University of Hawaii at Manoa | Department of Microbiology

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Binh V. Ly Binh V. Ly
2538 McCarthy Mall, Snyder Hall 312
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956-8039 (phone)
(808) 956-0925 (fax)
benh.ly@gmail.com

Education

B.S. Biology 2005 University of Hawaii at Manoa

Research Summary

I joined ASGPB because I wanted to experience the fast-pace and work with a highly motivated group of researchers to explore the possibility of High-throughput sequencing. The past three years has been an exciting time because we accomplished our research goal of sequencing the Papaya Genome and other smaller projects, as well as providing sequencing services to local and international researchers.

Research Experience

2005-present

Research Assistant. ASGPB, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Director: Maqsudul Alam, Ph.D., Supervisor: Shaobin Hou, Ph.D.

Genome Sequencing and Sequencing Services:

Sequencing strategy, DNA quality and library construction
Sample preparation for PCR and sequencing using ABI 3730xl
Customer Services
Equipment maintenance and troubleshooting

2004-2004

Laboratory Assistant. Advisor: Anne Alvarez, Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Media preparation. Bacterial DNA extraction and purification, and PCR.

Publications

Ming, R., Hou, S., Feng, Y., Yu, Q., Dionne-Laporte, A., Saw, J.H., Senin, P., Wang, W., Ly, B.V., et al. 2008. The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus). Nature. 452(7190):991-996.

Dunfield, P.F., Yuryev, A., Senin, P., Smirnova, A.V., Stott, M.B., Hou, S., Ly, B., Saw, J.H., Zhou, Z., Ren, Y., Wang, J., Mountain, B.W., Crowe, M.A., Weatherby, T.M., Bodelier, P.L., Liesack, W., Feng, L., Wang, L. & Alam, M. 2007. Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Nature. 450(7171):879-882.