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.

April Goals Recap:

Virginica Gonad Methylation:

• Paper is now published!
• Submitted press release request to Dan DiNicola
• Did not destrand data for Katie but it doesn’t seem urgent

Gigas and Virginica Labwork:

• Catalogued all samples that could be used for future projects
• Looked into ATAC-Seq methods
• Started looking into labwork and sequencing kits and costs for various assays

Coral Methylation Comparison:

• Finalized genome feature tracks for both species based on what was in the associated GFFs
• Reran CpG characterization pipeline with full samples and genome feature tracks
• Worked on obtaining checksums, checking various pipelines, and generating summary tables and figures

Other:

• Helped out with FISH 441/541 class
• Updated Ph.D proposal with lumped chapter for C. gigas and C. virginica adult and larvae methylation analysis
• Figured out the next steps for SAFS milestones
• Update CV, Google Scholar, and ORCID profiles
• Didn’t go through my “papers to read” folder, but hellped with Environmental Physiology Reading Group

May Goals

Coral Methylation Comparison:

• Create flanking track and locate RepeatMasker transposable element tracks for each genome
• Create figures and conduct statistical analysis for CpG distributions in both species
• Update methods and results of paper
• Work on any other stuff we talk about at our weekly meetings

Gigas and Virginica Labwork:

• Work on sequencing and analysis plan for C. virginica that maps back to NSF grant requirements
• Figure out ATAC-Seq can match samples used for C. virginica grant
• Work on sequencing and analysis plan for C. gigas adults and larvae

Other:

• Schedule general exam
• Update Ph.D proposal with more concrete information for C. gigas and C. virginica methylation inheritance information, and with information on ATAC-Seq methods