October Goals Recap

Virginica Gonad Methylation:

• I got comments from all my co-authors. Aside from some new plots, I started revising my introduction and then…I burned out. RIP.

Gigas Gonad Methylation:

• Annotated genes with DMML with GOslim terms and made some new plots
• Presented at WSN! Overall it was a really good and energizing experience (maybe I have enough energy to work on C. virginica stuff who knows).

Other:

• Had a committee meeting. Decided to merge the C. gigas and C. virginica intergenerational work into one larger chapter. I filled out all of my post-committee meeting paperwork and now I’m just waiting on an electronic signature to submit it!
• Gave a active learning-style lecture in Marine Biology on ocean acidification! We’ll see how much people learned based on the midterm.

November Goals

Virginica Gonad Methylation:

• Find motivation.
• Create new figures based on edits
• Address all edits and send out for another review
• Clean up repository and add relevant supplementary material
• Prepare metadata for BCO-DMO submission
• SUBMIT THAT PAPER!
• Rejoice.

Gigas Gonad Methylation:

• Present at the 2019 Graduate Student Symposium
• Figure out if more samples should be sequenced…maybe using a Swift kit due to low DNA yield?
• Attempt GO-MWU enrichment and DMG analysis

Other:

• Write ocean acidification questions for the midterm
• Finalize sample preparation flowchart for methylation analysis
• Figure out next steps for C. virginica sperm analysis
• Submit committee meeting paperwork