Team:Newcastle/Diary/Agenda/2707

Date	20/07/2016
Time	From 15:00
Place	CBCB Level 2 Meeting Room
Attendees	Rupert (chair), Jake (minutes), Josh, Emilija, Kerry
Apologies	Kristina (work), Ollie (poisoned), Lauren (away), Tom, Jem
Previous Meeting	20th July 2016

Meeting Agenda

Agenda

1. Apologies

2. Approval of minutes from last meeting

3. Recap of deadlines

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

4. Action items.

   1. Standing

Action Points	Assigned Person
Visas	Rupert and Josh - Done
Medal Criteria	Emilija
IWBDA	Lauren, Josh, Jake, Kristina
Westminster Meetup	Ollie, Kerry, Rupert, Emilija
Consider Beyond the Bench ideas	Kerry - Done
Track Selection	Everyone
Sponsorship Opportunities	Ollie – In progress
Requirement Specification for Breadboard	Everyone – In progress
Decide on format for Wiki Biographies and email to advisors	Ollie - Done
Cloning Strategy	Lauren and Emilija - Done
Sixth Formers Introduction to Synthetic Biology Day	Kerry - Done
Wiki	Jake and Rupert
Flow cytometry - GM documents required	Ollie - Waiting
Create timeline of where we see these components (battery, light bulb, etc.) in the future	Jake
Add picture from poster and interactive component	Kerry
Look into RFP as an alternative for GFP	Ollie - Done
Send iGEM page to the Centre for Synthetic Biology	Jake - In Progress

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. 1. Interlab update – Emilija

   2. Track Selection – Jake

      1. Information Processing

      2. New Application

   3. Bulb Team – Emilija

      1. Report

      2. Plan

   4. Battery Team – Josh

      1. Report

      2. Plan

   5. Simulation Report – Jake

      1. Report

      2. Plan

   6. Circuits Report – Jake

      1. Report

      2. Plan

   7. 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

   8. Progress with Medal Criteria – Emilija

      8. Any other business.

      9. Next Meeting