Welcome, a new blog series was born today!
My name is Adriana and I am…well I am a number of things, including being a PhD candidate at UBC working with trees and genetics. I also enjoy translating science to the non-scientific community and that is why I decided to create this blog series. Hello everyone! My name is Adriana and I am…well I […]
The Cloud is not in the sky; it is in a basement holding our Big Data
When I think about The Cloud, I tend to imagine blue skies and white fluffy shapes. However, this Cloud doesn’t look anything like that. It actually looks like a black long block and it is usually found in dark basements. When I think about The Cloud, I tend to imagine blue skies and white […]
New Year, New Ideas and New Technologies
It is funny how I think taking a vacation will recharge my battery pack, but a break usually leaves me completely empty. It actually takes me a couple of weeks of work to recharge. For the holidays I went to Colombia, so I have been in recharging mode for the last couple of weeks. I […]
Adaptation, genes and poplar trees
Why do I care about genes, adaptation and poplar trees? What makes me excited about this research topic? Read on my friend and find out (and maybe you will care too 🙂 ). My species of interest is black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), an ecologically and economically important forest tree from North America, and the first […]