Unearthing new evidence is an exciting part of science. Especially when the new evidence can give us a better understanding of our own past. I am excited to read more about this as even more is discovered.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/10/ancient-skeletons-reveal-genetic-history-of-central-europe/#.UmFWGrfeM3Q.facebook

This article is so cool! The thought that bacteria can alter the weather is mind-blowing. Weather machine, anyone?

YAY congrats Katelyn! And I am so sorry you had to abandon one of your phage. Good luck with purification and everything else that comes after Didn’t you name your phage haha?

This is actually really fascinating… I have some rather distant relations that have Type 1 diabetes, so I was passingly familiar with it, but I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about it! Thanks for all the info, Sierra

THIS IS SO COOL. (just throwing that out there!)

So on Monday, I had phage on all 5 plates from 10^0 to 10^-4. 10^0 and 10^-1 were webbed, and I had many on 10^-2. For the next part of my experiment I picked a plaque from 10^-4 and did a dilution once again. Tomorrow I will do the same thing, so that I can purify the phage. Tomorrow will be my 2nd purification, and next week on Monday will be my 3rd purification. I am so excited to be finally on my way to purifying and isolating a phage!