4-6: NCTU College iGEM meet-up. Visited conference to experience what Taiwan College teams were doing for the 2013 Asia Regional
14: Start TAS iGEM club
14: Start Synthetic Biology Course at TAS
15: Publish article in School Magazine About on iGEM's experience on a college iGEM team (NYMU_Taipei)
18: Introduce iGEM to Students at TAS club fair Had a sign up of 82 students join our iGEM club Had help of NYMU college iGEM team
21: Introduction to the iGEM lab Safety protocols, introduction to laboratory instrumentation, tools and chemicals
26: Microbio Techniques #1 How to use pipettors
28: Microbio techniques #2 How to make LB, plates
September
3: Speaker Series #1 Dr. Jin-Wu Tsai Asst. Prof at the Institute of Brain Science at NYMU "Watching Neural Stem Cells in Action: How do failures in Neuronal Migration make the Brain Smooth" Meet and greet with the professor
9: Microbio Tecniques How to make agarose gels and load them
16: BioBuilder Lab Eau that Smell Compare two competing designs that accomplish the same task
23: BioBuilder Lab iTunes Device Show how promoter and RBS strength affect expression of a desired gene.
October
2: TAS iGEM club visit NYMU President’s office to hear NYMU College iGEM presentation
4-6: iGEM Asia Regional Competition @ Hong Kong TAS iGEM student presents as part of the NYMU_Taipei Team
10: IGEM Group Meeting to discuss brainstorming for project ideas Bring 3 crazy ideas to the next meeting
13: BioBuilder Lab: Picture This Learn Tinkercell, model the circuit using electronic comparison
18: Speaker Series #2 Dr. Steven M. Boxer Professor of Chemistry at Stanford “Green Fluorescent Protein: Breaking up is hard to do†Meet and Greet with the professor
21: iGEM Group Meeting to discuss Brainstorming for project ideas Presentation and discussion of crazy ideas Ideas put into spreadsheet to start researching info Create iGEM google doc that became the main sharing folder for students
21: BioBuilder Lab: What a colorful World Learned the importance of the cellular chassis
23: IGEM Group Meeting Split into groups to research 2013 iGEM HS team projects Presentations at the next meeting
28: IGEM Group Meeting Students present their research findings on their crazy ideas Voted on ideas to narrow down to the top 10 project ideas
November
1-5: iGEM World Championship @ MIT TAS iGEM student presents as part of the NYMU_Taipei Team
7: IGEM Group Meeting continue to research and discuss projects from 2013 HS competition
11: IGEM Group Meeting Discussed 10 crazy ideas Voted and narrowed down to 6
16: IGEM Group Meeting Discussed 6 crazy ideas Voted down to 4 ideas Food Waste conversion to biofuel Paper Recycling Oxygen detector for composting Extend Life
18: IGEM Group Meeting Chose heads for the following categories: Project Leader Experimental Head Modeling Head Human Practice Head Wiki Head Team Administrator
28-Dec 1: Thanksgiving
December
2-3: TAS Scientific Research Symposium Presented labs from the BioBuilder curriculum Presented our circuit designs and project brain storming ideas to the pubic to gain feedback
20 - Jan 6: Winter Break
23-28: Group meetings to discuss topic
29: Organized meeting with Dr. Chuan-Hsiung Chang, NYMU iGEM advisor to discuss project topics and feasibility.
14: Visiting TAS Alum: Charles Hsu, MIT alum and MIT iGEM alum gave a talk about different assembly methods
16: Cloning cycle lab work: Plasmid Purification
20: Cloning cycle lab work: Digestion and purification
21: IGEM Group Meeting discussed research on telomeres and the effect of shortening on cell death Human practice ideas Motivate!
22: Cloning cycle lab work: Ligation and transformation
25-Feb 3: Chinese New Year Break
February
3: IGEM Group Meeting: Discussion of cloning cycle – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Project goal: LIVE LONGER!
10: IGEM Group Meeting: Receive transformation efficiency kit Worked on naming system for tubes, plates, etc. Start on line lab note book
11: Speaker Series #3 Dr. Michael Li Asst. Professor at the School of Dentistry at NYMU “Stem Cells, Regeneration and Reprogramming: Hope or Hype? Meet and Greet with the professor
16: IGEM Group Meeting: Modeling discussion Seek help from NYMU
21: IGEM Group Meeting: Group T-shirt Design! Experimental recap – RecD, plasmid purification, PCR and gel checks Human Practice recap – set up teaching lower school kids, faculty panel invites
24: IGEM Group Meeting: Work on presentation for NYMU meeting More work on circuit design of oscillator Experimental Recap – PCR results verify correct plasmids
28: IGEM Group Meeting: Experimental Recap – Ligations, primer order, work at NYMU, hTERT promoter Develop Blue Light sensor to activate circuit
March
3: IGEM Group Meeting: BUBBLE TEA!! Research on telomere length decay Research different ways to induce circuit rather than blue light
5: IGEM Group Meeting: Progress reports from each division (Exp, HP, Modeling, Wiki)
6: Presentation at NYMU: First presentation to NYMU about project. Gain feedback from their iGEM team
7: IGEM Group Meeting: Discussion about meeting at NYMU Focus less on stopping cancer and more on extension of telomeres
10: IGEM Group Meeting: Finalize teaching plans for 8th graders Wiki and Human Practice Updates
11: Human Practice: Taught 8th graders about synthetic biology, taught proper pipeting technique
12: Human Practice: Taught 8th graders about synthetic biology, taught proper pipeting technique
13: Visiting Scientist: Roy Su, PhD candidate at NYMU – molecular biologist Discussion of C-Myc and hTERT activity Received permission to work at NYMU in Roy Wu’s lab for mammalian cell experiments
14: IGEM Group Meeting: Experimental update about oscillator ligations that need to happen Recap on Human practice with 8th graders. K and 5th graders next Modeling update from Edward… working with a grad student from NYMU Wiki Update with new home page
17: IGEM Group Meeting: Teacher panel planning for human practice Modeling and Wiki Update Experimental – Kill all experiments relating to blue light senson
21: IGEM Group Meeting: Spring fair ideas for Human practice: YOLO Survey, Pin the Telomere on the Choromosome. Update from all divisions
27-April 7: Spring Break
April
6: Teacher Ethics Panel What are the ethical considerations we should take into consideration about our project Teacher from all different fields to gain a diverse perspective
7: IGEM Group Meeting: Boston Details NTU Presentation work on presentation
9: Presentation at NTU (National Taiwan University) – Gain feedback on our project from the NTU iGEM team
10: Human Practice: Taught 5th graders about DNA and how to use pipettors Taught Kindergarteners about DNA by reading them a story made up by our team
11: IGEM Group Meeting: Shot Let it Grow music video Met with Dr. Chiang from Academia Sinica – Our second advisor for the TAS iGEM team.
14: IGEM Group Meeting: 3 Component oscillator discussion from the experimental team. Modeling details about how promoter strength affects oscillator strength.
18: IGEM Group Meeting: Continue iGEM Let it Grow Music Video
21: Visiting Grad Student: Michael Carlson – PhD student in Marine Biology from University of Wisconson
22: IGEM Group Meeting: Reminder about lab technique and safety. Getting a bit too familiar, but sloppy with lab Recap of tons of human practice over the last month Experimental things that need to get done in class
28: IGEM Group Meeting: Preparation for first Taiwan HS iGEM meet up. Invited Mingdao to visit our lab and discuss projects Preparation for the science research symposium to get out our project ideas! Experimental info on the kill switch with Psurvivin
May
5: IGEM Group Meeting: Cancelled Due to AP/IB exams
9: IGEM Group Meeting: Cancelled Due to AP/IB exams
13: IGEM Group Meeting: Prepare project presentation for the TAS hosted Mingdao HS iGEM meet up
14: Organized First Taiwan High School iGEM meet-up with the Mingdao high school iGEM team from Taichung
16: IGEM Group Meeting: Plan fun things to do in Boston Discuss plan for final experiments and testing results Introduce 2 component oscillator system
19: IGEM Group Meeting: Wiki Update Experimental discussion about 2 component oscillator circuit and new design
23: IGEM Group Meeting: Oral presentation practice for TAS scientific research symposium
26: Scientific Research Symposium Oral talks about iGEM project Individual talks for the 4 main divisions (experimental, modeling, wiki, human practice)
30: IGEM Group Meeting: Talk about invitation to the NCTU college iGEM meet up. Only high school team invited Overview of what needs to get done during June.
June
3: IGEM Group Meeting: Discussion on intro video for the wiki and presentation Wiki update Modeling overview: extension, regulation and termination
4: IGEM Group Meeting: Organization of wiki writing duties Lab work!!!
9: IGEM Group Meeting: First day of Summer vacation = MORE TIME TO IGEM!!
10: IGEM Group Meeting: Putting Everything together….
11-18: IGEM Group Meeting: Long work schedules every day from 9 am to 1 am, rotating available members in lab
Keep working on experiments and write-up
19: Put together poster, fliers, postcards
20: Wiki Freeze!!!
24: Depart for Boston, USA
27: iGEM Practice Day – 5:30 Stata Center Room 32-123
28: iGEM High School iGEM Jamboree Competition Day!!!
29: Celebratory dinner in Boston for completing our first year of iGEM
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