Team:UiOslo Norway/Meetings


FORMALITITES
-Hey Elisabeth! New (bio)-physicist. Starting master next semester. Can also take responsiblity of social media.
-Most of us is done with the presentation-part. Elisabeth and Hilde posted about the presentation on social media.
-Apparently Hilde volunteered to take minutes, she will continue to do this.
PRESENTATION
-Presentation practice on Wedensday. Eirik, Aman and Tharald will be presenting, they will schedule a time.
-Eirik will fix the presentation (PP)
-Start to perpare, or at least have it on our minds, for future presentation. Selling point, make sure it make sense for non-bio-people, this is important stuff to think about.
UPDATE ON EXPERIMENTS
-Remember: Always two people at the lab due to security and help.
GFP
-Nobody had time to contact the previus teams since last meeting.
-Contact Denmark, they have one optimized for yeast, probably one for E.coli as well. (Adel will do this) Make sure Eric reads through before we contact them
-Contact Cambrigde - they have two different parts. (Adel will do this). Same as above.
-Take the biobrick we already have and use that. (Eirik will take a look at it?)
Laser
-We haven’t done anything yet. Hilde will contact Joakim when she is done with her home exam.
For next meeting (Monday 18:15)
-Group picture for social media.
-Thinking about social stuff we can do togheter?
RECAP OF PRESENTATION AT RF
-Went very well, got two new members!
-Hi Kristina and Hallvard!
-22. may new presentation?
SPONSORS
-We should contact potential sponsors
-Elisabeth will talk to Max about what the 2016-team did.
-Make sure they know what iGEM is, that should make it easier.
-Find out how we will ”sell” our project. We need a good pitch around 7 minutes.
-Oslotech - potential help to point out sponsors.
-Check out if iGEM have some simple slides we can use.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW
-Eirik are looking at biobricks
-Hilde is trying to figure out the physics stuff, are meeting Joakim hopefully next week.
-Adel did send out request for biobricks: problem with cambridge, no active student - sent to supervisor. Also sent out to Copenhagen, to the supervisor.
-Nordic iGEM conferance in late june? Three days, Fri-Sun
GFP STUFF
-Trying to find from other teams
-There is stuff in the lab right now
-We have last years as well
-Make list of what we use from other teams, and other stuff we are judged on. - What concentration to we need? - test differnt concentrations.
WIKI
-We need to start to talk to Science Libary, they can help us to get started. (Aman)
SOCIALIZATION
-We want to socialize! Barbeque in the next couple of weeks? FOR NEXT TIME
- Next meeting will be on Wednesday due to Easter
- EVERYONE: Go through the jugding list, so we know what we need to do.
- Hilde: Shcedule with Joakim so he can meet us on Wednesday after 16.
- EVERYONE: Start to think about how we can ”sell” our project.
- Elisabeth: Look at sponsors and talk to Max
- Aman: Talk to Kirsten about the wiki, someone at the Science Libary can help us.

Greeting new member(s)!

Updates from last week (presentation, ordering parts, searching for parts, laser setup?)

Exam dates; relevant for NiC

Talking about laser setup

Actually setting up basic GFP-experience: times? Who can join? (want to do asap)

Talking about sponsors

Group picture!

Agenda - 25.04.17

1 - Weekly updates from everyone

2 - Experiments

Hilde to talk with Joachim tomorrow.

Talk with Athanasios. Want to start as soon as humanly possible.

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3 - Nordic iGEM conference, set to 9th-11th June

Fucking terrible timing. >=[

Seems accommodations might be covered; they're still working on this.

Travel expenses will not be covered, however.

Start planning something as soon as possible.

4 - Wiki workshop

Kirsten sent us a message on slack in regards to learning to operate the wiki. Vote over date.

5 - Social stuff?

GROUP PICTURE

Have a get-together soon, perhaps this weekend?

6 - Misc.