--- author: Sam White toc-title: Contents toc-depth: 5 toc-location: left date: 2015-10-01 07:01:45+00:00 layout: post slug: goals-october-2015 title: Goals - October 2015 categories: - 2015 - Goals tags: - geoduck - olympia oyster - Ostrea lurida - Panopea generosa --- I'd review last month's goals, but I completely forgot to post them! However, I did accomplish the two most important goals that I needed to get done last month: * Prep Olympia oyster (_Ostrea lurida_) gDNA for genome sequencing * Prep geoduck (_Panopea generosa_) gDNA for genome sequencing For this month, I'm looking at tackling the following: * Prep RAD libraries to assess viability of the process on degraded Olympia oyster gDNA * Implement lab safety changes to be in compliance * Establish an "onboarding" (that's fancy corporate speak) guide for getting new lab members up-to-speed * Continue working on a revamped primer database that will be a single resource (currently, it's split in two spreadsheets and is not easily manageable/searchable)