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