Insects are incredible!

It is so important to describe new species to understand #biodiversity! Great job by CSIRO and my undergrad lab mate Dr Bryan Lessard!

The NC State Genetics and Genomics Scholars program. ggi.ncsu.edu/graduate-progr… If considering a PhD related to genetics and genomics that you would like to have real-world importance, apply by Jan 1. #ThinkAndDo #NCStateMicrobiome @NCStateGGIGrad

A long time coming, but #persistence pays off! First paper for Ashley Cooley!! Performance comparison of #Thermofisher Precision ID Ancestry Panel on two Ion systems #research #forensicscience doi.org/10.1177%2F2472…

Congratulations to NCSU CVM Research CBS graduate student Teresa Tiedge and her mentor Kelly Meiklejohn for Niklas Jakobsen 3 year graduate research fellowship -work to provide forensics community w assessment of utility of biological taxa ---Great work!! Thank you Niklas Jakobsen ! nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards…

Getting excited to work on #blowfly #biodiversity with a stellar group of #NCState and #USP colleagues Jan 1st! #NSF #phylogenetics #functionalgenomics global.ncsu.edu/nc-state-nets-…

New #forensic #biology #research paper in press! Comparison of Polymerases used for Amplification of Mitochondrial DNA from Challenging Hairs and Hairs of Various Treatments fsigenetics.com/article/S1872-…

A new #costeffective workflow for preparing Precision ID SNP Panel libraries for #Illumina sequencing! #forensicscience #research doi.org/10.1007/s00414…

Kelly Meiklejohn giving a great presentation at #ugpn2021 on the trilateral #ugpn project on building a global database on blowflies. Great story on how the group won a 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 grant on the back of the formative #ugpn project. Congratulations team! 👏 USP - Universidade de São Paulo @NCStateGlobal UOW

In the hands of a forensic scientist, even the tiniest bit of soil or dust can solve a crime. A fellowship project at the CVM may provide a powerful, new way to analyze evidence, leading to even more accurate links to a suspect or crime scene. ow.ly/vavE50Ehvnz

New research using whole mitochondrial genomes to identify canids of #forensic importance (incl. wolves🐺#GoPack). Thanks NC State University and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for support. news.ncsu.edu/2021/07/dna-as…

The research team led by the CVM's Kelly Meiklejohn sequenced 51 samples, and were able to recover full mitochondrial genomes and successfully differentiate between four species of interest: dog, wolf, Mexican wolf, and coyote. ow.ly/b5zU50FzRYn

A DNA assay could aid authorities in preserving protected wolf and coyote species, NC State Vet Medicine experts find. ncst.at/yrQN50FALEQ #ThinkAndDo

New grant/collaboration funded through the UGPN proposal call on "Incorporation and Maintenance of Carrion Microorganisms in Blowflies" Kelly Meiklejohn Dan Horton 🐶🦠🩺 NCSU CVM Research @NCStateGlobal global.ncsu.edu/2021-universit…

New review paper out of the lab on #wildlife #forensics! doi.org/10.1016/j.fsia…

Post Doc position available in the Meiklejohn Lab at #NCState focused in #forensicbiology. Please RT! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/156968

My first grant as a co-PI where we will be hiring a postdoc! The post-doc advertisement is live! Come to NCSU to study the effects of stress across a rural-urban gradient in bumble bees through bioinformatics, qPCR, biochemistry, and landscape ecology. jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/172575

IN THE NEWS. 👀 Watch WRAL NEWS in NC today at 5 pm as #ncstatevetmed Dr Kelly Meiklejohn talks with Amanda Lamb about her fascinating research on finding relevant human DNA in house dust. The work potentially could help in tough crime investigations. go.ncsu.edu/forensicdust

Today I got to share new #forensics #research published by my lab on analyzing human DNA in dust with WRAL NEWS in NC and Amanda Lamb. Check it out! NC State Vet Medicine NCSU CVM Research NC State University wral.com/story/dna-in-d…

Congratulations to Teresa Tiedge (mentored by Kelly Meiklejohn) & Jessica Parzygnat (mentored by Sid Thakur) who received awards at the NC State 16th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium! And great job to all of our CBS students who participated! grad.ncsu.edu/professional-d…