IGEM:IMPERIAL/2007/Calendar/2007-9-13

Project Calendar
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Team Logo

 * Work on Sherlock Holmes 2007 theme (Silhouette with test tube?)
 * Wiki main page design to have easy navigation icons
 * Wet lab and dry lab pages to be linked back to CBD, ID and Home pages
 * The rest of the wiki to retain professional layout for the scientific community

Vesicles

 * Presented comparison between in-vitro and in-vivo
 * Ties in with the bottom-up approach of synthetic biology
 * So far achieved gene expression in vesicles (low yield)
 * Try to relate vesicles to the CBD and ID applications
 * Characterisation of CFS? (maybe focus on getting data for CBD and ID first)

Infector Detector

 * DsRed from GeneArt is delayed because of quality control (scheduled to arrive early next week)
 * Focus on infections caused by biofilms on urinary catheters (as opposed to other types of catheters)
 * Final product detects biofilm by shining UV light on the catheters (try to simulate this in the lab?)
 * Feedback to back up project with more experimental data in future presentations

Cell By Date

 * Timeline of project depends on when DsRed arrives
 * takes ~1 week to get DNA construct, ~1 week for experiments, 1-2 weeks for data analysis and documentation
 * Meanwhile continue experiments with GFP
 * Changed specifications - 8&deg;C, 2h (no need for 24-h experiments)
 * Evaporation problem is minimised because of lower temperature and shorter time period

Next Meeting

 * Next meeting with Prof Kitney and Prof Freemont to be scheduled for next week
 * Aim to obtain some data for both CBD and ID by the next meeting