe7efd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:53:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limits of detection and limits of quantification for Longfin Smelt (Hooligans/Hoolies) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based on the reading: Reporting the limits of detection and quantification for environmental DNA assays Klymus et al., 2019 Environmental...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/limits-of-detection-and-limits-of-quantification-for-longfin-smelt-hooligans-hoolies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600f5e40cc86160017494e01</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:01:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_9f50988f21ec449596b60ac04c4813b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_953,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental DNA (eDNA) review article]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a synopsis of the article: "Past, present and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA metabarcoding: A systematic review...]]></description><link>https://bkamermans8.wixsite.com/my-site/post/creativity-with-chemistry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600b059cef66c000173d405f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:04:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c29a75_6be2401e1f344411b7acd9d10c4b7cf7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_718,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>bkamermans8</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>