Team:York/Notebook


Notebook

 2015 Calendar of Events

  January
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
  March
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
  May
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1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  June (Hee)
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
  July
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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
  August
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
  September
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30

Event keys

  Team Related Event

  Outreach Work

  Lab Related Work

    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.

    26/06: We participated in giving talks to prospective students about iGEM.

    27/06: We participated in giving talks to prospective students about iGEM.

    01/07:

    • First batch of competent cells made
    • In LO labs plates were streaked with two isolates of each deletion wanted from the Keio collection [ PPX, PPK, PstA, Pstb, PstC, PstS and PHO E] These have been collected and put in the incubating (37°C) room.

    07/07:

    • More agar plates made, next set of competent cell procedure started
    • YUfund page done and submitted

    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
    • first attempt at phosphate assay

      • 20/07:

    • Phosphate assay was started for KEIO collection
    • Colony PCR on SmPstSCAB, EcPstSCAB and EcPhoE
    • Next set of competent cells made

      • 23/07: Visit to AgeUK LunchClub to explain about the GM

      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

      03/08: Begun attempting to carry out plasmid loss experiment