Notebooks

Week 1. Notes from 05/18/15 5:30PM DRY LAB 1: For our first team meeting we distributed handouts, reviewed art & design track guidelines, brainstormed project ideas and looked at previous iGEM projects. Notes from 05/18/15 5:30PM For our first team meeting we Distributed handouts Reviewed art & design track guidelines Introduced project idea Discussed: Preliminary research Possible manifestations of the project: iPhone case that coordinates with app to process physical samples in the field Large (weather like) map showing soil health in Manhattan Distributed lab coats and iGEM pins Team members signed up for iGEM usernames Brainstormed project titles Martica took group photo Drafted list of subcommittees and preliminary tasks Extended sample collecting to other boroughs Emailed LaMotte handbook to team Potential names for project: “SOILED” “SOIL-SCAPE” “Super Duper Soil SenSomatic!” “DIRT-BOW” “Soil Spectrum” “ChromaDirt” Sites of interest for sampling: Parks Retro manufacturers Cemeteries Backyards (darya, tiffany, tarah, victor) *Expand list and make map* check out: project NOAH for soil NEXT MEETING We will test miracle grow soil, as well as vitamins and salts using the LaMotte kit. We will also begin drafting protocol for collecting soil samples in the field. WET LAB 1: 5/18 - First iGEM syllabus meeting 5/19 - Preliminary research on nutrient activated promoters