Week of 11.25.24
Monday - 11/25/24 This week was bit different, as the semester is coming to an end, and our focus of research is changing. With ANAS slowly approaching next semester, we are looking to ideas for what my project and presentation could be on. Originally, I thought of contributing to the pH research of Deinococcus by do a pH analysis on D. grandis, one of the closest strains to D. ficus. However, this was considered "descriptive science" and another approach was suggested. As stated previously, I could not confirm d. ficus ability to grow in the large range of pHs like stated on Bacdive.com. More test and analysis will be needed to confirm this strains ability to survive in a wide range of pH levels. Now we are looking at a bioinformatic project, looking into say the catalase cycle in d. ficus. This has proven to be challenging as I am still very new at bioinformatic research and pathway analysis, so this idea is more of a scaffolding to a greater idea. The upcoming break...