I am very pleased to see that some of the scientists I have worked with over the past few years are being recognized for their goo...
Dr. J. Robert Beyster’s Blogs
Reflecting on 2011
2011 has been quite an eventful year for me. I spent the first few weeks of January in and out of hospitals, but my health improve...
More Progress on the Ocean Sampling Front
I met with Craig Venter and his team at Cave Street last Thursday to discuss their progress on the 2009-2010 Research Voyage of th...
Ocean Sampling Update
Last week I met with Andy Allen from the Venter Institute. Andy updated me on some of the results of our ocean sampling program fr...
Mid-Term Elections, Dissertation Proposal Award, and Ocean Sampling
I have been following the upcoming mid-term elections with great interest. To be honest, I'm not particularly impressed with any o...
Venter Institute Ocean Sampling Program
Last week I met with John Evey and Chris Dupont from the J. Craig Venter Institute here in La Jolla. They were here to brief me on...