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

 

Sebastian explained that exposure time for the biosensors we make would not be an instant result, like kit, but need at minimum a few hours to process. We also discussed how (some of) the biosensors function to change colors- once they bind the to soil sample the molecules change shape, therefore changing the way the light refracts and the color visible.

 

• 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