Action Items 22nd June – 29th June
Bring forward hotel booking for Jamboree (2-3wks).
Plan IWBDA and Westminster registration and travel.
Determine when the Scottish iGEM meetup is.
Plot FITC data and determine the standard curve.
Model the 3 ‘lightbulb’ bricks.
Check constructs for restriction sites.
Look at alternative RBSs (the one in the Stanford paper is weak)
Get quotes for the ‘killer’ brick and others. May want to use free DNA synthesis for the other bricks.
Future investigations
Investigate why the GFP concentration oscillates in the Stanford paper.
Adding protease degradation to GFP.
Check if this part is in the kit.
Investigate ordering free DNA for electricity conduction.
May be problems with synthesizing repeated sequence.
Get in touch with Macquarie University and Jennifer Halliman.
Put info RE Skype talks with Edinburgh + Exeter.
Look into ethics for conducting surveys.
Email ethics committee and ask for example forms regarding survey studies that have already been approved.
Check national curriculum requirements around mathematics and modelling.
Investigate components for modelling bacteria behavior without using living bacteria.
Pick a part or parts to be improved for the documentation medal requirement.
Check if the RpoH part in the parts registry has an error in the sequence.
Design protocol for measuring bug survival.
Start modelling heating effect, learning to use COMSOL.
Email Dana with list of people who will be using COMSOL/Merz.
Prepare reports for each individual sub-team in advance of the next meeting.
Start designing breadboard components and produce rationale.
Requirements spec etc.
Construct the fuel cell from Reading.
Source multimeter.
Prepare Gantt chart for all sub-teams.
Add center for synthetic biology and bioexploitation logo and crosslink to wiki.
Meet with Natalio Krasnogor.
Arrange to visit Maker Space.
Prepare poster for paris.