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| | url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-eackles |
| | timestamp: '2024-01-30T14:06:59.888325' |
| status_code: 200 | | status_code: 200 |
| timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:31.256032'
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| url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-eackles
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| profile: | | profile: |
| abstracts: [] | | name: Michael Eackles |
| | name_qualifier: Former Employee |
| | titles: |
| | - Biological Science Technician |
| | organizations: |
| | - !!python/tuple |
| | - Eastern Ecological Science Center |
| | - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc |
| | email: null |
| | orcid: null |
| | intro_statements: [] |
| | expertise_terms: [] |
| | professional_experience: [] |
| | education: [] |
| affiliations: [] | | affiliations: [] |
| education:
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| - Bachelors in Environmental Studies-1994-Shepherd University, Shepherdstown WV
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| email: meackles@usgs.gov
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| expertise_terms:
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| - Aquatic Ecology
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| - Molecular Biology
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| - Genetics and Genomics
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| - Conservation Genetics
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| - Molecular Ecology
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| - Biomarkers
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| - Environmental DNA
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| - Invasive Species
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| - Non-invasive DNA/RNA tissue sampling
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| honors: [] | | honors: [] |
| intro_statements: | | abstracts: [] |
| - Michael is a Biological Science Technician at the Eastern Ecological Science | | personal_statement: null |
| Center in Kearneysville, WV.
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| name: Michael Eackles
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| name_qualifier: null
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| orcid: 0000-0001-5624-5769
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| organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc
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| organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center
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| personal_statement: Michael (Mike) has routinely conducted molecular research
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| utilizing genetic and genomic techniques, established and novel, to identify
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| biologically-appropriate units of conservation and management among imperiled
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| and invasive species.Throughout his long career he has developed hundreds of
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| molecular markers for over 20 different animal and plant species. He gained
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| an early mastery of genotyping and Sanger sequencing on capillary driven analyzers.
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| Mike also has substantial experience with genomic library preparation and sequencing,
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| including shotgun, amplicon and bait capture approaches. He has generated High
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| Throughput data sets on many different platforms ranging in output of 2 million
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| sequence reads to 8 billion reads. In addition to time in the lab, he is also
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| proficient in non-invasive DNA tissue sampling of fish, assorted bivalves, amphibians,
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| and plant species. In recent years, Mike has become increasingly involved with
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| environmental DNA studies, including collection of water and soil samples, eDNA
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| extraction, specific gene amplification and metabarcoding. Beyond his contributions
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| to the genetics field, Mike has assisted with backpack electrofishing and analysis
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| of side scan sonar imagery for sturgeon and invasive Carp. Mike has help keep
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| the fires of higher education burning in the lives of many college interns and
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| graduate students while providing sustained support to a program, lab and vision
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| first begun by Dr. Tim King in 1993.
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| professional_experience:
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| - 2002-present-Biological Lab Technician-U.S. Geological Survey-Eastern Ecological
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| Science Center-Kearneysville WV-Kearneysville WV
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| - 2000-2002-Biological Lab Technician-Term-U.S. Geological Survey-Leetown Science
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| Center-Kearneysville WV
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| - 1999-2000-General Biologist I-JCWS-Leetown Science Center-Kearneysville WV
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| - 1994-1999-volunteer-Biological Lab Technician-U.S. Geological Survey-Leetown
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| Science Center-Kearneysville WV
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| title: Biological Science Technician
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