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If you want to follow the play by play action, now is your opportunity.
Wednesday 5/15/13
- Amanda met with iGEM faculty advisor Prof. Clase about advisors, HHMI student (Austin) and wetlab involvement.
- Amanda met with Prof. Tao about project modeling.
Sunday 5/19/13
- James, Peter, Brenda Gonzalez and Arizona Fox went to Greenfield HS for Girl Scouts synthetic biology workshop.
- Chris and Amanda met to talk about week and the summer.
Monday 5/20/13
- Charlotte and Nidhi completed required lab training.
- Chris and Charlotte met with the business office and filled out the required payroll forms.
Tuesday 5/21/13
- Chris created all of the social media pages for the team, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Gmail, and the blog.
- Everyone did general research about the different types of post-translational modifications.
Wednesday 5/22/13
- Team Meeting (Biomakers assemble!!)
* Post-Translational Modifications * Social media * iGEM wiki (Alec) * iGEm website
- James and Xiuyuan met with Prof. Tao to discuss project modeling task outline.
Thursday 5/23/13
- Meeting with Prof. Rickus
* Taguchi statistical methods for design optimization * Changed project from PTMs to quality control and Taguchi methods
- Austin arrived on campus... Good times...
Friday 5/24/13
- Team Meeting
* PTMs and biobricks * Robustness and quality control * Different assembly methods * Ways to measure gene expression * Create plan for next week
- Started wiki design
Monday 5/27/13
- Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/28/13
- Team Meeting
* Gave everyone a variable to research for quality control * Talked about public relations
- Team researched generally for quality control project
Wednesday 5/29/13
- Amanda met with Peter to discuss the project budget
- Team researched into past iGEM project relating to quality control
Thursday 5/30/13
- Exec meeting with Amanda, Chris and Jim to discuss project feasibility
- Team meeting to discuss background research
Friday 5/31/13
- Meeting with whole team, Janie, and Dr. Tao about project ideas
- Created a 3 week plan
Monday 6/3/13
- Meeting with Dr. Rickus, Austin and Amanda about Austin’s project for HHMI
* Discussed details of Taguchi method applied to genetic circuitry
Tuesday 6/4/13
- Team meeting to further discuss yeast polarization project idea
Wednesday 6/5/13
- Meeting with Dr. Rickus, Dr. Clase, Soo and Janie to discuss multiple project ideas, which are feasible and what direction to work in
Thursday 6/6/13
- Meeting with Dr. Mosier to discuss the use of yeast and lab space
- Meeting with Jenn to catch her up with project details
Friday 6/7/13
- Meeting with Amanda and Tarun to discuss project ideas
Monday 6/10/13
Tuesday 6/11/13
- Made BL21 competent E. coli cells
Wednesday 6/12/13
- Meeting with Dr. Kishmairer about yeast polarization project
Thursday 6/13/13
Friday 6/14/13
- Meeting with Larisa to discuss working with yeast cells in Bindley Bioscience Center
Monday 6/17/13
Tuesday 6/18/13
- Meeting with Amanda and Austin to discuss progress on HHMI Robustness project
Wednesday 6/19/13
- Lunch meeting with whole team
- Met with Dr. Hazbun about yeast polarization
Thursday 6/20/13
- Brainstormed fundraising ideas
- Meeting with Dr. Briggs to discuss the use of yeast in lab and polarization project
Friday 6/21/13
- Meeting with Dr. Clase to discuss presentation with teachers
- Team meeting
Monday 6/24/13
- Created a project outline and plan for the Taguchi Robustness project
Tuesday 6/25/13
Wednesday 6/26/13
- Human Practices meeting with Ryan, Swetha, Betsy and Amanda
Thursday 6/27/13
- Time line for Taguchi project with Mike
Friday 6/28/13
- Team meeting with Mike to discuss project deadlines for the protein overexpression (BCD)
Monday 7/1/13
- Meeting with Mike to discuss project deadlines for standardization of characterization
Tuesday 7/2/13
- Meeting with Jill about using the Flow Cytometer in Bindley
- HP meeting with Ryan, Swetha, Betsy and Amanda
Wednesday 7/3/13
- Team meeting about project
Thursday 7/4/13
Friday 7/5/13
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Monday 7/8/13
- Exec meeting with Amanda, Chris, and Jim to discuss lab work
- Team meeting
Tuesday 7/9/13
- Meeting with Rouxi about using the Coulter Counter
- HP meeting with Swetha, Betsy and Amanda
Wednesday 7/10/13
- Meeting with exponent
Thursday 7/11/13
Friday 7/12/13
- Austin’s HHMI presentation
Monday 7/15/13
- Amanda meeting with Dr. Mosier about presentation to teachers
- Dr. Chapell’s presentation on synthetic biology with aradopsis plants
- Meeting with Dr. Clase about presentation to teachers
Tuesday 7/16/13
- Mapped out timeline for HP activities
Wednesday 7/17/13
- Transformation of cells
- Amanda presentation of Modeling in AP Biology Classes
Thursday 7/18/13
Friday 7/19/13
- Team meeting
Monday 7/22/13
- Meeting with Amanda, Janie and Jim to discuss synthesis of BCDs
- Cleaned out lab space
- Meeting with Dr. Rickus and Amanda
- Team meeting to discuss goals, lab rules, summer fundraising
Tuesday 7/23/13
Wednesday 7/24/13
Thursday 7/25/13
Friday 7/26/13
Monday 7/29/13
Tuesday 7/30/13
Wednesday 7/31/13
- SURF presentations
