[Ccb_faculty] Fwd: Request for research assistance on San Gorgonio

[Kurt E. Anderson]

Hi everyone,

Apologies for the spam, but we have a colleague up at UCB who is
requesting some help getting field samples. The hike where the aspen
is located is very beautiful if you haven't done it. I'm happy to
forward contacts back to him if you're interested, or you can contact
him directly.

Kurt

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Benjamin Wong Blonder <benjamin.blonder at berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Subject: Request for research assistance on San Gorgonio
To: Kurt E. Anderson <kurt.anderson at ucr.edu>
Cc: Alyssa R Phillips <arphillips at berkeley.edu>, Leilani Guang-En
Hsiao <leilani.hsiao at berkeley.edu>


Hi Kurt,

I am writing to you to request you send a message to your department
community. I am associate professor / ecologist at UC Berkeley and am
working on a DOE/USDA funded project to assess the vulnerability of
quaking aspen trees to drought and other stressors. We are doing
range-wide whole-genome sequencing of individuals of this species, and
are interested in obtaining leaf tissue from the isolated population
on San Gorgonio
(https://socalhiker.net/aspen-grove-in-san-gorgonio-wilderness/).

I am looking for a volunteer who would like to go hiking there, and
collect from a few trees into silica desiccant. I can provide a
permit, a protocol, and materials, and cover any mailing/gas costs for
a local volunteer. I can also provide acknowledgment in the final
study.

Time is of the essence as we need green leaf tissue for the project -
we tried a first effort last year and just now heard back that the
first sequencing effort was not a success, so have limited time before
autumn coloration begins.

Thank for considering forwarding this to your department
graduate/postdoc/faculty community.

Benjamin Blonder

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