Throughout the school year, I have been the Lead Student Scientist of my school's chapter of the Waksman Student Scholars Program. Here, we combine microbiology with bioinformatics to ultimately sequence and analyze DNA of Wolffia australiana, better known as duckweed. Wet lab consists of identifying and amplifying E. coli bacteria expressing our Wolffia cDNA inserts. Next, we isolate and purify the DNA, which is sent to be sequenced at Rutgers University. When we receive the sequences, bioinformatics analysis beings. By matching different versions of our sequence to other sequences on the national database, we can find strings of similar sections that can give us insight on the protein's cladistics and homologues, clues to better understand the structure and function of our proteins. Through my ongoing research in this program, I have been four times published onto the national database, the National Center for Biotechnology Information.