A Maritime Advanced Geospatial Intelligence Craft for Oil Spill Response: White Paper

In line with current research thrusts on unmanned systems, the University of New Orleans has formed a collaborative team from industry, academia, and government (e.g., Department of Homeland Security). UNO’s intent is to work with organizations such as the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to experiment and demonstrate the potential offered by Unmanned Surface Vessels within the Gulf of Mexico

A Maritime Advanced Geospatial Intelligence Craft for Oil Spill Response: White Paper

In line with current research thrusts on unmanned systems, the University of New Orleans has formed a collaborative team from industry, academia, and government (e.g., Department of Homeland Security). UNO’s intent is to work with organizations such as the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to experiment and demonstrate the potential offered by Unmanned Surface Vessels within the Gulf of Mexico

The Potential and Challenges of Nanopore Sequencing

A nanopore-based device provides single-molecule detection and analytical capabilities that are achieved by electrophoretically driving molecules in solution through a nano-scale pore. The nanopore provides a highly confined space within which single nucleic acid polymers can be analyzed at high throughput by one of a variety of means, and the perfect processivity that can be enforced in a narrow pore ensures that the native order of the nucleobases in a polynucleotide is reflected in the sequence of signals that is detected. Kilobase length polymers (single-stranded genomic DNA or RNA) or small molecules (e.g., nucleosides) can be identified and characterized without amplification or labeling, a unique analytical capability that makes inexpensive, rapid DNA sequencing a possibility. Further research and development to overcome current challenges to nanopore identification of each successive nucleotide in a DNA strand offers the prospect of ‘third generation’ instruments that will sequence a diploid mammalian genome for ~$1,000 in ~24 h.Molecular and Cellular BiologyPhysic