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LCG-UNAM-Mexico

iGEM 2008 TEAM

April

2008-04-02

GROUP SESSION:
Students’ investigation and presentation of previous iGEM projects.
Several previous iGEM projects were investigated and presented by members of the team. The idea behind this was to familiarize with the kind of projects previously presented.

Brainstorming

This activity was performed by all the members of the group. We came up with several ideas, some quite unfeasible, but nevertheless it was fun.

Here are some of the ideas:

Bacteria capable of detecting diseases

Gas receptor

Sensing mood

Billboards with bacterias

Reacting to sounds

Swimming control

Motion sensors

Storing information and retreiving it afterwards

Solving mazes

Sensing alergens in foods

Sounds + Light

Invisible Ink

Degrading Tires

Making food starting with something unedible

Calculator

Degrading detergents

Writing from a distance

Removing oxide

Removing stains from clothing

2008-04-09

GROUP SESSION:
Choosing a Project

Based on the previous brainstorming and some fresh ideas we chose seven potential projects. We stated positive and negative points on each of them, and each member voted for two projects. The three with the highest score were selected as preliminary projects.

The team divided in three groups, and each of these groups got in charge of researching one of the preliminary projects. The potential proyects were:

Bacteria capable of detecting something (alergens for example)

Reacting to noises

Degrading tires

Photosynthesis Biobrick*

Multistability

Gradual temporal sensor*

Modify an oscillator*

The ones marked with an asterisk, are the three preliminary projects.

2008-04-16

GROUP SESSION:
Preliminary Projects Group Presentation

One or two members of each group described their projects and afterwards the whole team evaluated each of the projects. One was selected.

The team divided in four groups, each of them with a specific area: Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Biology and Physics/Chemistry. Each group would have to focus in their area during the project. Several tasks were assigned as homework including completely understanding a previous project and analyzing the pros and the cons of our team projects.

Photosynthesis:

Pros	Cons
Good project with a lot of potential	Almost no modeling has been done
	Would be a long term project
	Made up by too many parts

Oscilator:

Pros	Cons
Demands little lab time	It’s an extention of another project already done
A lot of potential for modeling
Easy to implement
Strong theory (easy to generalize)
Would be a nice first approach

Temporal Sensor:

Pros	Cons
Relevant	Many parts
	Require much investigation
	Time it would take to accomplish this project

2008-04-23

GROUP SESSION:
Defining new project

We discussed the possibility of choosing three new preliminary projects to investigate and analyze next session since the project we had decided had already been done.

We talked with Dr. Miguel about the feasibility of our projects.

We pointed pros and cons on our six other potential projects. After a voting, three new preliminary projects were decided. The team divided in three groups and each of these groups was assigned to one of the preliminary projects. The three newly selected projects are:

Reacting to sounds

Photosynthesis Biobrick
Multistability

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 One or two members of each group described their projects and afterwards the whole team evaluated each of the projects. One was selected. <br><br>
 The team divided in four groups, each of them with a specific area: Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Biology and Physics/Chemistry. Each group would have to focus in their area during the project. Several tasks were assigned as homework including completely understanding a previous project and analyzing the pros and the cons of our team projects. <br><br>
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+<td class="bodyText"><div align="justify"><p><b><u>GROUP SESSION:</b></u><br>
 <b>Defining new project</b><br><br>
 We discussed the possibility of choosing three new preliminary projects to investigate and analyze next session since the project we had decided had already been done. <br><br>