Today I noticed that the code Yaamini showed me yesterday to change the “tube_number” column values in the 20180522-all-crabs-hemo.csv from Factor to numeric ended up changing the tube numbers, which meant that the spreadsheet I made yesterday was wrong. So, Sam taught me how to make the “tube_number” column from...
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Hemolymph sampling and Qubit data spreadsheet; Samples for Sam to run RNeasy Mini Plus Kit
I am picking some samples for Sam to use an RNeasy Mini Plus Kit on. They are from Day 26 (samples were taken in triplicate), and 10 were picked from each of the following groups: uninfected, cold; infected, cold; uninfected, ambient; infected, ambient. I also made a spreadsheet that contains...
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August Goals
Crab Project:
Continue working with Sam and Steven to find solutions for the RNA isolation issues I had
Finish creating a good, readable spreadsheet of all the crab data
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My Bioanalyzer and Sam's RNA Clean-up Kit and RNeasy Plus Mini Kit results
Today I ran the Bioanalyzer on the samples Sam isolated RNA from months ago using RNAzol RT as well as some of the RNA isolated from samples that I have done. The results were not good - no dye showed up, so maybe I did it wrong. TBD. Also, Sam...
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Trying out RNA protocol with 6x original protocol's volumes of reagents
Today Steven, Sam, and I met to talk about the issue with poor results on the QUbit and Nanodrop1000 on the pooled hemolymph samples I prepared. Short-term plan is to try out the RNA protocol, but multiply all reagents times 6 (so, use 6ml of RNAzol, etc.) to see if...
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