The meme world has been rocked by the Anti Defamation League. Pepe the frog has been branded as a race symbol by the ADL, due to alt-right individuals using it in a hateful way. However, in the definition provided by the ADL itself they specify that most Pepes are unbigoted. So is it unnecessary to brand Pepe as a hate symbol if a small group of people use it in a racist way. RIP Pepe 2010-2016.I was asked a few questions about where I am on my research project. I thought I'd answer them here. I am feeling really confident about my method of analysis, excited about researching, and happy that I have useful sources. I am super confident about my method and my project after Oct 22nd. I am very informed on the protein I am investigating and the historical progression of protein folding. I'm pretty excited to get to the work and run the trials, but I got this lit review in front of me. This is something scientists don't really do unless its a giant report, so it is intimidating to finish.
Driving in neutral is the significance of the project and my research question. I feel like I can make a decent significance for my analysis of mutations of LAC1 affecting its dynamic structure (if I mutate this protein how does it affect its flexibility, and how does that flexibility affect the function of LAC1). My research question is also in neutral again, because I need to figure out the metrics of my analysis methods and why I am looking at certain positions. I probably need to manage my time slightly better, but I am juggling my college apps with my other homework right now. I need to buckle down and knock this things out this week.
I feel terrible about the literature review. I need to make a connection between what a protein is and why it matters. Then I need to connect that to the history of protein folding and the introduction of dynamics to the study. I am pretty terrified of how to organize my literature, but I guess that is what the outline is for. Hopefully I can talk to someone this week sooner or later, because I am terrified of that also. I plan to finish a decent outline of what I currently have by Tuesday, so I need to get feedback on this so I can carry on without doubts about my foundation. Because I don't wanna be that guy a week before its due realizing that half of the work I did is useless (like how I felt leading up to the bibliography (I scraped at least 11 sources)).
