Oh No.

So what I expected to complete this week is very different from what I set out to do. Originally I was going to attempt to uncover families of Transposable Elements inside the mop3 mutant genome. What I actually ended up doing was reading my weight in research papers, drafting refresher slides for my final presentation, and running into Johnston at Subway (I am keeping my word here).

Recent events in the lab are the source of this change of direction in my week. The undergraduate student with whom I work with did something that made my advisor furious. Some plants that were the focus of future research are dead or dying. It is unclear whether I will be inheriting some of this workload or if I will be unaffected if she leaves. Even in a sterile environment, drama is found...