4.15.19 Work on Independent Projects

Rationale: More work needed to be done to correctly determine the identity and function of the sequence of interest. Therefore, time today was spent using online tools to determine a potential function for the sequence.

Procedure:

• Found a tool that was able to identify transposable elements (IS Finder)
• Read primary literature to obtain any other ideas surrounding sequences similar to the one found and being investigated
• Looked for other tools that could be used to help predict the function of the sequence

Results:

• The transposable elements finder showed no direct hits to any organism in the database
• Primary literature search did not reveal any new information, but pointed to new tools that needed to be tested out – tools did not have a very good success rate

Conclusions

• Since the sequence is officially not a transposable element, the new struggle is finding something that the sequence could be. We have disproved the notion that the sequence is other likely components, and therefore we need to seek a new function or path that can hopefully contextualize the sequence and give direction to a potential function.

Next Steps: Finding a new function that could be applied to the sequence of interest