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Team:BU Wellesley Software/Notebook/MikeyNotebook
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I recently graduated from Olin College with a degree in electrical and computer engineering. I'm excited to work with Wellesley and BU this summer before starting work at Google in September.
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June 3
- Learned basics of synthetic biology
- Learned about parallels between automated design tools in IC design and tools used in synthetic biology
- Played around with Clotho platform
June 10
- Worked on design for prokaryotic chromosome navigator
- Made a short video with a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM8hbKfU5iI paper prototype]
June 17
- Started work on implementing G-nome surfer for prokaryotes (G-nome Surfer Pro)
- Learned about Microsoft's WPF framework
- Read about data [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752347.aspx binding] and [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742521.aspx templating]
June 24
- Implemented an "infinite scrolling" listbox
- Read about model view view-model design pattern for WPF
- Worked with Heidi, Taili, Casey, Megan, and Consuelo to implement G-nome Surfer Pro demo
July 1
- Designed a publications view with Heidi, Taili, and Casey
- Planned out a refactoring of the code base
July 8
- Worked with Michelle to design an interface for Trumpet
- Began development work on Trumpet for the microsoft surface
July 15
- Added drag functionality for Trumpet
- Added sequence and translation view to G-nome Surfer
July 22
We started our final push before the usability study. By this point we had refactored our code using the model view view-model (MVVM) pattern and had a couple pieces of functionality left to add. I worked on speeding up the initial rendering of the chromosome bar. The chromosome bar may contain tens of thousands of gene objects. As a result, it was important to get the rendering of the individual gene objects as fast as possible. By analyzing different methods for rendering the genes, I was able to reduce the total rendering time from fifteen minutes to thirty seconds.
We also hooked up the backend data source. This step went off without a hitch. We had previously agreed upon an interface that the data store had to follow and we used a mocked version while waiting for development to finish. When Megan finished the backend, we swapped the mock version and the real version and the application worked!
