Lab Notebook

..of an invertebrate enthusiast with a backbone

I am an advocate for open science and strive to dissolve inaccessible barriers. Public repositories (such as GitHub!) advance science, disseminating knowledge transparently and reproducibly. Interested in expanding upon this thread in my current and future career endevours. Please reach out if you have any suggestions or just want to talk science, happy to chat!

What to find here:

  • SOPs
  • bioinformatics roadblocks and rabbitholes
  • ideas and hypothesis
  • logged benchwork and other data

Posts - Page 4 of 17

SOP Feeding larvae

  • 6 min read

SOP! Feeding larvae in static system


Objective:

Batch feed larvae using all precautions necessary for a static system (1) assess the current algal density of both the culture and static larval system using flow cytometry (2) add the correct volume of algae to a target cell density.

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RShiny calculator app (algae feed)

  • 3 min read

How to build an RShiny - algae feed calculator:


Showcase an simple example of an RShiny built for calculating the volume of known algae culture for feeding bivalve larvae

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Scallop tagging

  • ~1 min read

Objective and summary:


  • Measure and tag all Bay scallops in the minnow cool systems. There are two sets of scallops that have been reared under raw water common garden from the 8 and 7.5 pH conditions.
    • March 6th (‘old’ group)
    • April 26th (‘new’ group)

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