Today I got to get started on work! I feel like I actually accomplished something today. I am looking for specific genes that can cause regular cells to start mutating into cancer cells - called oncogenes - and finding them on the map of the two DNA lines. One cell line is a "regular" breast cancer cell, and the other one has a resistance to tamoxifen - a drug to treat it. Then I look for spikes in the methylation levels around the location of the gene, and compare the two. The theory is, if the cell lines have different levels in the methylation, perhaps that gene is part of the reason there is a resistance. So, I research for the kinds of genes, search for them on the genome finder, and take screen shots of the graphs that apply. Not sure what happens after that, but at least I am moving forward!
Didn't get up to the lab today- maybe tomorrow. And we have a meeting to nail down what our projects are before the web meeting on Wed. Did laundry today- I am supposed to go out and run errands, but don't feel like it. In my summer of self indulgence, think I am not gonna!
Bonsoir-
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