2020 keeps destroying my cabbages but here I am still working. Since I hope to start labwork next month, most of my goals will center around wrapping up writing projects and preparing for lab.

May Goals Recap:

Coral Methylation Comparison:

• Created a flanking track and revised my intergenic track. We’re still working on getting the RepeatMasker transposable element tracks for each genome, but that’s a low priority right now.
• I created figures and conduct statistical analysis for CpG distributions in both species…but they may be flawed. At least the pipeline is there!
• Update methods and results of paper

Gigas and Virginica Labwork:

• Created a labwork plan and cost spreadsheet!

Other:

• PASSED MY GENERAL EXAM!!!!!!!
• Updated my Ph.D proposal and sent it to Amy. No more milestones!

June Goals

Coral Methylation Comparison:

• Fix statistical analyses and update figures
• Clean up pipelines and update the scripts README
• Check how the CDS bedtools analysis was done to avoid duplicate overlaps due to alternative spliceforms
• Update the methods and results in the paper
• Add to the discussion points

Gigas and Virginica Labwork:

• Pitch plan to Katie and Alan
• Create an action plan for samples
• Take inventory of materials and start ordering what’s needed

Other:

• Work on side projects (ocean acidification and reproduction review and eelgrass transcriptomics)
• Put together a seminar proposal