Monthly Archives: April 2014

By Eric Kang With the academic year coming to an end I thought that this would be a good time to reflect on the past semester and the entire year in phage hunting. Phage hunting has been a lot of … Continue reading →

By Cait Barrett I’m so glad that we’re finally back in the wet lab. DNA annotating was interesting, and I learned a lot about the process, but I honestly didn’t really understand much about what we were doing or why. … Continue reading →

By Alexander Peterson As my time in phage lab draws to a close, I realize that the people and place, not the scientific process, have made the greatest impression on me. This is partly due to the nature of the … Continue reading →

By Andrea Uy Phage Hunting this semester was different from what I expected. First of all, I switched sections and was kind of nervous going back. Everyone knew each other already, and I was one of those odd new kids … Continue reading →

By Marissa Totten So probably one of the most important, non-biology, things I’ve learned this past semester is to NEVER under ANY circumstances trust that a program will actually save your work. Honestly, from now on I’m saving my documents … Continue reading →

By Sean Melucci When you think of biology lab work, the last thing that would come to your mind is working on a computer. However, surprisingly enough, computer software tools are an integral part to biology lab work and research. … Continue reading →

By Jessica Bauer I can honestly say that this semester of Phage lab was not what I expected. Coming back from winter break, I was excited to start looking at the genome and doing whatever “annotating” entailed. I was not sure … Continue reading →

By Jessica Kahan Unlike the majority of the other students in my class, I am new to Phage Hunting this semester. At first, when we were annotating genomes, everyone was new to the material, and we all learned together. However, … Continue reading →