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Kamloops This Week | $250,000 grant will help TRU researchers probe life and death of micro-organisms

December 18, 2020

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Supported by a $250,000 grant from Genome BC, TRU’s Dr. Lauchlan Fraser and Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme are leading a research team at Highland Valley Copper mine and Copper Mountain mine, where they will use a new method to produce a more accurate measurement of the environmental DNA in microbial soil communities by eliminating dead DNA. Read more