Team:Newcastle/Meetings/11 May 2009

Action Points of the Meeting

 * Set a date for Modelling Tutorial with Goksel.
 * Model of Metal Intake
 * Model of sinI Operon
 * Model of comK system -> someone to write a brief summary on the model(Hanny?)
 * Promotor library -> Write a program (Java)
 * Email N.J Robinson regarding building of model (??) (Mathew?)
 * Email GeneArt directly, asking for discounts (Arun?)
 * Email Dr. Aldridge regarding DNA shipment (?)
 * Germination (?)
 * Prioritise which bricks to synthesize, pull out individual bits (major, exciting parts that will earn medals) due to limited funds. Example: germination stochastic switch, metal sponge, etc.
 * Mathew to forward the email from N.J Robinson.
 * Reason why gene is selected
 * Hybrid promoter for sigma A
 * Coding (JSim) -> Generate CellML Model on a frontline (James?)
 * Write up on Cadmium and the environment
 * Decide which awards to aim for, using Matlab would not get a prize, need to use/rewrite models.
 * Lab space -> Need to take turns, therefore need to come up with a proper schedule

Minutes of the Meeting

 * iGEM get-together in Edinburgh 23-24th June (Monday-Tuesday) -> May need to postpone labwork as a result.
 * sin I operon -> do we really need it? sporulation..?
 * need pretty pictures of things changing -> criteria for prize.
 * sigmaA - want to express mnth all the time with sigma A
 * have 2 promoters infront of smta
 * make hyprid promotor -> try to model, can do a write up as an idea and put it up on the wiki
 * Promoter library - Want to build a promoter library with different strands and strengths, not single strands.
 * Need to alter some of the consensus
 * Write a program using Java
 * By looking at the levels derived from ... radiator, find the strength, rank cross no. experiments. Cannot compare the absolute no. microrate -> level of expression for each gene (amount of mRNA of each gene, measure intensity via a software).