Team:York/Experiments
Notebook
The following is a weekly description of the experiments carried out each week. To see the protocols click here
Dry Lab Work Period
- 28/01: Brief introductory meeting about the iGEM competition
- 17/03: The official iGEM team to represent the University of York was formed!
- 05/05: Article published in Nouse (University newspaper) about the 2015 iGEM team.
- 03/06: We were invited to Science and Technology Alumni Network discussion event (outreach)
- 04/06: Article published on the University's central news about this years iGEM team.
- 12/06: A meeting was held with Yorkshire Water to discuss water remediation processes in the Yorkshire region
- 13/06: We were invited to a University of York Biology Alumni event
- 15/06:
- Some of us went to a round-table discussion about the impact of Santander at York as some of the team members won the International Connections Award by Santander.
- Article published on Mind the Horizon about University of York iGEM
- 19/06:
- Lab safety induction was carried out
- We passed out pamphlets at the York Festival of Ideas to raise awareness about the iGEM competition and synthetic biology.
- 26&27/06: We participated in giving talks to prospective students about iGEM.
Week 1 - June 23-27
- 24/07: Wet lab practice day- reviewed basic lab protocols- making LB, agar plates, competent cells, transformations, PCR
Week 2 - June 29- July 3
- 01/07:Competent cells made
- 02/07:Plates were streaked with two isolates of each deletion wanted from the Keio collection [PPX, PPK, PstA, PstB, PstC, PstS and PhoE] These have been collected and put in the incubating (37°C) room.
- 03/07:Competent cells were tested with iGEM transformation efficiency kit
Week 3 - July 6-10
- 07/07: More agar plates made, next set of competent cell procedure started
- 07/07: YUfund page done and submitted
Week 4 - July 13-17
- 14/07: Vistited Badger Hill Primary School and held a bacteria workshop for the students
- 15/07: first day of demonstrations of cell transformations and aseptic technique to sixth formers
- 16/07: second day of demonstrations to sixth formers:analysing transformations and building bioreactors
- 17/07: analysing bioreactors with sixth formers
- 17/07: first attempt at phosphate assay
Week 5 - July 20-24
- 20/07:Phosphate assay was started for KEIO collection
- 20/07:Colony PCR on SmPstSCAB, EcPstSCAB and EcPhoE
- 20/07:Next set of competent cells made
- 23/07:Visit to AgeUK LunchClub to explain about the GM
Week 6 - July 27-31
- 28/07:First day of outreaching event to Saint Helen's CHurch, York, to carry out strawberry extraction practical and briefly explain about the steps involved for GM
- 29/07:Second (and the last day) of outreaching event to Saint Helen's Church, York, to carry out strawberry extraction practical and briefly explain about the steps involved for GM
- 30/07:After several repeats the phosphate assay team managed to get significant data
Week 7 - August 3-7
- 03/08:Plasmid (pBC 29 Keasling collection )loss experiment initiated