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Morning

Meeting with Shawn, Tiffany, Val, Katie, and Matt to talk about DNA nanostructures. We're going to split up and tackle 4 designs (all in the honeycomb paradigm):

• small hexagonal prism, single-ply lid
• small hexagonal prism, double-ply lid
• large hexagonal prism, single-ply lid
• rectangular prism, scaffold-hinged (combover) lid

We can get larger (>7308bp) scaffolds from William's lab.

Afternoon

• I went shopping at Home Depot with Nick, Alain, Peng, and David. We bought:
  • 32-watt circular flourescent light bulb
  • 22-watt circular flourescent light bulb
  • Flourescent light bulb ceiling fixture
  • Sheet of plastic diffusion grating
  • Light timer
  • 10-ft of Romex 14-gauge electrical wire (3 wires internal)
  • Conventional household 3-prong plug
  • Wire cutters/strippers
  • Bag of wire twist caps
  • Electrical tape
• We converted an incubator into a timed-light incubator for cyanobacteria
  • Currently it's set to go on at 8PM, off at 2AM, on at 8AM, off at 2PM, so we can check on its progress tomorrow.
• We still need to acquire a light meter