Field Blog 2014
Undergraduate researcher, Jordan Brock, is headed on a new adventure to Turkey in search of Camelina, a genus which includes the emerging biofuel crop C. sativa. Follow Jordan on his quest to collect new populations of Camelina from across central Anatolia. In addition to field work, he will be presenting his research at the 22nd National Biology Congress. Funding for this trip is provided by the University of Arizona's Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open! (BRAVO!) program. Read about Jordan Brock's travels through Turkey in the summer of 2014 in search of Camelina
Field Collections 2013
Mark Beilstein, Jordan Brock and Evan Forsythe are heading into the field! We are on our way to Turkey and the Caucasus region in search of native Camelina populations. We will be exploring western Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia in order to collect tissue samples, seeds, and herbarium specimens. Camelina contains the emerging biofuel crop, C. sativa. We hope to infer the evolutionary history and origin of cultivation in the genus by sampling and analyzing DNA from native populations. The trip begins June 16th. We will travel by planes, trains, and automobiles. Check back often for details of our trip, including photos and stories of our adventures! This trip has been made possible by a National Geographic CRE Grant.Take a look at the Beilstein Lab field blog from 2013 here
Undergraduate researcher, Jordan Brock, is headed on a new adventure to Turkey in search of Camelina, a genus which includes the emerging biofuel crop C. sativa. Follow Jordan on his quest to collect new populations of Camelina from across central Anatolia. In addition to field work, he will be presenting his research at the 22nd National Biology Congress. Funding for this trip is provided by the University of Arizona's Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open! (BRAVO!) program. Read about Jordan Brock's travels through Turkey in the summer of 2014 in search of Camelina
Field Collections 2013
Mark Beilstein, Jordan Brock and Evan Forsythe are heading into the field! We are on our way to Turkey and the Caucasus region in search of native Camelina populations. We will be exploring western Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia in order to collect tissue samples, seeds, and herbarium specimens. Camelina contains the emerging biofuel crop, C. sativa. We hope to infer the evolutionary history and origin of cultivation in the genus by sampling and analyzing DNA from native populations. The trip begins June 16th. We will travel by planes, trains, and automobiles. Check back often for details of our trip, including photos and stories of our adventures! This trip has been made possible by a National Geographic CRE Grant.Take a look at the Beilstein Lab field blog from 2013 here
