Sam Apodaca

Excited for a great day of talks & posters at #PEQG22! @SamApodaca_ starts off w/an exploration of tradeoffs/contingency in evolution of radicicol & fluconazole resistance in S. cerevisiae using a large dataset of barcoded samples evolved in multiple conditions

Sad to miss #PEQG22 @GeneticsGSA, but happy that my lab’s undergraduates and graduate students have the opportunity to share their research! Please check out talk #5 by @SamApodaca_ & posters 212W by Rachel Eder; 382T by @dnewell_21; 306V by Natalie Quan; 316V by @gbilolikar

Today I pipetted! First time back in the lab after a long time and I really missed it. @KaraSchmidlin and @SamApodaca_ evolved yeast to resist different drugs are now conducting a big screen for cross resistance/sensitivity. More updates soon! #KGSlabEvolves

@KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte It's been fun! Looking forward to getting back to the project next semester and seeing what we find!

Today was our last transfer. We will collect TP25 on Friday and this evolution will be complete! I’m looking forward to processing NGS data and identifying mutations! More to come next year. #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte Thanks @SamApodaca_ for all your hard work and dedication.

Last transfer of the evolution completed! After we collect our last time point on Friday we'll be moving onto analyzing barcode frequencies next year. #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte @ASUBiodesign

We completed time point 22 today and did our last weekend transfer! We can't believe there's only about a week left in our evolution now! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte @ASUBiodesign

Made it through time point 20 today! Only about a week and a half of transfers to go! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte @ASUBiodesign

Time point 17 complete! We're over halfway through the evolution now and our cell counts have been pretty interesting, check out @KaraSchmidlin's tweet from today for more info and some graphs! #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte @ASUBiodesign

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Time point 14 completed today. Thankful for the opportunity to work on this project in an amazing lab and that it's going well so far! #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte @KaraSchmidlin

@KaraSchmidlin made an awesome time lapse during our transfer today, make sure to check it out! #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte

Completed time point 10 today and filled our third full box of glycerol stocks! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte

Completed time point 7 today and finished preparing our first samples from time point 0 for sequencing! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte

Time point 5 complete. Today was our quickest transfer so far, @KaraSchmidlin and I are starting to get the hang of things! #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte

Completed time point 3! Today's stocks also filled our first freezer box! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte

Completed second time point of the evolution today, yeast seem to be growing well! #KGSlabEvolves @KaraSchmidlin @KSamerotte

Completed the first transfer of the experiment today and froze down time point zero! #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte @KaraSchmidlin

Started the experimental portion of my honors thesis today! We will be performing an experimental evolution using thousands of barcoded yeast to explore how they adapt to two drugs as well as combinations of the drugs. #KGSlabEvolves @KSamerotte @KaraSchmidlin @asuSOLS @ASU_SOLUR