Goals Post for March 2026

Chapter 1 - Submit to Molecular Ecology

I got some great feedback from coauthors and am nearly done with addressing edits and suggestions.

I would like to submit the paper to Molecular Ecology as soon as it’s ready - which will be within the first week or so of the month.

Qualifying Exam Preparations

Due to illness and not having much time to study + do other research goals, I have postponed my QE to April 20-24! Which feels awesome and allows me to continue working on research while reading and studying at a pace that allows for proper digestion of material and further exploration into the literature!

I’ll be writing up a notebook post on how I’m studying for quals.

Eelgrass FHL Experiment

I have some tasks to complete for preparations for the late-May experiment at FHL seeing if eelgrass +/- shellfish can decrease the counts of V. pectenicida in water.

  1. Extract DNA from the filters from last year’s pilot and see if there’s V. pec. in the different treatments
  2. Get the funding in order for paying for the space at FHL
  3. Get other logistics done like ordering supplies, etc.

Multi-Species work

I’m focusing on getting Chapter 1 re-submitted, and once that’s done (in the next week or so) I’ll get right back into where I left off on the Multi-species work!