Dr. Kiki's Science Hour 37

Dr. Kiki's Science Hour Episode 37

"The Voyage Of Darwin's Beagle"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Kirsten Sanford Guest: Dr. Karen James Recorded: March 11, 2010 Published: March 13, 2010 Duration: 1:04:34 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Guests 2 Topic 3 Links 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 5 Notable Quotes 6 Production Information

Guests

Dr. Karen James

• Postdoctoral research assistant at the Natural History Museum in London and Director of Science for The HMS Beagle Project.
  • KEJames.com

In her work at the Natural History Museum in London, she is involved in projects:

• 'DNA barcoding' (DNA-based identification of organism) of plants
• UK Biodiversity Programme
• Climate Change Research Group
• Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT), a whole-genome molecular technique for systematic and evolutionary studies in non-model organisms
• plant systematics, developmental genetics and evolution
• Saving Darwin’s muse: evolutionary genetics for the recovery of the Floreana mockingbird
• Surveying, conserving and digitising Charles Darwin's NHM specimen heritage

Topic

Voyage of Darwin's Beagle

Links

• http://kejames.com/

• http://thebeagleproject.blogspot.com/

• http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

• http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/botany/k-james/index.html

• Video of Davenport Beagle Project

• Beagle model

• DNA Barcoding

• DNA barcoding plants

• Beagle and Brazil / NASA

• International Space Act w/ NASA and ISS

• http://www.pnas.org/content/106/31/12794.abstract

• http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122571265/abstract

Sponsors

Audible

• AudiblePodcast.com/kiki
• ad times: 00:00:41-00:00:55 and 00:40:41-00:42:54

Notable Quotes

Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes:

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