A quick update: I'm spending the day working on OPENbugs code for a stream carbon cycling model and editing figures for my manuscript that was accepted for publication in Oecologia. (I know, *so* exciting!)
The model I'm working on is for this amazingly-time-consuming-but-totally-worth-it Ecological Systems Modeling course offered by Kiona Ogle through Botany/Ecology. The class has dominated a lot of my time this semester, but it's one of the best I've taken while at Wyoming. I am now more confident when it comes to creating and analyzing models - before this semester I felt like an uninformed scientist who knew models were important but didn't know much about the process. And the hard work will pay off - I hope to submit an updated version of the manuscript due as the class "final exam" to Ecological Modelling some time next semester.
Hmmm...lots of publication talk here (can you tell what's on my mind as I start thinking about the next step after grad school?), but I'm also really looking forward to Thanksgiving in Laramie tomorrow: the plan so far is a morning hike in Vedauwoo followed by lots of wine and food with friends from Zoology & Ecology!
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READING: Peers et al. (2009) An ancient light-harvesting protein is critical for the regulation of algal photosynthesis. Nature.
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