First Meeting, Tuesday, July 11, 2006

From 2006.igem.org

The First Critical Design Review meeting took place today at 3pm.

Contents 1 Attendees 2 Topics of Discussion 3 Outcomes of the meeting 4 Agenda for the 2nd meeting

Attendees

1. Charles Yoon
2. Herak Sikder

Topics of Discussion

• What do the Design Review committee have ?

  Answer: We have the design, the BioBrick parts used for the design, the mathematical modelling and the basic idea of how the biological thermometer is supposed to work.

• What do we lack ?

  Answer: No experimental data to back up the design and its modelling. Most of the BioBrick parts used in the design are not verified functionally via experiments.

Outcomes of the meeting

• Each member should go through the design thoroughly. They should get familiar with the parts used in the design.
• A second meeting is set up on 13th July, Thursday at 3pm.

Agenda for the 2nd meeting

• Take the whole design apart and analyze it from bottom up starting at the parts level.
• Come up with a strategy to test the existing design. For instance: how to test critical parts of the design individually before integrating them into the overall genetic circuit.
• Come up with a reasonable time line for the testing.
• Think about the kind and range of values we are expecting from the experimental testings.
• Discuss on ways to improve the design or to substitute parts in the design with better working part which have experimental back-ups.

NOTE: All the attendees of the meeting on thursday are encouraged to bring print out of the design of the Cell-See-Us thermometer with them.

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