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Fall 2023: Week 10

Hi Everyone...This week was easy breezy. My morning class was canceled on Wednesday, so I could sleep in for the first time since starting the semester. Regarding TRAIN stuff, I'm working on entering my data in Excel and interpreting it. It might just be me, but working with Excel is exhausting. As a small experiment, I replicated a process I did when I first started TRAIN. I prepared a plate with S.A. and added an antibiotic susceptibility disk dipped in a honey solution. The next time I come in, I'll measure the circle around the disk where no bacteria grows.

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