status for October 02

02 Oct 2016

things I did Friday

• mycoplasma good exchange with Dmitriy about moving forward with novel Mycoplasma short MS
• esa group meeting about moving forward with some cool directions for the ESA Disease Ecology section
• lab some hair prep for stable isotopes, slide staining with 3-step Geimsa (SO much better)
• bclab inputted data from two studies as a guide for others in lab
• haemosporidian sent Yabsley some micro pics -- we've def got a vampire bat Haemosporidian!
• peru clarified with Daniel what to do with their vampire bat swab samples for export
• eabl maybe this is coming back to life -- discussed plans with Eizabeth for HL ratios & Haemoproteus screening
• bathg started to incorperate Daniel's comments

things I did today

• bartonella some DNA extractions, sketched out plan for the week to complete extraction & PCR 1+2
• review did follow up review for Oikos
• sicb2017 sent Travis my section of the Fall2016 newsletter
• life spring cleaning through clothes, fixed bike
• bathg incorperated more of Daniel's comments
• bclab revised PPT for lab meeting

things I should do tomorrow

• bartonella another set of DNA extractions, PCR 1 + 2
• peru check in regarding Tuesday sample pickup, ask Jorge for data sheets
• lab stain more slides for Melinda
• bathg continue working on intro/discussion
• haemosporidian reply to Yabsely about moving forward with PCR
• eabl get slides from Elizabeth
• ceid advisory board meeting