Team:Newcastle/Meetings/27 January 2010
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Formal Meeting iGEM | |
27.01.2010 | Start time 4pm |
Attendance: Philip Hall, Rachel Boyd, Zoltan Balogh, Harsh Sheth, Younus Essa, Alan Koh, Steven Woodhouse, Da Ye, Janetta, Richard, Matt, Jen and Anil |
Contents |
1. Summary of the last meeting
- We will need to look over B.subtilis and winners ...and the rest of the projects- need a novel twist
2. Summary of last informal meeting
- B.subtilis must be in italics!
3. Wiki update
- Login will be changed to password protected
4. Ideas Brainstorm
Phil
- Arsenic sequestering or heavy metal - Detect using fluorescence - Last year did it/ Cambridge - Pigments... can we improve?
Zoltan
- Degrading hydrocarbons - B.subtillis can do this already can we improve it - Problem biofilms, we must stop the bacteria forming a biofilm - Oil slicks - Bacteria already do it, not as fit. - Ethics - Environment not contained - Damaging to wild life, counterproductive to cleaning up the oil slick
Steven
- Removal of CO2 - Making biotechnology safer - Kill switches - Reducing rates of mutation
Harsh
- CO2 to isobutynol - Cut cyclic chain , fuel instead of fat - Spores not germinate - Weaponised hydrocarbon spores - Need clean burn
Alan
- Nitrogen fixation in soil - Enhance - Better promoter - Nitrogenase genes - Anaerobic - 2009 heavy metal sequestering plus fertiliser - Plant root , protect(fungicide), fertilise
5. Timeline
– ABSOLUTE PRIORITY-KEY POINT ON MONDAY - Work backward from November - Igem deadlines ... last years - Personal constraints ... exam periods - Booking flights etc - On agenda again next week - Project decision
6. Action points
7. Any other business
- May need to change 5pm meeting time - More ideas all our ideas are environmental - How many areas?- Best food/energy, Best environment, Best Health and medicine, Best manufacturing, Best new app, Best information processing, Best software tool - We should have a standing agenda - We need to start characterising early on
- Chunk of DNA - Defined start / end - Easily connected - No scars - Same restriction sites - Cut ends not middle - Like Lego bricks