We have data!!!!!
Hello all,Today is an exciting day indeed! The samples you helped process have now been sequenced! It took a little longer than I hoped to get them ready and on the machine (oh science), but the da...
Materials are arriving!
The prep kits I need to get the DNA ready for sequencing have arrived! I have one more product that I need to order, and am currently working with vendors to get the best price. Curr...
Update #1
Hello backers! Thanks to all of you I am back in the lab processing my samples. I have 15 sets of samples to prepare for sequencing, and as I plan on comparing them to each other, one of my top pri...
Fully funded, thank you backers and VWR!!!
With five days to go my project has been fully backed!!! I am so thankful to all of you and am extremely excited to get in the lab to begin the work processing those samples! As I make progress I w...
Is Making Yogurt Similar to Processing Wastewater?
It may be surprising to hear, but they are indeed very similar. Although they both start with drastically different materials (dairy versus sewerage) they both use bioprocessing and both end with c...
Viruses are Finger Licking Good
It is Super Bowl Sunday, the deep fryer is on the counter, the chicken is soaking in buttermilk, and there is nothing left to do but think about football. This nerd loves football! My husband is fr...
Valentine's Day Card For All Backers!
Since my project now ends on Valentine's Day it seems only suiting that I send you all a free Valentine's Day card just for backing my project! I spent last night creating this really awesome, tota...
When I Hike I Think of Viruses
Recently my family and I went for a hike around the Leon Sink Geological Area just outside of Tallahassee. The sink holes in this area are formed when water erodes away the soft rocks under the wat...