Now that I can’t get into the lab, I’m transitioning over to writing and analysis work! Here’s what I think I can accomplish this month on top of surviving a pandemic.

March Goals Recap:

Quals:

• Took the exam!

Other:

• Participated in analysis and writing retreat for coral methylation comparisons!
• Ate, slept, didn’t get coronavirus and all that jazz

April Goals

Virginica Gonad Methylation:

• Review proofs from Frontiers and communicate with publishing office when necessary
• Submit press release request
• Destrand data for Katie

Gigas and Virginica Labwork:

• Identify clear questions to address with labwork that add something new to what we know about ocean acidification and epigenetics in oysters
• Figure out what samples I have and want to extract DNA and RNA from
• Determine benchwork methods and costs
• Determine sequencing methods and costs
• Write up methods in a manuscript format

Coral Methylation Comparison:

• Finalize genome feature tracks for both species, including repeats, promoter, UTR, and intergenic regions
• Rerun CpG characterization pipeline with full samples and genome feature tracks
• Figure out methylation island analysis
• Work on whatever other weekly goals we come up with

Other:

• Help out with FISH 441/541 class
• Look into comparative epigenomics with invertebrate data the lab has
• Update Ph.D proposal with proposed labwork
• Figure out the next steps for SAFS milestones
• Update CV, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and ORCID profiles
• Go through my “papers to read” folder, figure out if I should actually read any, then read some