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Bobby Chedda Bob Bernard Hopkins Jr. was the kind of guy who always left a smile on your face.
He was the friend you could call whenever you needed, the one with the best jokes at the cookout, the charismatic people person.
Saturday, he became the second Gainesville man found shot by the Swamp Car Wash, located at 912 E. University Ave., in 2021.
Hopkins was driven to the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital early Saturday afternoon after being shot once in the chest. He died from his injury later that day, according to a Gainesville police press release.
Friends and family remembered him as a loving father, community mentor and all-around good guy.
Sixth Active-Duty Sailor Dies From COVID-19 Complications
A sailor plays ‘Taps.’ US Navy Photo
A Navy sailor in Virginia died last week from complications associated with COVID-19, according to the service.
The Navy said Senior Chief Fire Controlman Michael Wilson, 45, had been on a short-term assignment at the Information Warfare Training Command in Virginia Beach when he contracted the virus. Wilson, who was from Suffolk, Va., died on April 29, according to a news release from the service.
“The sailor tested positive for COVID-19 on April 25 and was admitted to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Sailors who were in contact with the sailor have been notified and are taking the appropriate precautions,” the Navy said. “We mourn the loss of our shipmate; our thoughts and prayers are with the sailor’s family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time.”
May 3, 2021
Editor’s note: The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Jessica Alice Farrell, University of Florida; David Duffy, University of Florida, and Liam Whitmore, University of Limerick.
(THE CONVERSATION) Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis, whose complete disappearance in 1968 led scientists to believe it had become extinct. But through a novel genetic detection technique, it was rediscovered in 2020.
Such discoveries are now possible thanks to a new approach that recovers and reads the trace amounts of DNA released into the environment by animals. It’s called environmental DNA, or eDNA – and it takes advantage of the fact that every animal sheds DNA into its environment via skin, hair, scales, feces or bodily fluids as it
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Imagine discovering that an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living without even laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis, whose complete disappearance in 1968 led scientists to believe it had become extinct. But through a novel genetic detection technique, it was rediscovered in 2020.
Such discoveries are now possible, thanks to a new approach that recovers and reads the trace amounts of DNA released into the environment by animals. It’s called environmental DNA, or eDNA and it takes advantage of the fact that every animal sheds DNA into its environment via skin, hair, scales, feces or bodily fluids, as it moves through the world.