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2012 iGEM 4th meeting - May 7, 2012

1. iGEM Asia jamboree

- Oct 5 ~ 7, at HKUST, Hongkong.

2. Shared research info done about previous ideas and discussed about it

I) Dohoon Kwon : will upload his on the website (cafe).

II) Jeongmin Lee : Heat releasing bacteria - Heat releasing bacteria used in massage were based on fermentation of bacteria. Giving sawdust as a carbon source, and adding some enzymes related to fermentation will produce heat. (enough to feel warmth) But boiler using this method is under patent, so it is required to find other applications.

III) Jihoon Jung : Logic circuit adopting channel rhodopsin - Searched whether the idea has been already covered by previous iGEM teams. Confirmed that no team in 2011 iGEM has dealt with the idea. Will search more in 2010, 2009 iGEM teams

IV) Sanghoon Han : Display system using bacteria (adopting magnetosome) - 2011 iGEM Washington team already carried out a magnetosome toolkit design. More research required and will figure out how to apply their toolkit in this idea. Confirmed using magnetosome system in E.coli is possible. It is still confusing how to arrange bacteria in certain direction in response to electric field, without moving bacteria distributed in 2D plate since magnetosome is for magnetotaxis, which literally refers 'taxis'.

V) Hyunkee Kim : Bateria detecting herbicides - Detection using tfa4 gene product. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid has structural similarity to IAA and therefore is used as an herbicide to a dicotyledon. Design an operon using promoter of tfa4 gene to sense 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and use fluorescent gene as a reporter gene.

3. Teams for further development of some ideas above and suggested idea from advisors

- Display system team : Sanghoon Han, Kyeongwoo Jang
- Logic circuit team : Jihoon Jung, Jeongmin Lee
- herbicide team : Hyunkee Kim, Dohoon Kwon
- Producing pearl : Jihyong Nam, Kyeongjin Kim, Wonuk Lee
- Partner offer research team : Haerim Song, Byeongnam Min

4. Next meeting..

- May 14, p.m. 8:00, 8:00, lecture room 335 Life Science Division West building.
- Each team is going to search for more background info and articles about the ideas and develop them further until next meeting.
- We will vote for a final decision next meeting.