VM image, qiime 1.7.0, and wash bottles

Miscellaneous day in lab.

The VM image of qiime 1.6.0 which is provided by the Knight Lab was fully updated along the lines of my previous guide. This should reduce the configuration time needed for other students in lab.

After the cluster was backed up, I deployed qiime 1.7.0 to /share/apps/qiime-1.7.0/. After some of the manual fixes (like manual addition of pplacer), I made a new module called qiime-1.7.0 based on the new activate.sh. Running module load qiime-1.7.0 then print_qiime_config.py -t confirms that the newer qiime is functioning on the cluster. We need to make sure everything is stable by restarting our cluster, then we should have all the qiimes we need.

I refilled the wash bottles used for sterilization. We primarily use 70% denatured ethanol and 10% bleach solutions (both are percents by volume).

3-4 hours