NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory

Redefining reference materials for the evolving metabolomics landscape

Abstract The evolution of metabolomics, a field aimed at comprehensively measuring the small organic molecule composition of a biological matrix, fundamentally reshaped the landscape of analytical measurement reliability. The 2011 release of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1950...

Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world’s most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Is...