Daily Bits - July 2024

20240731

Miscellaneous

• Took care of some administrative tasks related to tomorrow’s EH&S Lab Safety Inspection.

• Purchased reagents for lake trout C1q bisulfite PCRs.

• ProCard reconciliation.

20240730

In lab

• Finished miscellaneous lab prep/cleanup for upcoming annual EH&S Lab Safety Inspection.

20240729

Miscellaneous

• Designed lake trout C1q bisulfite sequencing primers

20240722

In lab

• Got LN₂ for Ariana.

• Submitted Mac’s Manila clam egg samples to Azenta (Notebook).

• Worked on miscellaneous lab safety items in preparation for lab safety inspection on 8/1/2024.

20240718

In lab

• Isolated and quantified cod blood DNA (Notebook).

20240715

In lab

• Annual review with Steven.

• Got packages from office.

• Evaluated various project status/priorities (clam miRNA, cod blood/tissue, etc.).

20240710

In lab

• Prepared tubes/reagents to isolate lake trout DNA (GitHub Issue).

20240709

In lab

• ProCard reconciliation.

• Picked up packages from the office.

• Retrieved Mac’s littleneck clam histo slides.

• Talked to Jon Wittouck regarding failing AvTec system.

• Let Dr. Taub know about high temp alarm on one of her incubators.

• Assessed/ordered DNA isolation kits.

20240701

In lab

• Finished the last of the project-gigas-carryover (GitHub Repo) RNA isolation and quantification (Notebook).