Rationale: 

The purpose of today’s lab was to address any last changes needed on the class poster as well as begin the process of independent projects.

Tools:

• Laptop
• Google Slides
• ExPASy

Procedure:

• Last minute concerns were addressed regarding the poster.
• Once this was complete, independent projects were introduced as well as groups and mentors.
• Independent projects topics were then researches to decide if anything drew up any interest in the group.

Results:

• The group for the independent project is Me, Kathryn, and Emily, with our coach being Lathan.
• Several topics were looked over, but none have been decided yet to research.

Conclusions:

There are several things regarding NapoleonB, but the group is still trying to find something that is unique regarding NapoleonB to research. It is possible there is something regarding NapoleonB’s relationship to other phages in its cluster as it does contain an orfam, but no clear decision has been made yet.

Next Steps:

The next steps for this are to continue with the research of these different topics so the group can begin its independent research project.