Peking2007-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.

Support from	Provide us with	Contact
Prof. Wang Yiping	Lab space, technical, Leading	Yang Yifan, Xu Anting
UCLA, Prof. ?	Advises	Liu Hui
CTB	Lab space ,technical, funding?, Leading?	Lou Chunbo
MIT	Advises and information about iGEM	Chen Daizhuo
Transgene ?	Free reagent	Ma Tao
Prof. Chen Jianguo	Lab support on cell biology	Liu Hui

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

Tsinghua Biology	Zhao Xinyu
PKU dean	Any volunteers?
PKU Life Science	Ma Tao
PKU EECS	Liu Hui
PKU CTB	Lou Chunbo
PKU Physics	Chen Daizhuo
PKU Chemistry	Fan Jing, Tan Qin, Zhen Qingsi
PKU Medicine	Lou Chunbo, Fan Jing, Wu Bo
PKU Mathematics	Wu Bo

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