Team:Newcastle/Meetings/23 July 2009

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Heavy Metal Network model - ongoing (Goksel, Jess)
Stochastic Inverter model - ongoing (Arun, Mathew, Hanny)
Sporulation Tuning & Population model - ongoing (James, Jane)
Prioritise BioBricks - ongoing
PL - ongoing
Write up about Cadmium and the environment - ongoing (Jess, Mathew)
Lab space - ongoing (Jane)
Week break before the start of new school term - ongoing
Thoughts and ideas from iGem UK get-together
- Write-up about social and ethics implications arised from synthetic biology and the project - Awaiting e-mail from Edinburgh university regarding thoughts and ideas generated during the activity
Side bar/hyper links on biological terms used in the project - ongoing
Jen to get syn biology toolbox
Jen or Neil to e-mail Megan regarding clarity on the requirement/rule no. 1 to achieve the Gold medal.
Team to help (ongoing)
Write up on the use of Cadmium in the lab (ongoing)
Summary of achievements on frontpage with links to evidence (ongoing)

Need another repressor to replace the promoter for the Cad A system (Mathew, Hanny, Arun)
Decide on a set of environmental issues first (ongoing)
- Device a method to differentiate Cd from the other metals
Integrate the sin I operon into the big picture (James, Jame)
- E-mail Jeff Erringon regarding sinI and sin R (Mathew sent e-mail on 13/07/09)
Make appointment with Goksel to seek clarity on sinI, sinR model (James, Jane) - Pending
Make appointment with Morgan to seek clarity on population model (James, Jane) - Done
Ask Morgan for link to her modelling research
Model big picture model (James, Jane)
Model of the invertable segments to find X and Y (Jess, Goksel)
Need Hin degradation (LVA) (Jess, Goksel)
E-mail Colin Harwood regarding GerM (Mathew sent e-mail on 13/07/09)
Change X & Y to X1, X2, and Y1, Y2 (Arun)

Review main wiki (ongoing)
Upload diagram onto the main wiki (Arun)
Update external wiki's intro (to be more scientific, might be due on 1st August) (Jess and team)
Write up and justify a paragraphy as to why our project is concentrating on soil (Mathew and team)
Remember to change B.subtilis to italic (ongoing)
Upload internal wiki to external (ongoing)
Update timetable (ongoing)
Write up a small introduction about yourself on main wiki (ongoing)
Upload Edinburgh get-together pictures (Jane)
Idea - Greeting in different languages

Remind Jen and Neil to settle payment (get in touch with CSGPN) (Jane sent e-mail on 15/07/09)
Remind Jen and Neil to settle flights and hotels (Jane sent e-mail on 15/07/09)
Jane to e-mail Jen and Neil, to request for a guest student card (Jane sent e-mail on 15/07/09)
Remind Jen to e-mail scanned documents

Lab Rota
- We will be able to get 2 teams at once
- CHrissie will be cleaning up her bench for us
Need to put more photos on the external wikis, especially instructors' pictures
Shuttle vector (E.Coli to B.subtilis): Neil couldn't find one of those, maybe dead end? Have asked Cambridge about it, they said that they submitted a vector last year but it's doesn't work well. Maybe could we improve it?
Think about helping another team: look at Groningen's BioBricks, and think about swapping bricks.
Revise the advisor list on the wiki
Does Pr.Nigel Robinson want to be on the mailing list and an advicer?
Try and learn how to use Sequencher and Clone Manager
Marketing team ( Mat and Arun ) to get the money. We have raised 12,000pounds, need an extra 5,000 pounds. Neil gave a list of companies we can talk to.

Presentations
- Sporulation/Population Modelling team
- Stochastic switch team
- Metal intake team

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 * Chair: Jess
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 *Mathew will be assisting with the PL
 *No lab sessions on Mondays until further notice
+=== Minutes ===
+*Lab Rota
+** We will be able to get 2 teams at once
+** CHrissie will be cleaning up her bench for us
+*Need to put more photos on the external wikis, especially instructors' pictures
+*Shuttle vector ('''E.Coli''' to '''B.subtilis'''): Neil couldn't find one of those, maybe dead end? Have asked Cambridge about it, they said that they submitted a vector last year but it's doesn't work well. Maybe could we improve it?
+*Think about helping another team: look at Groningen's BioBricks, and think about swapping bricks.
+*Revise the advisor list on the wiki
+*Does Pr.Nigel Robinson want to be on the mailing list and an advicer?
+*Try and learn how to use Sequencher and Clone Manager
+*Marketing team ( Mat and Arun ) to get the money. We have raised 12,000pounds, need an extra 5,000 pounds. Neil gave a list of companies we can talk to.
+*Presentations
+**Sporulation/Population Modelling team
+**Stochastic switch team
+**Metal intake team
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