Team:SMTexas/Notebook

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Outreach: brainstorm ideas about getting more Marksmen interested in iGEM, plan to make a brochure, determine a date to display the posters Killian created around the campus
Outreach: brainstorm ideas about getting more Marksmen interested in iGEM, plan to make a brochure, determine a date to display the posters Killian created around the campus
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Web Development: go over wiki design/layout, ask Mr. Rummel if you all are having trouble
Web Development: go over wiki design/layout, ask Mr. Rummel if you all are having trouble
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October 2, 2013: Our first meeting will be on October 17th during the 10:30 period. We'll be introducing iGEM, an exciting synthetic biology and genetic engineering competition.
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October 8, 2013: Hey everyone, before our meeting the 17th, I encourage you all to check out this video that provides a great introduction to iGEM. It talks about an astrobiology project done by Stanford and Brown students for this competition. To give you guys some perspective on what we could do, in the high school division last year, a winning team modified E. Coli bacteria to mass produce the hormone, oxytocin!
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October 16, 2013: Hey guys, I'd just like to remind you all that our first meeting is tomorrow during the 10:30 period. Unless we have an assembly, we will be talking about iGEM and possible projects we'll be doing.
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October 18, 2013: Here are the assignments. You can find team wikis at https://igem.org/Team_Wikis?year=2013&division=high_school. Remember that for now, our meetings will be every Thursday during the 10:30 period in Mr. Adame's room.
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For our next meeting, please come with information about your team's project. Be able to explain what, why, and how. This will help immensely when we start brainstorming ideas for our own iGEM project.
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October 24, 2013: We had a very productive meeting today. Thanks for spending time thoroughly researching your assigned team. You all knew details of your projects very well! For our next meeting, continue looking into your assigned team and focus primarily on cost and parts. See what BioBricks or other resources they utilized to create their project. This next meeting will be the last one focused solely on what other teams have done in the past. We need to start generating ideas for our own project. You can see how one collegiate team that worked on converting CO into CO2 biologically came up with their idea here: https://2012.igem.org/Team:METU/Brainstorm
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November 2, 2013: Hey guys,
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At our next meeting, we'll start brainstorming iGEM projects to pursue. I've seen some great ideas from the leadership applications we've received. Please continue exploring topics we could look into. Science magazines, journals, and blogs are great sources for inspiration. Even the news is a viable source.
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The World iGEM Collegiate Championship Jamboree is also live right now!! You can check out the live videos or the archives of specific teams. Listening to the presentations should give us some valuable insight.
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November 6, 2013: Hey all,
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We have a meeting tomorrow at 10:30. Please bring some iGEM project ideas and if you'd like to apply for a leadership position, remember that the deadline is next Friday, November 15. If you have any questions, please let me know.
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November 7, 2013: I think Gopal mentioned producing bacteria to create O2 to promote healing in bandages. Well Thomas Jefferson High School studied a similar project last year, check it out here: https://2013hs.igem.org/Team:Jefferson_VA_SciCOS/Project. Notice how they took a simple idea and expanded upon it.
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Here are some of the ideas we generated today. Mr. Adame also sent us a link to a great article on treating contaminated water. Check it out below! Remember, we don't have to come up with a completely original idea for our project. We can take a project someone else has worked on and modify it.
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November 10, 2013: Hope you all had a great weekend! Go Lions! I'd just like to update you guys on the direction of our iGEM project. Aarohan, Jeffrey, Nikhil, and I thoroughly considered all of the great ideas you all proposed. This afternoon, we made a final decision; we are pursuing a project centered on probiotic production. After consulting with Dr. Sandeep Burma, we found that creating bacteria that would facilitate enzyme production and promote healing in certain populations would not only have useful applications, but also be practical for us accomplish with the resources we have available.
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November 12, 2013; Hey guys,
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We'll be going over gene expression/regulation during Thursday's meeting. To help lay the groundwork, I have sent you all two PDFs from chapters of the AP Biology textbook on the basics of DNA, transcription, and translation (check your e-mail). I hope you all will scan them over. The two chapters go in depth on what you learned in first year biology. If you're thinking about competing in the USA Biology Olympiad in the spring, Campbell's Biology (the text used in AP Biology) is the official textbook and most questions come from material covered in the book.
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November 17, 2013; Hey guys,
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Check out this TED talk if you have a chance.
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Here's a little intro from TED.com: "Once it's created, plastic (almost) never dies. While in 12th grade Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went in search of a new bacteria to biodegrade plastic -- specifically by breaking down phthalates, a harmful plasticizer. They found an answer surprisingly close to home."
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November 20, 2013: If you're interested in iGEM, find some time to go over Unit 1: Biotechnology Techniques on http://www.nature.com/scitable/ebooks/intro-to-biotechnology-techniques-and-applications-16570330/contents. You must know these basic techniques before you can do anything biotechnology related.
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The tutorial covers restriction enzymes, PCR, and the cloning of expressed genes. If you have any questions, feel free to message me this Thanksgiving break.
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December 4, 2013: Hey guys,
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Just a reminder that we are having a regular club meeting tomorrow.
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We have read through all your applications and have determined the remaining leadership positions for this year's Biology Club and iGEM team. We'll announce those and talk about the direction of our iGEM project.
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December 11, 2013: Hey guys,
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We have an important meeting tomorrow. Financial support for our iGEM project is contingent upon your attendance at the next two meetings. But sadly, seniors have a conflict with the meeting time again. Fortunately, Raymond Guo has agreed to lead this meeting. Please try to get to the next two meetings promptly at 10:30.
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December 18, 2013: Hey guys,
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We have a really important meeting tomorrow. Please be there promptly at 10:30. Be sure to give a warm welcome to our three incredible guests tomorrow.
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December 19, 2013: The help and support we have received for our biotechnology initiative is truly incredible. Now with the school's financial backing, we will be able to pursue new frontiers of research and discovery through the iGEM competition.
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To finalize the details of our project, I've created a new Dropbox folder specifically for the iGEM Team. We will start reviewing literature on probiotics over winter break. If you're on the iGEM team, please be on the lookout for documents placed in the iGEM Dropbox folder along with e-mails regarding our project and your individual roles.
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So far, I have contracts of commitment from the following guys. You will receive an invitation to join the folder from the e-mail address below. If you'd like me to send the invitation to an alternate e-mail, please let me know.
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December 21, 2013: I'm really excited to announce that we are now an official iGEM team. You can see our team page and our fellow competitors from around the world at https://igem.org/Team_List?year=2014&division=high_school. Our team name is SMTexas.
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<b>DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE</b>
<b>DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE</b>

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