March 2026 — CovertLab/vEcoli monthly summary focusing on business value and technical achievements. Key features delivered: - Central Carbon Metabolism Analysis Workflow Upgrade: integrated analysis script combining simulation and experimental data for enhanced flux comparison; migrated plotting from Plotly to Altair; improved data retrieval by enabling result ordering and simplifying SQL data extraction; refactored for readability and maintainability; removed an unnecessary run_analysis.json. (Commits: 2c7b64f7582b7304c2dd5f524d4902c10e4b945a; 9ba5411ba947d9edf9432cf003c0c98fd005cec8; 717e7faa0e86a3c7d8cd3cec3d2e563c843491ad; e34ade17dd0f35f079dd9fd51419c0a0324ff89b) Major bugs fixed: - Updated metabolism_reaction_add.tsv in flats to accommodate loss of reaction from EcoCyc 29.1, ensuring robustness of the central carbon metabolism analysis. Overall impact and accomplishments: - The upgraded workflow provides faster, more reliable flux analysis by integrating simulation and experimental data, with a more maintainable codebase and a modern plotting stack. Adapting to EcoCyc 29.1 changes reduces downstream risk and supports ongoing research throughput. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Python scripting and refactoring - Altair plotting (Plotly migration) - SQL data retrieval and result ordering - Data integration of multi-source (simulation + experimental) datasets - Code quality improvements and peer-review responsiveness