Diary

This is our diary page which records the daily activities of the team. Click on the links below to see a summary of events and activities happening each week.

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Week 11: 12th September to 18th September

Monday, 12th September

Si performed the data analysis for auxin expression data and did the modelling for collaboration. Nina finished the data fitting and edited the auxin expression module on wiki. Yuanwei was working on the diagram for modules and gene guard animation. Rebekka did lots of works on imaging and image processing. Ming prepared auxin concentration for watering plants and the root experiment with lower concentration. He also edited registry. Nikki analysed the data with Si, prepared salwoski assay, worked registry. Chris digested everything today, run the gel and did the gel extraction. Frank run the protein gel, he also spoke to George Freeman, who is the member of Parliament.

Tuesday, 13th September

Si learnt how to use imageJ, wrote up the collaboration page and made video, chris ligation into pSB1C3 dendra2 plus promoter and rbs and sfGFP, Rebekka and Nikki went to talk to the charity people. Nina redid images, begin to write up modelling, yuanwei finished gene guard animation sort out wiki, Frank frank heat stability.

Wednesday, 14th September

Since we decided to put an internal deadline for the wiki, today was an intensely intense day. Everyone was assigned pages to be in charge of. Rebekka had great success with confocal producing a really clear image of GFP bacteria inside the roots, which you can see on the Phyto-Route overview page. Nick had a long session on wide field microscope. Everyone was really in the zone today, whether doing wiki writing or wet lab. The funnest part of the day was recording Chris' short story play write for radio iGEM, because we sound ridiculous...

Thursday, 15th September

Write here

Friday, 16th September