IGEM:Peking/2007/iGEM-Beijing-Preparation-Meeting

Date: 07-Jan-02

Introduction to iGEM by Yang Yifan

 * 1) What is synthetic biology. Several synthetic biology research publications.
 * 2) The iGEM: Name, Question & Concepts, History, People (Founders: Knight, Endy; Ambassadors: Cumbers, Tang, Cai), How it works, 3 previous projects, the Timeline.
 * 3) What to do. Prepare for the registration of our team. Team Composition; Funding Source – grant application; Leading and Supporting Faculty; Journal Club

Information collection

 * 1) New members and self-introduction.
 * 2) Information about faculty and funding support.

Discussion results on our team composition

 * 1) Team name: iGEM Beijing. Can be changed according to our sponsors.
 * 2) An advertisement for recruiting members (Yang Yifan).
 * 3) Advertise for participating iGEM2007 in Tsinghua BME, Biology, Auto (Yu Zhou & Zhao Xinyu ), Beihang Auto (Zhang Yi), China Agriculture U (Zhang Yi).

Discussion results on journal club

 * 1) Contents for the journal club: previous iGEM projects, especially the winners; classical synthetic biology papers.
 * 2) Journal club format: in general, one time per week. 2 papers or 4 projects each time.
 * 3) Next meeting – Start of the journal club: 2007.1.14,14:30,CTB meeting room. Two projects introduced by Lou Chunbo & Yang Yifan
 * 4) We will continue in the winter vacation.
 * 5) Set a wiki up on CTB server or yuanpei.cn (Xu Anting, Yang Yifan).

Discussion results on faculty and funding contacts

 * 1) Prepare formal a grant application in two weeks, based on NSFC grant format. (Li Tuo, Luo Yu)
 * 2) Contact dean and schools for funding and faculty support

(Contact potential funding source. NSFC -> Zhu Zuoyan -> Ma Tao, Yang Yifan)