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**We can buy supplies from on campus stores now!
**We can buy supplies from on campus stores now!
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*3:15 We went over the list of Issues : post list HERE
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*3:15 We went over the list of Issues : [[Image:Questions_to_address_for_iGEM_project.txt‎ ]]
**Professor Input:
**Professor Input:
***modulate the project
***modulate the project
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****Ask Dr. Rao
****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  
****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  
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**most likely, we will begin with Typhoid because it has been well-studied  
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**still debating between Cholera and Typhoid   
**When talking to other professors, make sure to go with a list of questions and take good notes
**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
**Ask Dr. Zhao about other protein receptors in yeasts
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***find exact protocol for binding a protein to a vesicle  
***find exact protocol for binding a protein to a vesicle  
***find out how to store and culture yeast
***find out how to store and culture yeast
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The meeting ended at 4:45.

Latest revision as of 17:14, 9 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 : File: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.