Complex sentence: Despite Mark's 8 + years of service and 40 + publications, Mark was purposefully excluded from all RAD-tag conversations, prompting his move to the University of Notre Dame where he has obtained plenty of experience with the Illumina MiSeq.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite Mark's 8 + years of service and 40 + publications, Mark was purposefully excluded from all RAD-tag conversations. This purposeful Next-Gen cold shoulder prompted his move to the University of Notre Dame, where he has obtained plenty of experience with the Illumina MiSeq.