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Revision as of 13:33, 2 August 2016

Date 03/08/2016
Time From 15:00
Place CBCB Level 2 Meeting Room
Attendees Lauren (chair), Jake (minutes), Josh, Emilija, Lauren, Rupert, Kerry, Kristina
Apologies Neil and Dana
Previous Meeting 27th July 2016

Meeting Agenda

Agenda

  1. Apologies

  2. Approval of minutes from last meeting

  3. Recap of deadlines

    1. 12th August – Track Selection, Title and Abstract

  4. Action items.

    1. Standing

Action Points Responsible Team Status
IWBDA Lauren, Josh, Jake, Kristina August 17th-18th
Westminster Meetup Ollie, Kerry, Rupert, Emilija August 17th-19th
Track Selection Everyone August 12th
Sponsorship Opportunities outreach and Funding
Conduct Flow Cytometry InterLab Study/td> Interlab
Cell death experiment Lightbulb
Order the temperature measuring dye for microfluidics. Component
Investigate heating effect of various concentrations of agarose gel. Component
Source platinum wire for the electrodes Component
Prepare feedback on Scottish iGEM meetup. Admin
Pro and Cons for Foundational Advance track selection and distribute. All
Look into how Reading and Bielefeld made improvements to their respective fuel cells. Battery
Investigate ways of engineering the bacteria so that electrons could be transferred to the mediator M. blue faster (e.g. by making the cell more porous) Battery
Prepare synthetic wastewater Battery
Investigate other ways of engineering the fuel cell to increase efficiency (e.g. mixed culture etc). Battery
Adapt COMSOL model for smaller containers (microfluidics etc.) Simulation
Work out how to integrate Edinburgh's data storage scheme into our simulator Simulation
Check over RuleBender models to ensure rate constants are OK Simulation
Abstract Everyone
Graphics for wiki bio cards Wiki
Incorporating ethics into our design Outreach and Funding

  1. Completed Items

Task
Host sixth formers' synthetic biology day
Style the added wiki pages.
Meet with Natalio Krasnogor
Order more LUDOx to enable completion of InterLab.
Redraw Ron Weiss diagram
Primer design for the registry.
Enter our new RBS into the registry.
Investigate using sequence prediction tools to determine if our new RBS is going to be strong or weak. Add this information to the registry if easy to determine.
Add gold medal clarification from judging guide to the wiki
Prepare cloning strategy documents incl. Models for additional components.
Move cell stocks into cold storage.
Conducted temperature experiments in CBCB with Neil.
Come up with a list of questions we are considering for the beyond the bench aspect
Contact the PEALS research centre regarding ethics workshops.
Specific heat capacity experiments.
Investigate giving a talk at ‘Skeptics in the Pub’
Cell death experiments
Visa Applications
Skyped Macquarie University
Prepared for Scottish meet-up
Written up information from sixth-form day
Redesigned wiki front page

    1. Interlab update – Emilija

    2. Check resistor plans

    3. Track Selection – Jake

      1. Information Processing

      2. New Application

    4. Bulb Team – Emilija

      1. Report

      2. Plan

    5. Battery Team – Josh

      1. Report

      2. Plan

    6. Simulation Report – Jake

      1. Report

      2. Plan

    7. Circuits Report – Jake

      1. Report

      2. Plan

    8. Meetups – Emilija

      1. Scottish, Westminster, IWBDA, Jamboree – all booked

      2. Need dietary requirements (vegetarian/vegan/allergies), discount codes (if a judge) to finish registration for Jamboree

    9. Progress with Medal Criteria – Emilija

      8. Any other business.

      9. Next Meeting