Ben Mansfeld
@bmansfeld.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at @WUSTLBio. Using genomics to study the intersection of Plant Defense, Circadian Rhythm and Development with genomics. I ❤️ dataviz
(he/him/his) BenMansfeldLab.com
(he/him/his) BenMansfeldLab.com
Yes we use the magmax kits. Don't know the price of plastics since we are still eating in to our "free" stock that came with the machine
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yes we use the magmax kits. Don't know the price of plastics since we are still eating in to our "free" stock that came with the machine
Yeah... the kingfisher isn't as expensive as a mass-spec and with out jinxing myself, has way less repairs and moving parts. Overall very happy with it and the quality of nucleic acids it produces
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yeah... the kingfisher isn't as expensive as a mass-spec and with out jinxing myself, has way less repairs and moving parts. Overall very happy with it and the quality of nucleic acids it produces
I haven't done the math but the robot was expensive🫰. I do like it a lot tho. We're extracting hundreds of samples per experiment sometimes. So we're also saving time on human hours. Hard to beat 96 samples in an hour for DNA and 1.5 for RNA...
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I haven't done the math but the robot was expensive🫰. I do like it a lot tho. We're extracting hundreds of samples per experiment sometimes. So we're also saving time on human hours. Hard to beat 96 samples in an hour for DNA and 1.5 for RNA...
We have a kingfisher robot so I think it costs about $4 per sample. Honestly we're still going through our free kits that came with the robot
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We have a kingfisher robot so I think it costs about $4 per sample. Honestly we're still going through our free kits that came with the robot
Github repo is here:
github.com/ryandkuster/...
github.com/ryandkuster/...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Github repo is here:
github.com/ryandkuster/...
github.com/ryandkuster/...
Really frustrating...
Our gradute program has a one year rotation built-in. So now none of our students can be eligible once they join a lab....
Our gradute program has a one year rotation built-in. So now none of our students can be eligible once they join a lab....
September 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Really frustrating...
Our gradute program has a one year rotation built-in. So now none of our students can be eligible once they join a lab....
Our gradute program has a one year rotation built-in. So now none of our students can be eligible once they join a lab....
Sorry Li.... Maybe worth talking to the PO?
August 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sorry Li.... Maybe worth talking to the PO?
These are some super caffeinated red wigglers 🪱 ☕ hahah
August 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These are some super caffeinated red wigglers 🪱 ☕ hahah
I thought those were only at night???
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I'll see myself out.....
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I'll see myself out.....
July 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I thought those were only at night???
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I'll see myself out.....
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I'll see myself out.....
Just saw on your bio that you are starting at MSU! That's amazing 🤩🤩🤩 congratulations happy to hop on a zoom sometime and chat about starting a lab or maybe some collabs
July 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just saw on your bio that you are starting at MSU! That's amazing 🤩🤩🤩 congratulations happy to hop on a zoom sometime and chat about starting a lab or maybe some collabs
Do you mean at ASPB or in general? I'm sadly not there this year but always happy to connect more 😺
July 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Do you mean at ASPB or in general? I'm sadly not there this year but always happy to connect more 😺
Highly recommend using the python wrapper of MCScanX on the jvci package. Look on conda
July 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Highly recommend using the python wrapper of MCScanX on the jvci package. Look on conda
I got this on my feed too and was so relieved to find out they finally figured it out 😅
May 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I got this on my feed too and was so relieved to find out they finally figured it out 😅
Exciting! My post doc Anu Dhingra was accepted for a pitch presentation there! Excited to hear all about the workshop when she gets back!
February 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exciting! My post doc Anu Dhingra was accepted for a pitch presentation there! Excited to hear all about the workshop when she gets back!