Ok, so I ended up reading more papers than writing my own, but I was very pleased with my findings. I actually found a paper on a different promoter which did the same experiments I was proposing! So I know I’m on the right track.
Lionel’s finding this semester really rough - he’s doing his take home final now and is quite stressed about it. Soon it will all be over though and we can both get a much needed break - during which time I will write a review paper on Notch signalling and Lionel will learn string theory, LOL.