July 17:

Today began at 7:45 with breakfast at the Culp. Dr. Miller talked today about genes and annotations. He went into detail over gene sequences and splicing; it was a very interesting lecture. Following Dr. Miller's lecture was our homework time, which we used to learn more about Maple. Before lunch, one of Dr. Godbole's REU students, Kellee Harris, gave a presentation about her research of the Origin of Life. Dr. Karsai and Dr. Schmickl gave presentations of their research of slime molds and predator/prey population dynamics, respectively. After dinner, we came back to the computer lab for about an hour, and then we went to play raquetball.