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= 23 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting =
= 23 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting =
: ''Note meeting moved one day forward, from the 24th''.
: ''Note meeting moved one day forward, from the 24th''.
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* Chair: Hanny
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* Chair: Arun
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* Students: Jess, James, Mat, Arun, Hanny
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* Students: James, Mat, Arun, Hanny
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* Minutes: Arun
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* Minutes: Mat
* Instructors: Jen, Neil
* Instructors: Jen, Neil
* Advisors: Morgan
* Advisors: Morgan
=== Agenda ===
=== Agenda ===
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* Lab plan for Hanny, Goksel, and anyone else available
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* General News
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* Lab summary
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* Review last week's action points
* Review last week's action points
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* Lab summary (Goksel and Hanny)
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* Wiki (Mat)
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* Presentation (Arun)
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* Poster (Jess)
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* Modelling (James)
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* T-shirt/Marketing (Jess)
* Questions
* Questions
=== Last Week's Action Points ===
=== Last Week's Action Points ===
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* Ask to Collin Hardwood's lab for pMutin4 primers
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* Design sequencing primers for gfp-rrnb
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* Need to update Goksel and Hanny on monday at internal meeting - done
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* Contact to Nigel Robinson to use his lab and the electromicroscope
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* Design sequencing primers for pMutin4 and GFP-rrnB - not done
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* Make some changes on t-shirt designs: restriction sites (Hanny)
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* 11 person's name on t-shirts : NEIL, JEN, MORGAN, MATT, MATHEW, GOKSEL, ARUN, JESSICA, HANNY, JAMES, JANE
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* Ask Dan if he wants DAN or DANIEL
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* Everyone needs to do ESTA
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* Create a page on the wiki about ethics
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* Fill Valencia's questionnaire
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* Update timeline (James)
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* Get Hanny guest student card
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* Search for other websites for those green "bugs" (Jess)
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* Contact Nigel Robinson to use his lab and the electronmicroscope
* Citate the papers in the wiki for metal sensing. Quote short sentences where necessary.
* Citate the papers in the wiki for metal sensing. Quote short sentences where necessary.
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* Write an email to Pete Lee at the end of our presentation
 
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* Design the tshirts and send the designs to the printing company.
 
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* Integration vector needs to be finished
 
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* Register to ESTA
 
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* Make a request for variance for gfp-rrnb and Genarts' plasmid. Send their genbank files to iGEM and ask if we can use them. GenArt is already an iGEM sponsor and it should be reasonable to accept it. When asking about this permission make sure we say we have biobrick prefixes and suffixes anyway. Ask for the list of approved vectors. Done.
 
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* Copy the genbank files of the plasmids to Dropbox. Done?
 
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* Send an email for Track selection selecting three of them in order of preference. So the list will be Environment, Information Processing,... Done.
 
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* Write the abstract and send it to instructors before next Tuesday. Do not use more than what is asked(150 words?) State the problem we are tackling and our approach. Done.
 
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* Team roster is due on 18th Sep. Done.
 
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* Remind to Neil and Jen to finalize the team rosters. Done.
 
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* Finish everything until October 15th, send the biobricks, enter all the information
 
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* Learn who can enter the parts on the registry. Does it have to be instructors? (Goksel)
 
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=== Minutes ===
=== Minutes ===
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* "Bug" checked on websites
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====General News====
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* need to update Goksel and Hanny on monday
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* Jane has returned
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* design sequencing primers for pMutin4 and GFP-rrnB
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* Goksel and Hanny in labs; rest of team are working on wiki, presentation, poster, etc.
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* make some changes on t-shirt designs: restriction sites
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* Goksel to send DNA off to the Parts Registry
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* 11 person's name on t-shirts : NEIL, JEN, MORGAN, MATT, MATHEW, GOKSEL, ARUN, JESSICA, HANNY, JAMES
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<br>
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* can't spend more than 20 pounds per t-shirt
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====Last Week's Action Points====
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* have to do ESTA by tonight
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* Need to update Goksel and Hanny on Monday at internal meeting
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* lead on WIKI is Mat
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** Done! Had internal meeting on Monday and discussed lab details.
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* lead on POSTER/BUG/T-SHIRT is Jess
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<br>
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* lead on TALK is Arun
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* Design sequencing primers for pMutin4 and GFP-rrnB
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* lead on REGISTRY entries is Goksel
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** Still ongoing
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* lead on MODELLING is James
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** Arun has been assigned the task.
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* lead on LAB WORK are Goksel and Hanny
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* come up with a date for 1st draft of talk for Sunderland and Neil's research group
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* Make some changes on t-shirt designs: restriction sites
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* iGEM practice talk scheduled on the 23rd of october
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** Hanny was assigned this task
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* try to polish the talk before the practice sessions
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** The t-shirt has been modified and is ready to submit to printing companies
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* make a page on the wiki about ethic issues
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<br>
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* fill Valencia's questionnaire
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* 11 person's name on t-shirts : NEIL, JEN, MORGAN, MATT, MATHEW, GOKSEL, ARUN, JESSICA, HANNY, JAMES, JANE - are they right?
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* update timeline
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** All correct
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* need to give posters well in advance for printing
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<br>
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* for the talk, leave a few slides for characterisation
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* Ask Dan if he wants DAN or DANIEL
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* get Hanny guest student card
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** Dan had told Matthew Pocock that he prefers "Dan" rather than "Daniel"
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<br>
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* Everyone needs to do ESTA
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** Everyone apart from Matt Pocock has done so
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<br>
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* Create a page on the wiki about ethics
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** Mathew has been assigned the task
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** Needs to read articles by Jane Calvert from Edinburgh University as well as some of Prof. Wipat's PhD thesis.
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** Also could use data from Edinburgh trip (iGEM meet-up)
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<br>
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* Fill in Valencia's questionnaire
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** Everyone in team needs to fill it in
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<br>
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* Update timeline
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** James has updated it
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<br>
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* Get Hanny guest student card
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** Not as yet - Hanny needs to remind Neil and Jen
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<br>
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* Search for other websites for those green "bugs"
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** Jess assigned to task - unsure of progress as she is absent from meeting
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<br>
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* Contact Nigel Robinson to use his lab and the electron microscope
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** Not done yet
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** Mathew has now been assigned task
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<br>
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* Citate the papers in the wiki for metal sensing. Quote short sentences where necessary
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** Ongoing
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<br>
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====Lab Work Update====
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* Hanny and Goksel updated the team on the labwork
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* NEW ACTION POINT - need to sequence BioBrick
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** Hanny has been assigned the task
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<br>
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====Wiki update====
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* Mathew has been assigned the task - gave a few pointers in meeting describing changes needed to certain pages
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<br>
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* NEW ACTION POINT - look at Imperial iGEM 2008 website to find out how to do video
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<br>
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* NEW ACTION POINT - redraw and add colour to diagram on front page currently (the process chart)
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** Maybe use Omnigraffle for the Mac seen as the Mac was used to create the diagram
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<br>
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* NEW ACTION POINT - the "Eco Warrior" story, which is currently on the front page of the wiki, needs to go in the 'Fun and Games' section.
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<br>
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* NEW ACTION POINT - put a diagram of a ''Bacillus subtilis''' cell on the front page of the wiki with elements of the project e.g. Cadmium sensing, stochastic switch, etc included
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<br>
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====Presentation Update====
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* Sub-project teams need to send at least two slides with some information on them.
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<br>
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* Presentation practice to be held on 23rd October - times to be decided.
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====Poster Update====
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* Jess is leading this task
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* Jess needs to update team by next week
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 8 October 2009

23 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting

Note meeting moved one day forward, from the 24th.
  • Chair: Arun
  • Students: James, Mat, Arun, Hanny
  • Minutes: Mat
  • Instructors: Jen, Neil
  • Advisors: Morgan

Agenda

  • General News
  • Review last week's action points
  • Lab summary (Goksel and Hanny)
  • Wiki (Mat)
  • Presentation (Arun)
  • Poster (Jess)
  • Modelling (James)
  • T-shirt/Marketing (Jess)
  • Questions

Last Week's Action Points

  • Need to update Goksel and Hanny on monday at internal meeting - done
  • Design sequencing primers for pMutin4 and GFP-rrnB - not done
  • Make some changes on t-shirt designs: restriction sites (Hanny)
  • 11 person's name on t-shirts : NEIL, JEN, MORGAN, MATT, MATHEW, GOKSEL, ARUN, JESSICA, HANNY, JAMES, JANE
  • Ask Dan if he wants DAN or DANIEL
  • Everyone needs to do ESTA
  • Create a page on the wiki about ethics
  • Fill Valencia's questionnaire
  • Update timeline (James)
  • Get Hanny guest student card
  • Search for other websites for those green "bugs" (Jess)
  • Contact Nigel Robinson to use his lab and the electronmicroscope
  • Citate the papers in the wiki for metal sensing. Quote short sentences where necessary.


Minutes

General News

  • Jane has returned
  • Goksel and Hanny in labs; rest of team are working on wiki, presentation, poster, etc.
  • Goksel to send DNA off to the Parts Registry


Last Week's Action Points

  • Need to update Goksel and Hanny on Monday at internal meeting
    • Done! Had internal meeting on Monday and discussed lab details.


  • Design sequencing primers for pMutin4 and GFP-rrnB
    • Still ongoing
    • Arun has been assigned the task.


  • Make some changes on t-shirt designs: restriction sites
    • Hanny was assigned this task
    • The t-shirt has been modified and is ready to submit to printing companies


  • 11 person's name on t-shirts : NEIL, JEN, MORGAN, MATT, MATHEW, GOKSEL, ARUN, JESSICA, HANNY, JAMES, JANE - are they right?
    • All correct


  • Ask Dan if he wants DAN or DANIEL
    • Dan had told Matthew Pocock that he prefers "Dan" rather than "Daniel"


  • Everyone needs to do ESTA
    • Everyone apart from Matt Pocock has done so


  • Create a page on the wiki about ethics
    • Mathew has been assigned the task
    • Needs to read articles by Jane Calvert from Edinburgh University as well as some of Prof. Wipat's PhD thesis.
    • Also could use data from Edinburgh trip (iGEM meet-up)


  • Fill in Valencia's questionnaire
    • Everyone in team needs to fill it in


  • Update timeline
    • James has updated it


  • Get Hanny guest student card
    • Not as yet - Hanny needs to remind Neil and Jen


  • Search for other websites for those green "bugs"
    • Jess assigned to task - unsure of progress as she is absent from meeting


  • Contact Nigel Robinson to use his lab and the electron microscope
    • Not done yet
    • Mathew has now been assigned task


  • Citate the papers in the wiki for metal sensing. Quote short sentences where necessary
    • Ongoing


Lab Work Update

  • Hanny and Goksel updated the team on the labwork
  • NEW ACTION POINT - need to sequence BioBrick
    • Hanny has been assigned the task


Wiki update

  • Mathew has been assigned the task - gave a few pointers in meeting describing changes needed to certain pages


  • NEW ACTION POINT - look at Imperial iGEM 2008 website to find out how to do video


  • NEW ACTION POINT - redraw and add colour to diagram on front page currently (the process chart)
    • Maybe use Omnigraffle for the Mac seen as the Mac was used to create the diagram


  • NEW ACTION POINT - the "Eco Warrior" story, which is currently on the front page of the wiki, needs to go in the 'Fun and Games' section.


  • NEW ACTION POINT - put a diagram of a Bacillus subtilis' cell on the front page of the wiki with elements of the project e.g. Cadmium sensing, stochastic switch, etc included


Presentation Update

  • Sub-project teams need to send at least two slides with some information on them.


  • Presentation practice to be held on 23rd October - times to be decided.


Poster Update

  • Jess is leading this task
  • Jess needs to update team by next week



News

Events

Social Net

  • Newcastle iGEM Twitter
  • [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=131709337641 Newcastle on Facebook]
  • [http://www.youtube.com/user/newcastle2009igem Newcastle Youtube Channel]
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