Congratulations to Stephanie Ma (D'Antonio Lab) for Coastal Fund Grant

We are excited to be collaborating with the D'Antonio lab on a new project "Identifying native seeds in the seed bank through DNA and RNA extractions," funded by the Coastal Fund! The seed bank gives a glimpse into the potential future plant community of the landscape and also the history of past plants. An efficient and accurate method for identifying seed bank communities is integral to restoration ecology. We are testing and developing a sequencing method, akin to eDNA, geared towards soil environments and plant tissues for rapid identification of species in the seed bank.