Date | 03/08/2016 |
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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
Apologies
Approval of minutes from last meeting
Recap of deadlines
12th August – Track Selection, Title and Abstract
Action items.
Standing
Action Points | Responsible Team | Status |
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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 |
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 |
Interlab update – Emilija
Check resistor plans
Track Selection – Jake
Information Processing
New Application
Bulb Team – Emilija
Report
Plan
Battery Team – Josh
Report
Plan
Simulation Report – Jake
Report
Plan
Circuits Report – Jake
Report
Plan
Meetups – Emilija
Scottish, Westminster, IWBDA, Jamboree – all booked
Need dietary requirements (vegetarian/vegan/allergies), discount codes (if a judge) to finish registration for Jamboree
Progress with Medal Criteria – Emilija
8. Any other business.
9. Next Meeting