Team:UIUC-Illinois/Notebook/MeetingNotes

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iGEM meeting minutes from 2/26/12
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- We watched the first 13:00 min of this video about Imperial College of London
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ushmgPM7HT8
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o Please watch the rest of this video on your own- it’s very inspiring!
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o We are ahead of the schedule of ICL in their video; let’s not waste our time!
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- Angela suggests that we have two more meetings during the week in addition to Sunday for a total of 3
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short meetings a week:
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o One to discuss team operation, one with advisers, one journal club meeting; each would be one
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hour in length
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o Multiple meetings would allow for more efficient use of team time and resources, we can solve
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problems from one meeting before the next meeting so we don’t have to wait a whole week to
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get answers
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- PLEASE FILL OUT THE “WHEN IS GOOD” SURVEY FROM UROS
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o this will select times for the two additional weekly meetings and give Courtney a time to come
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talk to us about safety
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- Safety Quizzes
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o Please complete your quizzes this week, we cannot work in the lab on EOH projects until
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everyone completes the quizzes
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o We are thinking of having a quiz party on Tuesday night this week to do all the online safety
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quizzes and have some food, check email/FB for a solid time
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o Please stop by the IGB Gatehouse 2nd floor Monday-Friday 8-5 (except the noon lunch hour) to
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get your IGB email address which is necessary for one of the safety quizzes
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- Journal Club
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o No article was discussed today
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o We are looking to get JC running during the week based on the results from the when is good
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survey- Anthony will lead first JC this week of 2/26
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o Whoever will lead JC meeting of the week will create a small power point outlining the paper
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o Other iGemmers will read paper and come ready to listen and discuss
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- Adviser labs
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o Please email your adviser to introduce yourself so that we can get working in lab
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o Lab assignments:
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Dr. Jin Dr. Bhalerao Brad Dr. Rao
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Bob Isiah Cara Divya
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Uros Anthony Asha
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Adi
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- EOH
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o Equipment: projector, camera, computer
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 IGB gatehouse, second floor, Melissa McKillip to obtain EOH presentation equipment
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o Presentation committee- Cara has the practice poster for EOH, we should discuss what other
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presentation materials we want to have at EOH
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o Lab: glowing bacteria (bright yellow/blue) as backup in case we all cannot get safety certified in
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time for EOH
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- Social outing suggestion: visit another team such as Northwestern, U Michigan, Wash U, Purdue to
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network and have fun
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- Discussed timeline for Spring and Summer
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o This semester
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 learn lab techniques
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 Journal Club- once a week to familiarize ourselves with the Syn Bio field so that we can
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create a stellar, cutting edge project
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o Summer
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 1st week: identify the final project
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 2-4 week: design the gene circuit - http://www.tinkercell.com/ will help you practice
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 5-12 week: lab troubleshooting
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o Overall- no specific time
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 continue Journal Club
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 Human Practices
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 Wiki for the competition
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 Have some FUN!
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- Announcements:
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o Publicity Director:
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 open houses- once we do all of our work we would like to present it to as many ears as
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possible raise awareness of iGEM
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 create flyers and brochures
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 events that we need to prepare for: EOH, Undergrad Symposium, IGB fellow, Quad Day,
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Welcome events
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o Corporate Director:
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 Talk with Melissa McKillip about funding sources: UIUC and industry
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 If we get good funding, we can commercially synthesize some DNA sequences and save
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time!
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o Web Master:
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 learn how to code iGEM Wiki now
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· Wiki is for the iGEM judges
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 start Illinois iGEM website for meeting times, latest updates, and a place where the
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general public will come to look at our iGEM work- therefore it needs to be broad and
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understandable to the general public
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o Treasurer:
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 needs to take RSO treasurer quiz
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- Uros presented the Imperial College of London websitehttp://
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2011.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College_London
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o take away points:
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 liked the simplicity of their page
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 they readily showed the implications of their project
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 it was a global problem that had a wide area of impact
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 they defined terms/provided links for definitions
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 had lots of pictures and interactive features
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- Take a look at the Yale University project from 2011 that identified a very simple problem in a very simple
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way
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o this is an example of the beauty of simplicity
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o this Yale project was in the final for the regional jamboree and advanced to the international
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competition- don’t need to be intricate to win
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o we should take some hints from them!
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