Team:TU-Delft/Team/Esmee

Esmee Joosten

Week 22

On Monday we had a general meeting with the team and supervisors. After that I had a meeting with Conrad for the wiki. In the evening we presented iGEM to the DreamTeam (Dream Realisation of Extremely Advanced Machines) board of the TU Delft. After that we went to the city centre to have diner and drink some beers. On Tuesday Janneke and I generated ideas for PR and human practice which we worked more out on Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday I did research for gene synthesis companies.

Week 21

On Monday we presented our ideas to professors of the Department of Biotechnology and we discussed the possibilities. After the general meeting we we ate pancakes in the Botanic Garden for lunch. In the afternoon I had a wiki meeting with Conrad. On Tuesday we had a meeting with Han de Winde, the chairman of the Department of Biotechnology. The same week I request bio-bricks of Berkeley Wetlab 2009, Tokyo Tech 2009 and SDU-Denmark 2010.

Week 20

This week I met with Conrad for the wiki. Also I met with Janneke to seach for bio-bricks of previous iGEM teams which we can use for our own project.

Week 19

Together with Tania I did research on the properties of Mussel foot protein 5. On Friday we discussed with the whole team the best way of going on. We deciced to divide our project in three subprojects: cell-cell adhesion, cell-surface adhesion, and to enhance the ahesive properties of Mfp-5. In the afternoon we had a meeting in Amsterdam with the other Dutch iGEM teams. All teams presented their project after which we discussed in more detail in smaller groups with members of every team. We drank beers and ate pizza together. It was fun to meet the other teams and to get an idea of what they are doing!

Week 18

This week we presented our own ideas of iGEM to the other team members. I looked into bio-bricks of previous iGEM teams and sent emails to people who worked with Mussel foot proteins to increase our knowledge.

Week 17