Crab Project
Identify methods of extracting RNA from low input
Test out more RNA extraction methods
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2015 DIA Oysterseed Paper Progress
A little bit of progress has been made with the DIA proteomics paper. I am aiming to have the methods section of the paper solidly done by our meeting this Wednesday at 2 pm.
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DIA 2015 Oysterseed Plan (finish by Apr 17)
Today we had our first WSG meeting with the goal of having all of the projects wrapped up by April 17th.
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RNeasy Extraction Day 1 on 24 samples
Today I tried out the new plan for extracting RNA. It took quite a long time and none of the 24 samples had detectable RNA. Details in post.
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Bairdi hemolymph extraction plan (work in progress)
Here’s the general extraction plan after feedback from lab meeting today. I am planning on getting started on extractions next Tuesday (I’ll be done with end-of-quarter work and my online SCUBA class by then!). (Edited this post a lot since my original post this morning)
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