{"id":3144,"date":"2018-06-21T22:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T03:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2018-06-21T22:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T03:16:16","slug":"week-4-100-samples-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/week-4-100-samples-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4: 100 Samples and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-200x79.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-400x158.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-600x237.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-800x316.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-1024x404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0301-1200x474.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirsten Writes a Note<\/strong><b> to Self<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will also see a picture of me working at my lab bench with<b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3155 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-200x336.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-400x671.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-600x1007.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969-610x1024.jpg 610w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6969.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/b> a taped note saying\u00a0\u201cLiterally please wait 5 minutes OMG.\u201d As you can imagine, lab work does not always run smoothly. I am spending a lot of lab time this summer doing DNA extractions, and it is a very tedious process with many steps involved, one of them being to wait five minutes for an elution buffer to mix with the DNA. This is the last step in the process, so anytime I forget to wait five minutes (which I have now done an absurd amount of times), I have to start the extractions all over again. Talk about frustrating! But, thank goodness, we always take two swabs on every turtle so we have back-ups in case the first round of extractions doesn\u2019t work out. Stay tuned to see if I master DNA extractions this summer!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3150 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/blog0141-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>Lauren&#8217;s Happy to See Shelley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We found Shelley! Shelley is an adult, female Blanding\u2019s who had a transmitter last year. Typically these transmitters last 3-5 years without any need to replace them. Unfortunately, sometimes over winter the transmitters die unexpectedly or can fall off. Shelley had not been seen yet this year and it was presumed her transmitter had done one of these two things. This week she ended up in one of our traps (without a transmitter)! And the best part is, she has eggs! The biologists were able to take her back to the turtle building, give her a new transmitter and put her back in the swale she was found in to carry on with her nesting duties. Hopefully in the next week or two, we will be able to see this lovely lady dig a hole and lay her precious cargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Typical Field Work-Up<\/strong>\u00a0<em>from Lauren&#8217;s GoPro<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brief physical exam, blood draw, swabs, complete physical exam<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jAAdchCDUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cOh look a butterfly!\u00a0<\/b><strong>Just kidding it\u2019s a piece of trash.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3156 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0204-e1529181059910-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A quote from Kirsten after a long day in the field when we were sweaty, tired, and apparently a little hallucinogenic. After thinking about it though, it is amazing how much trash we see out in the field, especially being a forest preserve. I have seen plastic bags, glass bottles, cigarette packs, bicycle pieces, car tires, and fishing lures. It\u2019s always a question of how these things got here in the first place, but then we remember humans. Turtles rule, humans drool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Come at me, Mosquitos<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM-187x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM-200x321.png 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM-400x642.png 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM-600x963.png 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-16-at-3.24.22-PM.png 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before we close out this week\u2019s blog, we need to explain some of the pictures you will see\u00a0in our camera roll below. See those state-of-the-art nets we are wearing on our faces? Lauren and I had to take a break from our usual trendsetting attire (our typical work fashion including pants tucked into socks with the added flare of flip-flops or sandals\u2026 I know, I know, we can\u2019t all be fashionistas) to protect our faces from,<b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3154 \" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-400x404.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-600x606.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789-800x809.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0203-e1529180890789.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/b>\u00a0you guessed it, mosquitoes! The cloudy and humid weather has left both of our field sites ridden with mosquitoes. Having the bugs flying around our faces makes turtle workups much more difficult, so we have been using these bug nets to keep the pests away. It works really well until one of them gets inside your net\u2026 5 mosquito bites on my face later, I learned my lesson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camera Roll:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-image-carousel-1 fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"awb-carousel awb-swiper awb-swiper-carousel awb-carousel--carousel awb-swiper-dots-position-bottom\" data-layout=\"carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-autoplayspeed=\"2500\" data-autoplaypause=\"no\" data-columns=\"3\" data-columnsmedium=\"1\" data-columnssmall=\"1\" data-itemmargin=\"3\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-freemode=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\" data-scrollitems=\"0\" data-centeredslides=\"no\" data-rotationangle=\"50\" data-depth=\"100\" data-speed=\"500\" data-shadow=\"no\" data-pagination=\"bullets\" style=\"--awb-columns:3;--awb-column-spacing:3px;--awb-border-width:1px;--awb-border-color:#e9eaee;\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper 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class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0169.jpg 3264w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 388px, (min-width: 732px) 582px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" data-id=\"3203\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0202-e1529636495436.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0202-e1529636495436-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0202-e1529636495436-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0202-e1529636495436-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0202-e1529636495436-800x1067.jpg 800w, 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https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0193-e1529636468614-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0193-e1529636468614-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0193-e1529636468614-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0193-e1529636468614.jpg 3264w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 388px, (min-width: 732px) 582px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" data-id=\"3205\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_0182.jpg 3264w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 388px, (min-width: 732px) 582px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" data-id=\"3204\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2445\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/06\/IMG_6927-2.jpg 3264w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 388px, (min-width: 732px) 582px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" data-id=\"3207\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"awb-swiper-button 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I am spending a lot of lab time this summer doing DNA extractions, and it  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3212,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions\/3212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}