This week we began more data analysis for the NSF AIR SP-IRIS. Once this was done, we set to work to incubate our chips with viruses and were able to analyze the data from this experiment by Wednesday. We ran the tests using the USBIOantibodies78B and 05E. We were hopeful that these antibodies worked. As indicated in the graph below, it appeared that there was some binding of viruses, but once George viewed our data, he pointed out that if viruses were attaching to our chips, the chips would be covered fairly evenly with the particles. Instead, we got areas of heavy particle binding and some with little binding. This can only indicate that there is unspecific binding, i.e., other matter is binding to the spot and not just virus particles.
We hope to get one more experiment in before the end of next week. This week got busy with working on our Powerpoint presentations and our final poster. During these final weeks, there is much to get done.
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