IGEM Beijing Preparation Meeting

From 2007.igem.org

Date: 07-Jan-02

Introduction to iGEM by Yang Yifan

1. What is synthetic biology. Several synthetic biology research publications.
2. The iGEM: Name, Question & Concepts, History, People (Founders: Knight, Endy; Ambassadors: Cumbers, Tang, Cai), How it works, 3 previous projects, the Timeline.
3. What to do. Prepare for the registration of our team. Team Composition; Funding Source – grant application; Leading and Supporting Faculty; Journal Club

Information collection

1. New members and self-introduction.
2. Information about faculty and funding support.

Discussion results on our team composition

1. Team name: iGEM Beijing. Can be changed according to our sponsors.
2. An advertisement for recruiting members (Yang Yifan) .
3. Advertise for participating iGEM2007 in Tsinghua BME, Biology, Auto (Yu Zhou & Zhao Xinyu ), Beihang Auto (Zhang Yi), China Agriculture U (Zhang Yi).

Discussion results on journal club

1. Contents for the journal club: previous iGEM projects, especially the winners; classical synthetic biology papers.
2. Journal club format: in general, one time per week. 2 papers or 4 projects each time.
3. Next meeting – Start of the journal club: 2007.1.14,14:30,CTB meeting room. Two projects introduced by Lou Chunbo & Yang Yifan
4. We will continue in the winter vacation.
5. Set a wiki up on CTB server or yuanpei.cn (Xu Anting, Yang Yifan).

Discussion results on faculty and funding contacts

1. Prepare formal a grant application in two weeks , based on NSFC grant format. (Li Tuo, Luo Yu)
2. Contact dean and schools for funding and faculty support

(Contact potential funding source. NSFC -> Zhu Zuoyan -> Ma Tao, Yang Yifan)