Lab Notebook

Today I also tried the Qiagen RNeasy Micro Plus Kit on geoduck (P. generosa) hemolymph (2 samples) and oyster (C. viriginica) tissue (2 samples). [Read More]

Today I tried the TrizolLS Reagent extraction again, but added a vortex (5s) step after the addition of chloroform to the samples. Throughout the extraction, the samples looked pretty similar to how they did during my last attempt, and the Qubit results were the same: “out of range”. [Read More]

Today I tried out the Trizol LS Reagent extraction on three samples from Day 26. I used 1ul of each sample to run on the Qubit (RNA High Sensitivity), and all three samples were “out of range”. Images and more details in the post below: [Read More]

Today I’m trying to get started on the new BLAST +2.81 that has new databases and improved performance. This is pretty exciting because once I figure out how this works, I’ll be able to easily get taxonomy information like Order, Class, etc. I’m attempting what I believe is the first... [Read More]

Today I tried out the Trizol LS Reagent extraction, but the centrifuge in the 4˚C in FTR 213 had an “Err 3” message, which happens when there’s an error in the rotational speed measurement system (GitHub Issue #542). I’ll put a different centrifuge in the 4C and re-try the protocol... [Read More]