Associate professor of Biology @ArcticBiology @uafairbanks researching plant-microbe interactions, antimicrobial resistance, emerging pathogens.
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Joined March 2009
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Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Thrilled to present at #Nanoporeconf - London Calling 2025 with Yvonne Chen on making DNA sequencing an activity that students in every classroom can participate in. #biotechnology #STEM #Education
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Looking forward to #ASMicrobe this year!🦠 We've got some great @nanopore events lined up, including an exciting Evening event Friday, June 14th with some of the legends @Scalene, @rrwick, @anna_cusco, @Matt180KDa! Filling up fast, so be sure to register:
nanoporetech.com/about/event…
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Congratulations to Jorda Kovash on her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! 🥳 Jorda’s studying an emerging fungal pathogen killing aspen in Alaska. I have the pleasure of coadvising her with @SchuetteUrsel at @uafairbanks. #yayteamyay
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Check out the GigaScience Press review of the year in GigaBlog. Featuring news on Gigabyte journal's coming of age, and more gigasciencejournal.com/blog/…
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New method from @Dani_Wrenn and @devindrown testing @nanopore adaptive sampling to enrich for #AMR genes in a mock community of environmental origin.
Nanopore adaptive sampling enriches for antimicrobial resistance genes in microbial communities doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.10…
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We caught up with Sarah Castro-Wallace to learn how @NASA is using nanopore sequencing to help keep astronauts on the @ISS_Research safe. #nanoporeconf
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We’re hiring! interested in community-based pathogen surveillance and #OneHealth in the wild lands of Alaska? 🦠 Postdoctoral Surveillance Coordinator, @TheWCS @uafairbanks @uaanchorage SPASAK Project:
jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/S…
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
I'm looking to recruit a PhD student beginning in Fall 2024 to develop theory and methods for studying genotype-by-environment interactions. We're specifically interested in how GxE is affected by phenomena such as habitat choice. Please RT and get in touch ASAP if interested! – at Blacksburg, VA
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Exciting job opportunity here in Alaska! Director of the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. careers.alaska.edu/en-us/job…
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Last night was out of this world 🚀 thank you #ASMicrobe for so many coming out to hear from scientists and @NASA astronauts pushing the frontiers of microbial exploration with @nanopore sequencing! 🧬
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Stop by Hermann Park this Saturday for the #HoustonDayofScience Festival during #ASMicrobe! Lots of fun science activities like agar art!
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Our Principal Scientist Swapna Uplekar will speak at a symposium on “Pushing Frontiers of Microbial Exploration: from Space to Soil and Surveillance of Pathogens“ at ASM Microbe on 17 June at 17:35 CDT. #ASMicrobe
More here: finddx.org/what-we-do/events…
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Going to #ASMicrobe? Come to our session on training and mentorship to build an excellent & inclusive scientific community.
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
🦠🚨We need more mentors!🚨🦠
Help 1st time and solo attendees have a better experience at #ASMicrobe by sharing your experience and knowledge.
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Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
#DYK that much of the water in Alaska is not above ground but frozen under your feet?
On May 30 at 1 pm EST, join researchers and educators live from @Toolik as they explore how the water cycle in the Arctic is changing. Register today at bit.ly/40W0Lwp!
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Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
Zoe McDougall inspiring the next generation of scientists. Talking about a career in STEM and how they can make a real world impact through science. #nanoporeconf
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🧵 Arctic research is ramping up and we are bringing you along. Join us over the next few weeks as we follow a research team studying how beavers are impacting the Alaskan tundra.
📷: @denalinps
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Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
This unique opportunity at Toolik Field Station will give students a chance to learn from scientists and hear from staff about careers in Arctic research.
uaf.edu/news/toolik-launches…
Devin Drown, Ph.D. retweeted
COG-UK has pivoted from being a large-scale distributed sequencing and data analysis effort to a consortium that increasingly facilitated pandemic-relevant genomics research and training.
👋🛬 Now, it is finally time to retire COG-UK
cogconsortium.uk/cog-uks-fin…