So for the past week I’ve been here in Alaska collecting samples of moss and oh boy has it been an interesting learning experience on how fieldwork can go wrong. Because the grant my mentor in working on is a collaboration of various labs, in order to collect samples for this a lot of organization… Read More

I have begun the PCR process on my more than 40 isolations and am beginning the data analysis process, which is surprisingly really fun. Probably because I enjoy organizing data and keeping tables (you should see my monthly budgets). This week (after today) marks the end of my culturing and the beginning of the more… Read More

This week I streamlined my project a little bit (seems to be just continuous trimming) but less because of time and more because I have 40 + plates that need to be sequenced. I am happy though because, for the most part, I have completed 90% of my plating for the conditions I have them… Read More

This week was pretty productive for my culturing. I made a bunch of solutions and finally seeded my plates. So far only one plate is one condition has grown anything but we are waiting until Monday to see what my other plates produce. I’m hoping by week 5 I can start sequencing the DNA and… Read More

Howdy! It’s been so nice to meet and hang out with you guys this week. Everything has been super fun and informative. I hope everyone has a fantastic start to their project! We had the first day with our mentors today and for me it was awesome and informative. I learned a lot more about… Read More