Table 2.

Second‐semester timeline

Week	Module	Assignment type
1	Organize reagents and buffers and finalize protocol for assay	—
2–3	Express, purify, and quantify POI	Revised POI report; chemical order request (reagent inventory)
4–5	Find workable solution/buffer conditions, optimize protein concentration for enzyme kinetics assays, establish controls for these assays	—
6	Group meeting preparation; evaluation of assay; begin determining kinetics parameters (K M, k cat, etc.)	Draft of Materials & Methods section of final POI report
7–8	Experimental determination of kinetic parameters for each POI	GM presentation 1
9	Present GM 1; begin systematic variation/perturbations of kinetics assays (e.g. substrate variation)	Drafts of Introduction, figures, and Future Directions sections
10–12	Repeat assays for statistical replicates or troubleshooting; final refinements and kinetics data‐collection	GM presentation 2; poster presentation; final POI report (manuscript format)