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CAROL
Weekly Team Meeting
- Presented G protein cascade example that is built in Matlab.
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CHINMOYEE
igem Journal Club
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EMILY
Weekly Team Meeting
- Discussed Restriction Digest, PCR and gel electrophoresis. Showed photos of gels.
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FAHD
Ethics Workshop and Team presentations May 29th 2009
Today I attended the Ethics workshop which was organized by the Alberta Ingenuity Fund (Our Platinum Sponsor).
The ethics workshop was held at our university on May 31st. It was an excellent opportunity for more members of our team to meet the members of both Alberta and Lethbridge teams. At the workshop, we were given valuable insight on the exploration of ethical issues with the help of Dr. Gregor Wolbring and Ms. Lori Sheremeta. Each team was able to introduce their respective projects, and the ethical issues surrounding each project were discussed. We were able to discuss the following elements and concerns regarding each project in:
Economics
Ethics
Environment
Legality
and Social Issues.
While discussing all three projects, we were able to come across similar themes in what we would want to explore. These themes included looking at biosafety and patenting of processes/genes. Teams were also able to help each other determine what critical points should be explored, and how such issues should be approached. Students were coached on exploring ethics as a comprehensive look at all issues, displaying both pros and cons.
In addition to our own projects, we also examined a number of successful teams from last year and analyzed what the requirements are for the ethics component of iGEM, and what could be explored further this year. The ethics workshop was valuable preparation in outlining exploration of ethics for each project, and the feedback gained from Dr. Wolbring, Ms. Sheremeta, and all of the students provided an excellent starting point.
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IMAN
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JAMIE
Sequencing Results Are Back!
Results came back for sequencing. The sequencing reaction with VF1 did not work. VF2 sequencing results indicated vector contamination.
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JEREMY
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KATIE
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KEVIN
Modelling our AI-2 system into Symbiology
I have attempted to model the AI-2 system in nature using the Symbiology tool in Matlab.
Figure 1. Diagram of AI-2 Signalling system without the presence of AI-2 in nature.
Figure 2. Diagram of AI-2 Signalling system with the presence of AI-2 in nature.
No experiments were done.
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MANDY
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PATRICK
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PRIMA
Media and Marketing
I contacted the Calgary Sun, the Herald and searched up contact information for the Metro. I also followed up with several companies to discuss how iGEM Calgary's project may be beneficial to the company.
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STEFAN
We have an island!
This week we found our island but unfortunately we cannot build on it yet. I started creating some things for the lab portion of our island such as the pipette and beakers. All of us are working together to plan our island so as to make it fit into iGEM and help people get the most out of it. Also, I worked on finding a person to draw our logo, which is now done except for the color scheme.
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VICKI
Laboratory meeting update
On the modelling side, I prepared and presented a handout that embodied an introduction to basic principles of modelling. This included an overview and an outline of some different types of mathematical modelling.
On the lab end, I analysed a gel of the LuxPQ PCR and restriction digest results from yesterday, which showed that I amplified something that apparently isn't LuxPQ.
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