Klapperich Lab:Notebook/Lab Meeting Notes/2008/12/09

{| width="800"
 * style="background-color: #EEE"|[[Image:owwnotebook_icon.png|128px]] Project name
 * style="background-color: #F2F2F2" align="center"|  |Main project page
 * style="background-color: #F2F2F2" align="center"|  |Main project page


 * colspan="2"|
 * colspan="2"|

9 December 2008 Lab Meeting Agenda
† Stephanie's research report today.


 * check with b&G about compressed air and vacuum?

† Announcements Cathie T/TH 12-2pm. Jane T 3-5 Nathan F 10-12 Frank has OPEN M 12-4PM, T/TH before 10AM, W-F after 3PM, F 11AM-1PM Hussam Mon, (10-2 pm), (Wed 10-5), (Fri 10-12) ,(Tue Thur 10-12  pm) Sonali MWF 11am -1pm. † Flu R01 † SEPSIS Project †RNA project † COBRA † Valve Array/Valve building (FJ) † Fraunhofer: LOAC † Biointerfaces group † CIMIT- Colson Grant † PCR '''* Fixuture for PCR chip. The heater and the thermocouples would be on the fixture. ON HOLD ''' † RCA † Senior project † F31: Cochlea † Silica Optimization (Lambda):
 * Put travel dates on lab calendar ASAP..
 * Meeting on 12/16.
 * No meeting on 12/23
 * Meeting Time for Spring Semester (starting week of 1/16). Put your NOT OPEN times here.
 * First samples ?
 * Plaque Assay
 * Alex needs to be trained to make SU molds. Trained to make the monoliths (by Hussam By 1/15/09).
 * Hussam: Flu fixture done.
 * Sonali working on first draft of new version paper by 12/25. Journal?
 * Jeff Braman will visit December 12th. 9:30am Visit to Cathie's lab and lab tour. Meetings starting at 10am in Fraunhofer. Sonali and Cathie to attend.
 * Do cDNA prep. Spec, gels, send to Jeff B. Shipping?
 * Mark- Control circuit - This will be done by January.
 * Evap quantification experiments ongoing. Still working on live/dead assay. (JD, JZ)
 * Substrates (JZ)
 * DOE for the experiment.
 * Colloid experiment. inconclusive. Look at SEMs
 * Turn over platform to Teddy
 * So close!
 * E. Coli experiments with fluorescence.
 * Strobe experiments? Jason cannot do them, perhaps MCK can. MCK will talk to Jason this week.
 * Strobe experiments? Jason cannot do them, perhaps MCK can. MCK will talk to Jason this week.
 * First pages of first IRB started last week. Target date 1/1/09
 * STAR-CD Renewal - January ($2K)
 * Improve the gel concentration 1.2% agarose. See if you can separate out primer dimers. UPDATE?
 * Look into Melting temp analysis on the 7300 - Done. what is contaminated?
 * Only 1/5 chips are good at the hot embossing step. The vaccum chuck will be checked and o-rings changed - helped a bit. ON HOLD
 * Only 1/5 chips are good at the hot embossing step. The vaccum chuck will be checked and o-rings changed - helped a bit. ON HOLD
 * Try microscope for looking a fluor.
 * 52, 60, 65 C repeats.
 * Cathie submitted One pager Whitepaper. Waiting for response.
 * Paper submitted.
 * set up adviser meeting Jan
 * inhibition infor to Paul.
 * Replot the data so I can read it. ASAP
 * Do three elutions.
 * Next E. coli.


 * }