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Author: Keith Seifert

Keith Seifert is a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.

Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (part 3)

By Keith Seifert   Posted in Social Media
Posted on July 15, 2014February 8, 2018

See here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 both posted in 2013. 27 April 2014. Leiden, the Netherlands Holland in April is orange and green. Following last year’s abdication by the Queen, yesterday was the first King’s Day in decades. The normally stoic Dutch draped themselves in brilliant orange, painted temporary flag tattoos …

Searching for the cure in Saranac Lake

By Keith Seifert   Posted in Social Media
Posted on October 7, 2013February 8, 2018

Sept. 18, 2013. Magill House – I’m in a B&B that was once a cure cottage in the Adirondack town of Saranac Lake, New York, where for more than 70 years tuberculosis patients came from the big city hoping that the cold mountain air would cure their disease. Half the houses had TB patients near …

Guest post from Keith Seifert: Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (part 2)

By Keith Seifert   Posted in Miscellaneous
Posted on June 18, 2013September 24, 2014

Here is part 2 in the “Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek” story from Keith Seifert.  Part 1 is here. Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (part 2): My van Leeuwenhoek walk “But what if one should tell such people in the future that there are more animals living in the scum on …

Guest post from Keith Seifert “Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (part 1)”

By Keith Seifert   Posted in Miscellaneous
Posted on May 1, 2013March 27, 2017

We have a guest post from Keith Seifert today.  Keith is PI of the “Indoor Mycota Barcode of Life” (IM-BOL) project.  See his post below: Walking in the footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (part 1) “And therewithall, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, …

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