Singular Value Decomposition

A well-known theorem is Diagonalization, where one of the factors is a diagonal matrix. In this paper we will be describing a similar way to factor/decompose a non-square matrix. The key to both of these ways to factor is eigenvalues and eigenvectors

The Discovery and Isolation of Seven New Bacteriophages

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Because they only affect bacteria cells, they are useful for phage therapy to cure certain bacteria-borne illnesses, without having negative effects on human patients. In the fall of 2018, Bio 121L students participated in SEA-PHAGES with the goal of discovering a new bacteriophage. Through the duration of this course, we discovered seven new bacteriophages, two of which (Mayweather and Kenosha) have been sequenced. With this information, we are now able to map, analyze, and assign functions to the genes present in these phage\u27s DNA, learning more about their biology. Collectively, our work contributed to a larger project on increasing our understanding of phage diversity that may lead to potential phage therapeutics