Team:Newcastle/Meetings/26 July 2010

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Roll call

Everyone here except Colin Harwood, Colin Davie and Wendy Smith

Research feedback

  1. Levan glue - Levan requires sucrose to work
  • Test how much sucrose is needed - Phil
  1. Kill switch - Use of mazE and mazF
  • How much sucrose is needed for it to work?
  • How fast does the bug use up all the sucrose?
  1. Stochastic switch - Use of hinC as the invertase
  • Matt to work with Phil to work out the probability of the switching
  • Have to work out what is wrong with the iGEM 2009 stochastic switch first
  1. Gibson protocol
  • rocF to require 6 pair of primers, therefore try doing up 2 fragments first

Lab feedback

  1. Arginine test - Alan and Harsh
  • Test worked fine.
  • Could refine the test by using universal liquid pH indicator or to use the pH meter.
  1. DNA extraction - Harsh and Racheal
  • Could only confirm the result on 27.07.2010.

Wiki

  • Not able to do the drop down menue with the shadow test, therefore could try using htm5.
  • Horizontal strip to change to purple.

Visas

  • Deena to travel to London on 12.08.2010.

Action point

  • Talk to Lalu - Phil and Harsh
  • Email to iGEM HQ to get stickers and badges - Harsh

Other business

  • If start later, email everyone first.

Action points

  • Write thank you letter to David Parker
  • CEG logo on website
  • Talk to Lula about funding
  • Get back to Centre of Life person
  • Contact Megan Lazara for iGEM badges and stickers
  • Phil to send an email to Jill Green about Get Together
  • Legends on figures(table caption goes on top, picture captions bottom), write on, description
  • Create a page for cloning strategy like last year's
  • Twitter feed
  • Jannetta to change the gliffs
  • What to do with yneA when it comes back
  • Plan every step before going into lab
  • Fill in wiki everyday for lab work
  • Put down where we get protocols from
  • Have a protocol page and link all experiments to that page
  • Put Jane Calvert on iGEM mailing list
  • Put all school logos on website
  • Fill immigration form about 2 weeks before jamboree

Next meeting

  • Steven is chair, Deena is computer, Alan is minutes
  • Friday afternoon, 4pm.
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