Illinois/3 June 2008

iGem Meeting Minutes 5/27/08

Meeting began at 3:10.


 * 3:10 Aleem contacted the President of iBio. He is willing to help us out, not monetarily, but in other ways.
 * We can buy supplies from on campus stores now!


 * 3:15 We went over the list of Issues : [[Image:Questions_to_address_for_iGEM_project.txt‎ ]]
 * Professor Input:
 * modulate the project
 * Directed Evolution seems practical
 * learn basic DNA manipulation techniques
 * Ask Dr. Rao
 * We will not replicate the experiments that were done because it may be a waste of money. Later experiments will be similar but require slightly different materials
 * still debating between Cholera and Typhoid
 * When talking to other professors, make sure to go with a list of questions and take good notes
 * Ask Dr. Zhao about other protein receptors in yeasts
 * Lab groups should make sure to post exact protocols on the wiki
 * 3:55 Student Meeting
 * discussed how we are going to tackle the rest of the project
 * We will have weekly cram sessions starting tomorrow night at 5
 * find exact protocol for binding a protein to a vesicle
 * find out how to store and culture yeast

The meeting ended at 4:45.