Team:Newcastle/Meetings/10 September 2009

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== 03 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting ==
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== 10 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting ==
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* Chair: Mat
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* Chair: James
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* Students: Mat, Jess Goksel, James, Hanny, Arun
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* Students: James, Goksel, Jess, Mat, Arun, Hanny
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* Minutes: James (in Jane's absence)
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* Minutes: Goksel
* Instructors: Neil, Jen
* Instructors: Neil, Jen
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* Advisors: Morgan
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* Advisors: Morgan, Matt
=== Agenda ===
=== Agenda ===
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* Review last week's action points
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* Next week's lab plan
* Lab summary
* Lab summary
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* Review last week's action points
* Questions
* Questions
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* Next week's lab plan
 
=== Action Points during last meeting ===
=== Action Points during last meeting ===
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* Need some sequencing primers for each BioBrick  
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* Need some sequencing primers for each BioBrick
* Tidy up some of the cloning strategies
* Tidy up some of the cloning strategies
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* Either put the virtual constructs on the hard drive of the computer in Phil's office OR place them onto a shared network
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* P place them onto a shared network
* Need to review timeline
* Need to review timeline
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* Each team needs to come up with a five minute summary of their sub-project
 
* Ask Nigel Robinson's advice on how to help Cornell
* Ask Nigel Robinson's advice on how to help Cornell
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* E-mail UQ University and enquire about helping them with modelling
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* Send UQ University a model
* Negotiate swap with Cornell and enquire about modelling
* Negotiate swap with Cornell and enquire about modelling
* Follow up Groningen's e-mail
* Follow up Groningen's e-mail
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* T-shirts designs
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* T-shirts designs, get quotes
* Integration Vector?
* Integration Vector?
* Promoter library?
* Promoter library?
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* Neil to send off Plasmids.
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* Use a different Taq.
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* Redesign primers, maybe bigger and without cut sites (2 days).
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* More ethanol is needed (Chris is to be reminded ON wednesday).
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* Only small gloves are currently available in the lab - we are to order some.
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* Ask Nigel Robinson about working with Cadmium, and an electromicroscope.
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* Research ESTA for USA trip.
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* Neil to send out full details of flights and hotels.
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* Noel's microscope in Sunderland - Goksel to be trained.
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* Create new lab rotas and schedule lab work, so that we finish on time
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== Minutes ==
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=== Minutes ===
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== New Action Points ==
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====Reviewing last meeting's Action Points====
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* '''Need some sequencing primers for each BioBrick'''
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* '''Tidy up some of the cloning strategies'''
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** Put current versions on the wiki, even if they are not finished; just to have them in one place.
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* '''Either put the virtual constructs on the hard drive of the computer in Phil's office OR place them onto a shared network'''
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** use Dropbox (getdropbox.com)
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* '''Need to review timeline'''
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** Students to ammend timeline.
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* '''Team members'''
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** Hanny has returned, after handing in her work.
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** Jane has left for a period of one month.
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** Jen has returned.
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* '''Each team came up with a five minute summary of their sub-project, James, Mat and Jess'''
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** 5 Minute kit has arrived.
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** Some of the PCRs are not working.
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*** Use a different Taq.
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*** Redesign primers, maybe bigger and without cut sites (2 days).
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** Use less genomic DNA.
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** More ethanol is needed (Chris is to be reminded next wednesday).
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** Only small gloves are currently available in the lab - we are to order some.
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** Ask Nigel Robinson about working with Cadmium, and an electromicroscope.
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* '''Ask Nigel Robinson's advice on how to help Cornell'''
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** Mat emailing him; he has indirectly assisted Groningen.
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* '''E-mail UQ University and enquire about helping them with modelling'''
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** Mat to email.
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** Modellers are to meet to discuss and work.
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* '''Negotiate swap with Cornell and enquire about modelling'''
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** Mat to email?
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** Modellers are to meet to discuss and work.
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* '''Follow up Groningen's e-mail'''
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** Mat to email?
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* '''T-shirts designs'''
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** Numbers of shits - 11 are going to Jamboree, plus other members, backups, etc.
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** Personalise some of the shirts - make name or initials look like plasmid ID.
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** Purple is a possible colour.
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** Design needed soon.
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* '''Poster'''
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** Can be no larger than A0 (1.2m<sup>2</sup>)
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** Look at possible design layouts.<!-- templates? -->
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** Must be sent for printing 2 weeks before Jamboree.
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* '''Presentation'''
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** Mock presentations are to be given to:
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*** The Bioinformatics research group on a Friday morning in late October.
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*** Noel's student group in Sunderland.
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** Prestenation should be around 20 mins; in a 30 min time slot.
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** 10-20 slides.
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** Come up with our content, before designing slides
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** Use Camtasia to record models, etc.
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** Some parts are to be simplified (eg. gene names), more tech parts to be kept (eg. equations).
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** Try to focus on the Biology, not the 'experience'.
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* '''Integration Vector?'''
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* '''Promoter library?'''
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** Mat is working under Neil and Jen's supervision on this in the lab; cloning into pgfp, etc.
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* '''Sequence the AND gate?'''
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** Needed for Tuesday.
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* '''Boston'''
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** Research ESTA for USA trip.
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** Neil to send out full details of flights and hotels.
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* '''Noel's microscope in Sunderland.'''
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** Goksel to be trained.
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* '''Lab rota'''
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** New rota to be devised.
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** Current 'free-for-all' cannot continue.
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** Teams are to take time out of lab to work on t-shirts, posters, modelling, etc.
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* '''Labwork'''
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** Lab work is to continue at fast pace.
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** Shared labbooks are to remain in the lab.
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** Gel UV images are to be placed in Dropbox.
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** Print out photos of gels, etc, and stick into lab books.
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** Use the lab scanner for copying lab book content for wiki.
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** Neil to send off Plasmids.
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** Various PCR primers and enzymes have arrived.
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Revision as of 15:47, 10 September 2009

Contents

10 September 2009 - iGEM Meeting

  • Chair: James
  • Students: James, Goksel, Jess, Mat, Arun, Hanny
  • Minutes: Goksel
  • Instructors: Neil, Jen
  • Advisors: Morgan, Matt

Agenda

  • Next week's lab plan
  • Lab summary
  • Review last week's action points
  • Questions

Action Points during last meeting

  • Need some sequencing primers for each BioBrick
  • Tidy up some of the cloning strategies
  • P place them onto a shared network
  • Need to review timeline
  • Ask Nigel Robinson's advice on how to help Cornell
  • Send UQ University a model
  • Negotiate swap with Cornell and enquire about modelling
  • Follow up Groningen's e-mail
  • T-shirts designs, get quotes
  • Integration Vector?
  • Promoter library?
  • Neil to send off Plasmids.
  • Use a different Taq.
  • Redesign primers, maybe bigger and without cut sites (2 days).
  • More ethanol is needed (Chris is to be reminded ON wednesday).
  • Only small gloves are currently available in the lab - we are to order some.
  • Ask Nigel Robinson about working with Cadmium, and an electromicroscope.
  • Research ESTA for USA trip.
  • Neil to send out full details of flights and hotels.
  • Noel's microscope in Sunderland - Goksel to be trained.
  • Create new lab rotas and schedule lab work, so that we finish on time

Minutes

New Action Points



News

Events

Social Net

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