I’m back from vacation and (theoretically) recharged and ready to start working again! I have grand plans for this month.

December Goals Recap:

Virginica Gonad Methylation:

• SUBMITTED THAT PAPER (while on vacation RIP)!
• Rejoiced.
• Prepared metadata for BCO-DMO submission
• Cleaned up repository and added relevant supplementary material. It still needs a bit of work but it was good enough for submission.

Gigas Gonad Methylation:

• Did not figure out if more samples should be sequenced or attempt GO-MWU enrichment and DMG analysis…because paper and vacation.

Other:

• Presented at Huxley Environmental Speaker Series! The students were really interested in the nitty-gritty of methylation analysis which was unexpected but nice. It was a good experience for me to figure out what information to include in talks to bulk it up, and what information isn’t as necessary for the story.
• Wrote questions for the Marine Bio final. I got my evaluations back too and they were positive!
• Did not finalize sample preparation flowchart for methylation analysis or figure out next steps for C. virginica sperm analysis…because paper and vacation.

January Goals

Gigas Gonad Methylation:

• Attempt GO-MWU enrichment and DMG analysis to have better data
• Figure out what additional samples need to be sequenced and how
• Start putting together preliminary poster for ASLO

Virginica Sperm Methylation:

• Meet with Katie and Alan to figure out what additional samples I have access to and what methods I should use

** All Mechanism Study**:

• Figure out what samples I have access to and come up with an extraction and sequencing plan

Other:

• Finalize C. virginica repository and post submitted paper on bioRXiv
• Get committee reading lists and start studying for quals