Post-Iowa

After getting back from Iowa last Thursday, we began to put together the data we collected from the ESR. Professor Sturgeon has asked me to come up with three more UV-vis spectra for three different pH levels by Friday; hopefully I don't screw up and they're good enough to be published in our paper. I'm able to understand a lot more about what the heck I'm doing compared to the first series of spectra that I collected so that's a somewhat comforting thought.
I just finished making all of the solutions for the reactions today and I will begin collecting the data tomorrow.

Week #3

I finally finished reading the research papers I found relating to microperoxidases and cytochrome c. To be completely honest, I couldn't understand half of the material in those papers; however, I did come to a general understanding as to their chemical functions. I was also able to get a lot of info about Microperoxidase-11 (MP11) when I emailed Corey White, a graduate of Monmouth a couple years ago and who now works at Sigma-Aldrich.
I learned how to use the UV-Vis this week and compile data using software such as "Gepasi" and "Igor"; very useful.
We're planning to go to Iowa to use their instrumentation next Wednesday; until then, we have to get ready and prepare our samples for testing.
Brad also got a new 10MP camera, so I expect he'll be taking pictures of the entire trip. To see them, go look on his blog.