2019 David Cushing Prize
| Type | : | ACL |
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| Nature | : | Production scientifique |
| Au bénéfice du Laboratoire | : | Oui |
| Statut de publication | : | Publié |
| Année de publication | : | 2020 |
| Auteurs (1) | : | DOLAN John,r |
| Revue scientifique | : | Journal of Plankton Research |
| Volume | : | 42 |
| Fascicule | : | 1 |
| Pages | : | 1-2 |
| DOI | : | 10.1093/plankt/fbz073 |
| URL | : | https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbz073 |
| Abstract | : | The Cushing Prize is an annual award in the honor of the memory of David Cushing, Founding Editor of Journal of Plankton Research. The Cushing distinguishes the best paper by an early career stage scientist (aged 30 or younger) published in the Journal of Plankton Research in the past year. The prize distinguishes, and we hope helps to foster, interesting and high-quality papers by young scientists that David Cushing so actively supported.For 2019, the David Cushing Prize has been awarded to Stephan Wietkamp for his paper, “Molecular detection and quantification of the azaspiracid-producing dinoflagellate Amphidoma languida (Amphidomataceae, Dinophyceae)” co-authored by Urban Tillman, Dave Clarke, and Kerstin (J. Plankton Res., 41, 101–113). In his paper, Stephan Wietkamp reports on the development of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction technique qPCR, a molecular method, to detect the presence of a toxin-producing microalgae difficult to detect using traditional microscopic methods. Importantly, the protocol developed and tested in the laboratory and in the field was shown to be capable of detecting the target species even when it is present in low concentrations and regardless of the growth rate of the cells. It then allows reliable quantification of the concentrations of the toxic species, contributing to the vital monitoring goal of preventing the harvest of contaminated shellfish. |
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Dolan JR (2020) 2019 David Cushing Prize. J Plankton Res 42: 1-2 | doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbz073
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