The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is thrilled to honor Susan Edgman-Levitan, Executive Director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital, as our ...

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A new academic article by Ana Adi and Thomas Stoeckle makes a strong and timely case for rethinking the fundamentals of public relations. Published in Strategic magazine on 19 March, Adi (professor o...

When Mark Stoeckle went fishing in New York City’s East River, he caught a lot more than he was expecting. The scientist from The Rockefeller University was focused on testing whether DNA floating in the water could shed light on which fish were living in the notoriously polluted stretch of water that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens. But the buckets of water he hauled up from the eastern edge of Manhattan contained evidence of a lot more than just aquatic life. They also illuminated New Yorker’s eating habits and the abundance of classic urban wildlife such as rats and pigeons, according to a paper appearing today in PLOS One. In other words, each bucket of water was a little window into the Anthropocene. “Environmental DNA doesn’t just tell us what lives in the water, it reveals insights into the entire ecosystem surrounding it, including the city itself,” says Stoeckle. Beyond just being a curiosity (Who knew you could find DNA from tropical tilapia in the river?), the findings could help people track a plethora of interesting and important phenomena: changes in fish populations, the effectiveness of environmental restoration, trends in what people are eating, and whether New Yorker’s are...

Sequencing environmental DNA—or eDNA—from the East River in New York City can effectively monitor human diets and local wildlife, as well as the river's fish populations, report Mark Stoeckle and Jess...

In 30 Amtsjahren hat Klemens Stöckle ungezählte Projekte angepackt٬ dem Amtshaus zu neuem Leben verholfen – und übergibt seinem Nachfolger eine schuldenfreie Gemeindekasse. Mit einer großen Fete verabschiedeten sich die Igginger am Samstagabend von ihrem Schultes.

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Why It Matters"What Matters to You?" Day should be every day. Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, is Executive Director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospit...

When Mark Stoeckle went fishing in New York City’s East River, he caught a lot more than he was expecting. The scientist from The Rockefeller University was focused on testing whether DNA floating in the water could shed light on which fish were living in the notoriously polluted stretch of water that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens. But the buckets of water he hauled up from the eastern edge of Manhattan contained evidence of a lot more than just aquatic life. They also illuminated New Yorker’s eating habits and the abundance of classic urban wildlife such as rats and pigeons, according to a paper appearing today in PLOS One. In other words, each bucket of water was a little window into the Anthropocene. “Environmental DNA doesn’t just tell us what lives in the water, it reveals insights into the entire ecosystem surrounding it, including the city itself,” says Stoeckle. Beyond just being a curiosity (Who knew you could find DNA from tropical tilapia in the river?), the findings could help people track a plethora of interesting and important phenomena: changes in fish populations, the effectiveness of environmental restoration, trends in what people are eating, and whether New Yorker’s are...

With just a plastic bucket—the kind you’d get from the hardware store—environmental geneticist Mark Stoeckle hauled a treasure trove of information out of New York City's East River. His water samples painted a surprisingly detailed picture of New York City, revealing when fish visit, foreshadowing pest problems, and even showing signs of what people were eating. Stoeckle, a researcher at The Rockefeller University in New York, spent a year working with his team to take weekly one-liter samples and test for bits of DNA lingering in the environment, referred to by scientists as eDNA. The data revealed that once-rare fish such as skilletfish and feather blennies, which typically live in oyster beds, are flourishing. Stoeckle suggests this could be due to a healthier ecosystem thanks to local restoration efforts, such as the Billion Oyster project, which is replanting oyster beds along New York City’s coastline. Since the 1970s, levels of sewage and industrial pollution in the river have improved. Stoeckle says that aquatic life has increased—“fishermen will tell you they catch more striped bass than they used to”—and this food sometimes even brings whales and dolphins in to forage in the harbor mouth. “Our study adds to evidence that the...

Sequencing environmental DNA—or eDNA—from the East River in New York City can effectively monitor human diets and local wildlife, as well as the river's fish populations, report Mark Stoeckle and Jesse Ausubel of The Rockefeller University, U.S., in a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One.