Category Archives: Undergraduate Genome Project
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens paper out (Jennifer Flanagan)
The second-to-last undergraduate genome paper is out. Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens by Jennifer Flanagan.
Two more papers out: Jessica and Amanda
The days of this blog are numbered… There’s only a couple more papers to come out (both accepted) and then this project will be officially completed! I’ll write a summary and reflections on the whole process at that time. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
Zach presenting his genome project work at the Undergraduate Research Conference
Here’s a picture of Zach talking about his search for the Microbacterium genome
Genome papers published: Brachybacterium muris UCD-AY4 and Microbacterium sp UCD-TDU
When we first started this genome sequencing project in Jan 2012 we had hopes of wrapping up the project by Spring and getting the papers out that summer. Turns out it was a bit more complicated than we thought. The … Continue reading
Advice on asking for letters of recommendation (updated May 2013)
This is based off an e-mail I sent recently to a student and someone suggested I post it here: Asking for letters of recommendation In general I, and others are happy to write letters of recommendation for people… it’s part … Continue reading
Genome Project Documentary finally finished!
After collecting dust for some months I’ve finally put together the (4-minute) documentary on the Undergraduate Genome Project. The idea here was film the students throughout the project and create something that would give a basic idea of what they … Continue reading
TDU (M. oxydans) info, and what lies ahead
The ominous clouds in the sky and the cool breeze in the air can only mean one thing – Summer is gone and it’s time to stop slacking off. With that in mind, I thought I would update everyone on … Continue reading
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (AKU)
Hi, this is a really long overdo post, but I figured it was about time to start blogging. My name is Jennifer and I am a third year Cell Biology and double in Communications. I am slightly new to the … Continue reading
No Luck with TEU
Currently and sadly the results from TEU are depressing as in not being able to go forth with the data we have and writing a paper. From what we thought of as TEU turned out to be contaminated with another … Continue reading
Microbacterium oxydans Data
I finally found a computer with some internet access (just moved apartments and I have no internet or television for a week) so I decided to update everyone on the status of my organism Microbacterium oydans (TDU). The library construction went very … Continue reading
