Projects

  • qPCR Assay Development and eDNA Testing on the Fly

    qPCR Assay Development and eDNA Testing

    An environmental consulting company approached Pisces Molecular in early 2020 with a significant challenge for a lab of our small…

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  • Environmental DNA sample collection

    Environmental DNA sample collection

    While the basic requirements of environmental DNA (eDNA) sample collection are simple – pass water (or air) through a micron…

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  • Plasmid-based qPCR positive controls

    Plasmid-based qPCR positive controls

    Over time, qPCR assays have steadily superseded PCR assays, both for their ability to provide quantitation of target copy number,…

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  • “Instant” temporal studies from archived DNA samples

    “Instant” temporal studies from archived

    Right from Pisces’ beginning we have archived all sample DNA extracts. Our typical spin-column DNA extraction procedure gives a final…

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  • Testing multi-worm samples of Tubifex

    Testing multi-worm samples of Tubifex

    As a part of their work on Trout Whirling Disease, Beauchamp, et al. determined that there were four sub-species or…

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  • Skin swab pooling for chytrid testing

    Skin swab pooling for chytrid testing

    In the early days of chytrid fungus testing (ca. 2007), there was a need for relatively large-scale screening of locations…

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  • Improving a Freshwater Seal qPCR Assay

    Improving a Freshwater Seal qPCR Assay

    In this project we modified an existing qPCR assay for Freshwater Seals, Phoca vitulina mellonae used for phylogenetic studies of…

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  • Greenback Cutthroat Trout in Colorado

    Greenback Cutthroat Trout in Colorado

    Pisces played an important role in the discovery and reestablishment of Greenback Cutthroat trout in Colorado. The story of the…

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  • Determining Paternity and Sex in Komodo Dragons

    Determining Paternity and Sex in Komodo

    In 2019, herpetologists from the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee contacted Pisces with an interesting question. Their female Komodo Dragon (Varanus…

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