March goals and daily notebook entries.

Goals

Writing and manuscripts

1. Resubmit revised Mcap2020
2. Methods for Mcap2023 analysis
3. Finish full draft of E5 physiology ms
4. Draft resazurin assay manuscript with 10K seed, polyIC, and USDA families data
5. Methods and results for LCO manuscript
6. Omic perspectives paper full draft

Analysis

1. Phenoplate and RLC analyses for Hawaii 2023
2. Growth analysis for Goose Point seed (Dec)
3. Data analysis for LCO growth
4. Larval size analysis for Hawaii 2023
5. Larval symbiont density analysis for Hawaii 2023
6. Project Nom Nom PR data analysis
7. Lucy’s RNAseq bioinformatics
8. Species ID for Moorea 2023 Acropora

Field work

1. Plan spring outplant assessment dates for Goose Point, Westcott (done), Baywater, and Point Whitney
2. Plan housing and travel for spring outplant assessments

Funding

1. SeaGrant WSG proposal draft (due 22 April 2025)

Outreach

1. Reva Atea magazine
2. PEO Speech preparation

Conferences

1. Prepare and plan EPIMAR conference trip
2. Plan URI trip
3. ASLO conference

Lab experiments

1. PolyIC resazurin experiments
2. Cell count processing for HI2023
3. Lab aerial and heat stress trials

Daily Log

March 25

• Mcap2020 resubmitted
• WSG proposal
• ASLO conference

March 25

• Mcap2020
• Omic paper perspectives writing
• Oyster hardening planning
• Purchasing and PO management
• Meeting with Lucy

March 24

• Mcap2020
• Omic paper perspectives writing
• Oyster hardening planning
• Purchasing and PO management

March 21

• Science hour
• Omic paper writing
• Purchasing
• Machine learning coding
• Resazurin analysis

March 20

• Lab meeting
• Resazurin experiments
• Equipment unpacking
• Cleaning lab
• E5 meeting with Hollie

March 19

• Monthly Gannet backup
• Computer hard drive backup
• Metabolomics meeting with Rutgers
• Mcap2020 revisions
• Purchasing and PO requests
• EPIMAR travel
• Omic paper writing
• Reva Atea magazine

March 18

• Mcap2020 revisions
• Omic paper writing
• Packages/supplies for Roberts Lab
• Ordering for Roberts Lab
• Resazurin trial
• Cleaning oyster tanks
• Prepping for metabolomics meeting

March 17

• Mcap2020 revisions
• Putnam Lab meeting
• Ordering/PO for Roberts Lab

March 16

• Mcap2020 revisions
• E5 lipid analysis
• Reva Atea magazine

March 15

• Mcap2020 revisions
• E5 lipid analysis
• Reva Atea magazine

March 14

• Omic paper writing
• E5 lipid analysis
• Meeting with Jill for lncRNA paper
• Arranging URI travel

March 13

• Omic paper writing
• E5 phys plots
• Finished Lucy’s bioinformatics
• Lab meeting
• Resazurin trial
• Oyster tank maintenance

March 12

• Lab ordering and quotes
• Omics paper writing
• E5 phys plots
• Meeting with Hollie
• Meeting with Lucy

March 11

• Lab ordering and quotes
• Meeting with Steven
• Omics paper writing
• Mcap2020 revision formatting

March 10

• Lab ordering and quotes
• Running resazurin trials
• Meeting with Yaamini
• Cleaning lab
• Analyzing resazurin data

March 7

• Lab ordering and quotes
• Budget planning
• Science hour
• Bioinformatics with Lucy
• Resazurin data
• Mcap2020 revisions

March 6

• Oyster feeding
• Lab ordering
• Lab cleaning
• Lab meeting - undergraduate research guide
• E5 correlation matrix
• Reva Atea magazine
• Resazurin trial

March 5

• Oyster feeding
• Tank arrangements meeting with Jon
• Meeting with Kathleen
• Meeting with VWR rep
• Oyster trials for resazurin: computer was not working
• Moorea 2023 species ID
• Purchasing/ordering
• Lab meeting prep

March 4

• Moorea 2023 species ID
• Moorea 2023 project planning
• Purchasing and ordering
• Received E5 lipid data

March 3

• Omics paper with Yaamini
• Lucy bioinformatics
• Meeting with Jill
• Mcap2020 revisions
• EPIMAR planning
• PEO script for talk in May