DNA Today from Cold Sprng Harbor Laboratory

Students and teachers reflect on the Urban Barcode Project, a science competition using DNA barcoding to explore biodiversity in New York City, run by the DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

A DNALC instructional video showing the steps involved in isolating DNA.

A video of maize (corn) plants growing at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in summer 2011: 105 days condensed to 2 min. 49 sec.

A DNA barcode is a DNA sequence that uniquely identifies each species of living thing. Dr. Mark Stoeckle talks about the history of DNA barcoding, from 2003 to today.

TeaBOL is a DNA barcoding project where New York City students explored the genetic biodiversity of different tea brands.

The Urban Barcode Project is a science competition where high school students use DNA barcoding to explore genetic biodiversity in New York City.

New York high school students interview NYC Nobel Laureate, Dr. Martin Chalfie of Columbia University, then perform the experiment with green fluorescent protein (GFP) that he pioneered.

Purpose: iPlant's "Genotype to Phenotype" Grand Challenge generates computational tools to help scientists understand gene and environment interaction.

Introduction to the iPlant Tree of Life Grand Challenge

Introduction to the iPlant Collaborative; goals and purposes.