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</html> Day 9 Entry (14th/July/2011)

Morning:-

- more brainstrorming

- came up with the following 9 ideas:
Chris - Termites : turning cellulose into sugar
Frank - Auxin secretion bacteria
Si - dodecane into primary alcohol
Nick - photosynthesis bacteria and ATP production
Ming - PHA into PAH
Rebekka - treatment of estrogen in the waste water
Nikki - nematodes
Nina & Yuanwei - cellulose breakdown library with the enzyme from rabbit cecum
Hamiltonian path problem and network alignment

- finally, Nina and Yuanwei's ideas were shut down since:
1. The cellulose breakdown idea is the same as the termites one.
2. The Hamiltonian path and DNA comnputing idea is definitely worth thinking to solve the protein-protein interaction problem, but it is too unrealistic for us.

Afternoon:-
- presentation !

Smooth and generally satisfying

- two ideas survived out of seven:

Termites group: Chris, Rebekka, Si, Yuanwei and Nick

Auxin group: Frank, Ming, Nikki and Nina

-drink at union bar:

Who is the next model for Ming ? Frank ?

Goat and dude - naughty :]

Yuanwei - we will get you drunk next time

Evening:-
-dinner at Oriental Canteen

-all of us went to the common room in James' hall to prepare for the presentation tomorrow

-presentation key points:
1. Title 2. Problem: background introduction 3. Project description 4. Previous iGem projects 5. Genetic circuits 6. Modelling 7. Experiments 8. Human practice 9. Safety , security and ethics