Final Poster and Individual Projects 3/20/19

Rationale

The rationale behind these procedures is to ensure that poster creations for Scholar’s day follow the correct format and that basic poster requirements are understood. The procedures were also done to finish the poster for Scholar’s Day. In addition, the rubric and groups for the individual projects were introduced so that work can begin on the projects.

Tools/Procedure

1. Final edits were made to the poster in order to have it ready by Friday
   • 2 edits were made to the discussion section of the poster to reflect changes in the genome annotations
2. Groups for individual projects were introduced and rubric was discussed
3. Groups brainstormed about what individual questions to pursue and consulted with the coaches

Results

The image above shows the 2 small changes made to the discussion section to reflect new annotations. There are no other results to report as group brainstorming is currently a work in progress.

Conclusion

There is not much that can be said as a conclusion as this was a poster making and brainstorming day. I can say that Rachel and I may pursue research into comparing NapoleonB to the Arthobacter host that it came from to see if it acquired any bacterial DNA.

Future Plans

In the future, we will continue working as a class to create a poster for Scholar’s day and Rachel and I will begin research for our individual projects.

Purpose: Finish Final Poster and begin narrowing down a testable research question for us to look at next month

Procedure:

• Got into assigned groups
• Read through module and different genomic tools
• Decided to research Repeats in NapoleonB and compare to other phages in the AM cluster
• Completed QTM and reviewed final poster

Future Research: Search for repeats using instructions from the module. Identify the most common/interesting repeat, and investigate further.

Class Poster Creation 3/18/19

Rationale

The rationale behind these procedures is to ensure that poster creations for Scholar’s day follow the correct format and that basic poster requirements are understood. The procedures were also done to finish the poster for Scholar’s Day.

Tools/Procedure

1. The previously chosen design was critiqued and groups were assigned to fix each problem
2. The discussion section was rewritten and graphics were created for it
3. The layout of the poster was modified until it was deemed acceptable
4. Other small groups collaborated to address other aspects of the poster

Results

The results of both the total class collaboration and my small group collaboration on the discussion are shown in the images above. As can be seen, the class poster is almost complete with the exception of the In Silico results section that was not completed enough to be added to the final poster by the end of the lab. The discussion section is broken up into the wet lab and In Silico sections that wrap up the presentation.

Conclusion

There is not much that can be said as a conclusion as this was a poster making day; however, based on the class poster that is underway I fee that I and the class demonstrate an understanding of poster making that will lead to an effective Scholar’s Day poster.

Future Plans

In the future, we will continue working as a class to create a poster for Scholar’s day.