Sunshine & DNA

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Mussel Methylation
Published

April 25, 2026

Plan of the Week: April 20 - April 26, 2026

High- level outline for the week. Adjusted daily to reflect progress of the day before

  • This week is all about intertidal invertebrates, mussel methylation and pulling off the UW-RUA professional development programming series.

Monday - 1v1 & Yellow Surveys

Tuesday - Yellow Surveys

Wednesday - UW-RUA & Event Prep

Thursday - UW-RUA Events & Methylation

Friday - UW-RUA Professional Development Full Day

Saturday - Methylation

Sunday - Methylation


Plan of the Day

Granular level task list to accomplish the high- level goal outlined above

  • My primary goals for today are as follows:
    • Read, read, and read some more.

Projects Touched Today

  • Mussel Methylation

Progress Notes

  • In my best procrastination effort, I knocked out a weekly wrap-up post about National DNA Day.
    • Truly though, I was struggling to get the writing on a roll, so I switched the goal for an hour and knocked it out.
    • Then I returned to working on my own projects.
  • I picked 5 papers from the methylation work and read through them, and took notes on how they can be applied to the mussel methylation work.
    • Notably, what is being seen, what is not, and do the DMLs identified in the mussel work fall into these explanations or some combination of these (more likely).
  • That was the extent of today - too many errands and too much sunshine not to take a break.

Outcomes: Products & Word Count

  • DNA Day Post: 522 words

Today’s total: 522 words

Monthly total to date: 7205 words

Annual total to date: 39,878 words

Annual target total to date: 55,000 words

Next Up: Tomorrow’s Plan

  • Will be determined in the morning.