I’d review last month’s goals, but I completely forgot to post them!

However, I did accomplish the two most important goals that I needed to get done last month:

• Prep Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) gDNA for genome sequencing

• Prep geoduck (Panopea generosa) gDNA for genome sequencing

For this month, I’m looking at tackling the following:

• Prep RAD libraries to assess viability of the process on degraded Olympia oyster gDNA

• Implement lab safety changes to be in compliance

• Establish an “onboarding” (that’s fancy corporate speak) guide for getting new lab members up-to-speed

• Continue working on a revamped primer database that will be a single resource (currently, it’s split in two spreadsheets and is not easily manageable/searchable)