Workshop History

From GLSI to MEM

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History of the Workshop

Genomic Science and Leadership Initiative 2017
In 2016, Dr. Lee was a Data Science Educator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. She collaborated with Dr. Dave Jackson (from Cold Spring Harbor), Dr. Anne Sylvester (from University of Wyoming) and Dr. Agnes Chan (from JCVI) to develop a workshop for undergraduates. Dr. Lee brought her computing expertise to train undergraduates. This was funded by NSF Award #0501862 and Award #1027445.

Genomic Science and Leadership Initiative 2018
In 2018, Dr. Lee was a Science Education Fellow at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She collaborated with Dr. Larry Hunter (from CU Anschutz), Dr. Chris Miller (from CU-Denver), and Dr. Timberley Roane (from CU-Denver). This workshop was expanded to include more focus on data science. This was funded under NIH Training Grant T15LM009451-12S1.

Genomic Science and Leadership Initiative 2019
Dr. Lee collaborated again with Dr. Larry Hunter (from CU Anschutz), Dr. Chris Miller (from CU-Denver), Dr. Timberley Roane (from CU-Denver). This was expanded to have two workshops 1) Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO; May 19 – 25, 2019 and 2) CU Denver, Denver, CO; June 2 – 8, 2019. This was funded by NIH Award T15LM009451-12S1.

Monitoring Environmental Microbes (MEM) 2022
In 2019, Dr. Lee started as faculty at Fort Lewis College. The COVID-19 pandemic started this led to two summers without GSLI. Dr. Larry Hunter (from CU Anschutz) built a collaboration to fund the future workshops. GSLI was rebranded as MEM.

Research Approach

Data Collection 2017-2022

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16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

Since 2017, every March Dr. Joslynn Lee has been collecting sampling from 8 sites. Starting from Silverton, CO and ending in Hogback, NM. The samples are water and surface sediment samples. DNA is extracted from the samples and send out for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Each year the data is processes using QIIME2. However, longitudinal analysis has not been complete.

In 2017, Dr. Lee reached out to Navajo Nation tribal leaders to see which sites along the San Juan River in NM would be recommended locations to sample. A resolution was passed to allow samples to be collected near Hogback, Nenahnezad and Upper Fruitland. Dr. Lee grew up in the area and is familiar with the interest for many river users to understand the health of the river.

Dr. Lee hopes to have a 5-year analysis done by Fall 2022 to share information about the river ecosystem. She is currently culturing acidophiles in acid mine drainage.