Today I really didn't do much again.
I walked down to my lab and looked over my DNA sequence with my mutation and it turns out the mutation didn't work. I'm a little mad, but that just means I have to perfect my testing next week when I have cells.
Until then I think I'm going to use my time wisely and do some reading on different ways mutations are added, as well as taking a few breaks here and there to do my summer homework when I confuse my self to much.
9 days finished 31 more to gooo
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Stephen Lau - June 25, 2015
Didn't have much time today so I was reading until it was time for my meeting which took most of the day. Watched people's presentation and learned more about their project. When the meeting ended I could not do much since I have to leave earlier today. I'll probably work on the blog challenge tomorrow since I will have plenty of time but if not then I will once again continue reading...
Blog Challenge 1: Directions
Hello Everyone,
Blog Challenge 1 will be due by Tuesday, June 30th at Lunch.
The challenge is to take a picture of another student in their lab, wearing proper PPE, and doing something related to their project. Try to take pictures from different angles and be creative. The winning picture will be featured in an article about Project SEED in The Crucible and the winner will receive a gift card to the bookstore.
The person you should take a photo of is listed below.
Amadou Diallo - Jeramiah Jones
Jeramiah Jones - Nadejda Kodjo
Nadejda Kodjo - Amber Latona
Amber Latona - Stephen Lau
Stephen Lau - Sarine McKenzie
Sarine McKenzie - Cheyeanne Perez
Cheyeanne Perez - Jordan Pestok
Jordan Pestok - Angel Williamson-Wheat
Angel Williamson-Wheat - Amadou Diallo
Blog Challenge 1 will be due by Tuesday, June 30th at Lunch.
The challenge is to take a picture of another student in their lab, wearing proper PPE, and doing something related to their project. Try to take pictures from different angles and be creative. The winning picture will be featured in an article about Project SEED in The Crucible and the winner will receive a gift card to the bookstore.
The person you should take a photo of is listed below.
Amadou Diallo - Jeramiah Jones
Jeramiah Jones - Nadejda Kodjo
Nadejda Kodjo - Amber Latona
Amber Latona - Stephen Lau
Stephen Lau - Sarine McKenzie
Sarine McKenzie - Cheyeanne Perez
Cheyeanne Perez - Jordan Pestok
Jordan Pestok - Angel Williamson-Wheat
Angel Williamson-Wheat - Amadou Diallo
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Angel 6/24/15
Angel,
Hey guys! Today I got a chance to use to work with the SEM/EDS, and I was actually able to find a GSR particle on the sample Dr.Wetzel had prepared for me. I was pretty happy that I was able to get it on my first try. Though find a particle manually does take a bit of time. Next we will be going over how to use the automated system so I can run samples fast then when I do it manually.
So that's all for today!
Hey guys! Today I got a chance to use to work with the SEM/EDS, and I was actually able to find a GSR particle on the sample Dr.Wetzel had prepared for me. I was pretty happy that I was able to get it on my first try. Though find a particle manually does take a bit of time. Next we will be going over how to use the automated system so I can run samples fast then when I do it manually.
So that's all for today!
Sarine McKenzie- 6/24/15
Hey guys! Well today I had loads of fun. Actually, I began the next step in my reaction, which was purifying my dithione through column chromatography, which is a very long process. It's not the most exciting, but I was able to learn something new, and that's always good. So basically the first part of my day was spent setting up my column, which involved me solidifying silica gel by dissolving it in DCM and pouring it into the column. Once I had a large amount of solidified silica gel, I was able to pour in my dithione, and wait for it to seep into the silica gel. After lunch, I began the actual purification of the dithione, by running DCM through the column. This was the most boring part, because I had to refill the DCM about every five minutes, so I spent like two hours sitting in my lab doing that. But was worth it, because watching the dithione separate from its impurities was very interesting. So that's pretty much it, all that's left is to evaporate the purified dithione, and tomorrow we'll recrystallize it with ethanol. Ciao for now!
Amadou Diallo 6-24-15
Today the spectrophotometer that I run assays on was down so I just did some reading and started my PowerPoint for the SEED group meeting.
Tomorrow if the machine is working I will run some assays and add more to my PowerPoint.
Tomorrow if the machine is working I will run some assays and add more to my PowerPoint.
Jisca 6-24-15
Today, I ran the 24 hour deposition that was sonicated in THF through the IR only to find out that the peaks were gone. The one thing that I hate about experiments is that you never know what the results will be until it is done. I then ran the new 1 hour deposition through the IR. Only 2 out of 3 of the cobalt coupons had peaks. Using tetrahydrofuren, I rinsed the coupons for 15 minutes and then put them in the oven to view tomorrow. Since the 24 hour deposition didn't really work that well, I started another one.
Tomorrow, I plan to look at my depositions through the IR to see the spectra of the peaks. I will also rinse or sonicate them in THF if the peaks show up.
Tomorrow, I plan to look at my depositions through the IR to see the spectra of the peaks. I will also rinse or sonicate them in THF if the peaks show up.
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