Team:Newcastle/Meetings/22 September 2010

• Chair: Younus
• Minutes: Harsh
• Computer: Steven

Roll call

• Apologies: Da, Rachel, Phil, Alan and Deena
• Absence: Colin Harwood, Colin Davie and Jem Stach

• Concrete has been made, set in tubes.
• We went to the EM facility, won't be a problem to take photos of our concrete.
• Wiki design should be ready soon (Harsh's graphic designer friend).

Lab feedback

• There should be red colonies on E. coli plates.
• pSpac and Hyperspank is expected to fully express in E. coli.
• Arabinose stands a better chance at winning.
• Arabinose repressor in pSB1AK3. Has to go into BS.
• iGEM letter plates - gaps left in the sucrose agar filled with cells producing glue and the sand is sticking to the glue, showing the letters. If the plates are turned over, the sand still remains attached.

Concrete

• Cement is still at 37°C for a day.
• Make dilute solution containing cells and dip the end of the concrete (dry) in it and let it dry out and send it to EM lab.

Modelling

Flux balance analysis on wiki by next week

Action points, By Tomorrow!

• Keep on bombarding emails to RMIT and GeorgiaTech tonight itself- Harsh and Steve.
• Check the deadline for the DNA submission- Younus
• Start with the judging form (Absolutely important)
• Characterization has to be on the registry and not on the wiki.
• Prepare the talk for the 15th Oct. as it is very important.
• Also start preparing the poster. Do it in parallel with the presentation.
• Write an email to iGEM headquarters for the badges- Harsh
• Sort out helping other teams.

Next meeting

• Chair: Rachel, Minutes: Harsh, Computer: Steven