January 2023 Goals

January goals and daily notebook entries.

Goals

Writing

  1. Revise Montipora capitata 2020 time series conceptual figures
  2. Revise Montipora capitata 2020 time series methods
  3. Revise Montipora capitata 2020 time series results
  4. Write Montipora capitata 2020 time series intro and discussion in PNAS format
  5. Send full draft of Montipora capitata 2020 time series to co-authors

Sample processing

  1. Arrange for stable isotope metabolomics analysis at Rutgers with Jill

Meetings and presentations

  1. Attend E5 meeting and present Mcap2020 data

Daily Log

Monday January 31, 2023

  • Worked on Mcap2020 results/discussion section
  • Read 3 new scientific papers

Monday January 30, 2023

  • Scheduled Putnam Lab journal club meetings
  • Roberts Lab meeting
  • Worked on integrating results and discussion of Mcap2020 manuscript

Friday January 27, 2023

  • Met with Hollie to talk about Mcap2020 manuscript draft, made a roadmap for revisions to combine results and discussion sections for final draft
  • Discussed funding and project timelines with Hollie
  • Attended E5 mechanisms meeting
  • Worked on logistics/planning meetings for next week
  • Worked on Mcap2020 manuscript

Thursday January 26, 2023

  • Writing Mcap2020, assembled full rough draft, read a bunch of papers
  • Attended Pubathon and eScience postdoc seminar

Wednesday January 25, 2023

  • Worked on results and discussion of Mcap2020 paper and read lots and lots of papers for this manuscript

Tuesday January 24, 2023

  • Meeting with Danielle for writing hour
  • Meeting with Danielle and Terava to chat about monthly goals for collaboration
  • Grant and project budgeting
  • Worked on Mcap2020 discussion for genes and metabolomics

Monday January 23, 2023

  • On UW campus today to guest teach FSH 512 course (intro for graduate students) on writing proposals
  • Roberts Lab meeting DEI discussion
  • Organized funding budgets and time lines

Friday January 20, 2023

  • Looked at 15-20 scientific papers for Mcap2020 discussion for bacterial community information
  • Outlined funding timelines and budget for NSF and UW in preparation for discussions with Hollie for next year projects
  • Mcap 2020 discussion: wrote paragraphs for bacterial results and outlined discussion workflow
  • Writing meeting with Danielle for 1 hour

Thursday January 19, 2023

  • I was on UW campus today for prospective grad student day at SAFS
  • Attended UW eScience postdoc lunch meeting at UW
  • Read 4 scientific papers
  • Met with Steven to plan FSH521 course instruction for Monday and made slides for introduction
  • Mcap 2020 discussion: worked on microbial results

Wednesday January 18, 2023

  • E5 All Hands Monthly Meeting: Discussed research updates and planning future meetings
  • Read 5 scientific papers
  • Read and added bullet points for Mcap2020 discussion microbial data
  • Arranged agenda for Feb E5 meeting

Tuesday January 17, 2023

  • Roberts Lab meeting: discussed outreach and curriculum development principles and projects
  • Day of emails, calendar-ing, and organizing meetings
  • Revised individual development plan
  • Read 4 scientific papers

Friday January 13, 2023

  • Attended E5 Coral URoL PI/Postdoc meeting in Santa Barbara

Thursday January 12, 2023

  • Added Google search bar to my notebook 😊
  • Attended E5 Coral URoL PI/Postdoc meeting in Santa Barbara

Wednesday January 11 2023

  • Attended E5 Coral URoL PI/Postdoc meeting in Santa Barbara
  • Started posting daily notebook updates from my phone using Working Copy!

Tuesday January 10 2023

  • Traveled to E5 Coral URoL PI/Postdoc meeting in Santa Barbara
  • Worked on results section of Mcap Developmental Time Series manuscript
Written on January 6, 2023