31 October 2024
Thursday
trying to generate some basic distance correlation matrices for miRNA-mRNA pairs (in E5 dde), but getting stuck actually accessing a distance correlation calculation! Can’t install any of the correlation statistic R packages I’ve tried (energy, distcor, etc.). Will need to make a github issue.
SWED101 class
Weekly meeting with Steven, including preliminary discussion of committee meeting requirements and planning for tomorrow’s E5 meeting
troubleshooting the Raven package installation issues with Sam – seems to be related to Raven having an outdated version of GSL.
emails (TAing)
emailed to schedule first committee meeting
seminar + TGIT
oyster checks
30 October 2024
Wednesday
SWED101 class
found SICB roommate, getting registered for hotel room
Confirmed Hollie can be on committee!
emailed Hilborn’s contact (michael) about coral stuff
looking again into correlation summary – think I know what to do, just need to actually code it
lit review for Hilborn review paper
read/replied to some github issues
29 October 2024
Tuesday
SWED101 class
meeting w/ Kerry – she agreed to be on committee!!!! I have a committee!!!!!
- now i need to confirm Hollie and schedule first meeting, preferably in Nov/early Dec
meeting w/ Minyan about midterm grading
adding normalized sRNA summary for Apul to E5, looking into more basic options than WGCNA for preliminarily summarizing correlation between miRNA and mRNA
28 October 2024
Monday
SWED101 class and HW
trying to fix computer problem – black screen after I log in for 5-10 min, then takes 10-20min to start up, open first apps, etc. Disabled some unnecessary start up programs, ran Disk Cleanup, looked at some anti-virus softwares.
Lab meeting, equity and inclusion focused
emails
QSCI482 Office Hours
Received Charlotte Magnum Housing Award for SICB!
registered for SICB, bought flight tickets, posted some requests looking for hotel roommate(s). Submitted another travel award request
Collected reimbursement details and posted to Slack purchasing channel
poked around Sam’s lab notebook and github issues for the CEABIGR offspring methylation data Steven and I discussed last Friday – think I found it here and here (note: CEABIGR offspring appear to be called CEASMALLR – cute!)
25 October 2024
Friday
TAing: led both lab sections, (midterm this week).
Prepped for Steven meeting, outlined current progress with E5 work and plans/goals for degree progress
Met with Steven – meeting notes/planning here
readings on DNA methylation in corals, role in transposon silencing
24 October 2024
Thursday
SWED101 asynchronus assignment
emails catch up
TAing: emails, reviewing midterm expectations, preliminary SA3 grading
TAing: weekly meeting w Minyan
Reviewed Year 1 GSAR and thought through current status/revisions (prep for Steven meeting)
- Filled out current coursework on Plan of Study Form
Seminar
TGIT
TAing: reviewed midterm for typos/confusing wording before printing for tomorrow
23 October 2024
Wednesday
SWED101 class
start up on coral review work, got in contact with Hilborn’s contact
Completed ShortStack 4.1.0 reruns and comparison on all three species for E5 deep-dive-expression (notebook post)
oyster water change
22 October 2024
Tuesday
21 October 2024
Monday
18 October 2024
Friday
17 October 2024
Thursday
16 October 2024
Wednesday
Finalized and submitted GRFP application!!!
15 October 2024
Tuesday
Finalized and submitted SIFP application!!!