Team:Montgomery Cougars NJUSA/Team Log

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|  We started by electronically taking attendance and introducing the two sub-teams. All members were allowed to choose their sub-teams (may cut down R&D later). Talked about fundraising because deadline -- December 31st
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|  We started by electronically taking attendance and introducing the two sub-teams. All members were allowed to choose their sub-teams (may cut down R&D later). We talked about fundraising because deadline -- December 31st
Hot chocolate
Hot chocolate
Snow-hat sales
Snow-hat sales
ShopRite Bagging
ShopRite Bagging
Last “introductory” meeting
Last “introductory” meeting
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Leadership applications due Wed, 11/27, remind members to fill out consent forms
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Leadership applications due Wed, 11/27, reminded members to fill out consent forms
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| Come up with an idea for fundraising..  
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Gather all participation consent forms
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Gathered all participation consent forms
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Finished principle consent form
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| If members try to look for sponsors, send iGEM write-up to them
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Find sponsors quickly; focus on small companies in Montgomery
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We found sponsors quickly; focused on small companies in Montgomery
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Check with supervisor to see whether he has any ideas/grants
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Checked with supervisor to see whether he has any ideas/grants
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How to clean with a Bunsen Burner(if metal use plastic loop).  
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| Format team organization. Finalize acne project description. Practice lab documentations. Board member headshots.
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| We formatted team organization, finalize acne project description, and administered the practice lab documentations. Board member headshots were also taken.
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Revision as of 18:50, 25 April 2014

Team Log

The Montygomery IGEM's teams documentation of activities, labs, and lectures for each day.

December 13th 2013
Mission Statement We aim to effectively organize the team and keep progressing with the fundraising and sponsorship efforts, as well as assemble the 2013-2014 board members.
Meeting Overview We began the meeting by announcing 2013/2014 officers followed by showing a video about synthetic biology to help members understand the importance of the club. The club will consist of the board as well as two sub-teams. The board collected emails and planned for fundraising and registration.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We will start teaching the basics of synthetic biology, organizing the ShopRite bagging fundraiser, creating online accounts for everyone, and cleaning up attendance lists.
November 22nd 2013
Mission Statement We implemented a new attendance sign-in setup, announced participation consent forms (principle consent form), and organized sub-teams.
Meeting Overview We started by electronically taking attendance and introducing the two sub-teams. All members were allowed to choose their sub-teams (may cut down R&D later). We talked about fundraising because deadline -- December 31st

Hot chocolate Snow-hat sales ShopRite Bagging Last “introductory” meeting Leadership applications due Wed, 11/27, reminded members to fill out consent forms

Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting Came up with an idea for fundraising..

Gathered all participation consent forms

Finished principle consent form

Other Notes If members try to look for sponsors, send iGEM write-up to them

We found sponsors quickly; focused on small companies in Montgomery

Checked with supervisor to see whether he has any ideas/grants

December 20th 2013
Mission Statement We designed biological circuit from DNA sequence
Meeting Overview We received confirmation from ShopRite. The college advisor, Gavin from Purdue University came in to discuss synthetic biology and safety regulations. The R&D team learned how to use micropipettes while the operations discussed fundraiser ideas. .
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting ShopRite bagging fundraiser
January 17th 2013
Mission Statement We learned information and became organized for the future.
Meeting Overview The meeting began with a presentation on synthetic biology. We discussed cutting down the R&D team, introduced plasmids and gene cloning, and explained the operations team structure. We also researched wiki websites.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting There were two goals: we went over the lab procedure for the pGLO lab and we established a bank account for Montgomery iGEM.
Other Notes We created a curriculum for the next few weeks, began discussing T-shirt designs and organized a board meeting at the Princeton Public Library on Sunday, 1/19/14.
January 24th 2014
Mission Statement Teach members about pGLO Lab.
Meeting Overview We explained how the iGEM google drive folders work and showed a bacterial transformation video. We ran a Q&A session. Each member had to demonstrate knowledge of the steps of the pGLO lab.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We will understand the process of bacterial transformation and introduce laboratory techniques
Other Notes T-shirt design should be done by Feb 14th. Design winner gets free t-shirt
January 31th 2014
Mission Statement Go over lab technique.
Meeting Overview Aseptic technique, review pGLO lab.

How to clean with a Bunsen Burner(if metal use plastic loop).

Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We accomplished the pGLO lab successfully without contamination and learned to make our own plasmids to put into bacteria.
February 20th 2014
Mission Statement We changed the dynamics of iGEM and administered the lab practical.
Meeting Overview We collected t-shirt money, and Robert gave a speech on dynamics. There was a Q&A session about the lab practical and iGEM
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting Prepare for pGLO lab
Other Notes Shoprite bagging in March

Need to take yearbook photo soon. Meetings are mandatory.

March 7th 2014
Mission Statement We finished the pGLO lab today. We organized the operations team.
Meeting Overview We formatted team organization, finalize acne project description, and administered the practice lab documentations. Board member headshots were also taken.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We started DNA ligation lessons and researched more on the acne project.
Other Notes We started website structure.
March 14th 2014
Mission Statement We learned about DNA ligation
Meeting Overview We went over t-shirt sizes, reviewed team members' names and favorite Pokemon, went over results from pGLO lab, counted number of colonies growing under UV light, and calculated transformation efficiency.
Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We learned about DNA ligation.
Other Notes Although some students failed, they worked hard on the lab.
April 11th 2014
Mission Statement We had a presentation of mathematical modeling by Dr.Fishman.
Meeting Overview Dr. Fishman came to for an overview of mathematical modeling.

R&D researched further for an enzyme that would break down fatty acids.

Goals/Tasks for Next Meeting We hope to further understand mathematical modeling.

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