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From 2012hs.igem.org

NOTEBOOK

Finding Our Idea

Our Team meets every Thursday from 2-4pm. Below you will find summaries of our meetings, as well as links to the agenda lists.

10/4/11-

10/11/11 -

10/18/11-

10/25/11-

11/3/11-

11/17/11-

12/1/11-

12/8/11-

12/15/11-

12/23/11-

1/5/12-

1/12/12-

1/19/12-

1/26/12-

2/2/12-

2/9/12-

2/16/12-

2/23/12-

3/1/12-

3/8/12-

3/15/12- Our project description was the focus of our meeting... What should be our project title? --should we be boring and say what it does-- what about "An olfactory system for the detection of carbon monoxide"-- should it start with " E. COLi factory:"-- Our final choice is.... "E. COLfactory: A smell test for the detection of carbon monoxide."

3/22/12- As Spring sports begin, we are experiencing a decline in team member attendance to our meetings. Should we consider supplementing our after school meetings with early morning as well? On a high note... we received a generous donation in the amount of $150 from Granite Ridge Energy to help supplement our fundraising efforts! Thank you for your contribution!!!!

3/29/12- We are trying to find a way to safely produce a controlled amount of CO in a lab. We found an experiment online that produced CO using sulfuric acid and formic acid ( H2SO4(l) + HCOOH(l) CO(g) + H2SO4.H2O(l) ) the lab procedure is found here: http://mattson.creighton.edu/CO/index.html

4/5/12-

4/12/12- Today we worked on making our wiki look pretty, researching our genetic circuit, and determining the safety and practicality of using CO in the school. We found an online site NorLab which sold calibration gases and equipment. They sold various quantities of 200ppm and 50ppm CO. According to an online representative, both of these quantities are safe to use and would require no special chamber to use it. They sent us a File:MSDS for CO. We found that when CO detectors are exposed to low concentrations of CO (100ppm)the detector will not sound for 10s of minutes. When the ppm is 400 or greater, the detector will sound in a few minutes. The purpose of this is to mimic the uptake of CO in the body while preventing false alarms due to natural fluctuation.

4/19/12- APRIL Vacation

4/26/12-

5/3/12-

5/10/12-

5/17/12-

5/24/12-

5/31/12-

6/7/12-

6/14/12-

6/21/12-

6/28/12-

Agenda List

Click here to see our CREATING THE GENETIC CIRCUIT page

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