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Next meeting: May 25th
Next meeting: May 25th
If you've been out, there is info about previous meetings below :)
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New Members: Click Here
BioBuilderClub Team Resources (p: finalassembly)
BioBuilderClub Team Resources (p: finalassembly)
Important Dates:
Important Dates:
Group Meeting 4: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Group Meeting 4: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
- 5 – 6 pm EST:
- https://zoom.us/j/381872201
- Meeting ID: 381 872 201
- 7 – 8 pm EST:
- https://zoom.us/j/476130894
- Meeting ID: 476 130 894
Museum of Science trip: Thursday, Feb 27, 2020
Museum of Science trip: Thursday, Feb 27, 2020
- 8am-2pm
Applications for Final Assembly Due: Friday, Feb 28, 2020
Applications for Final Assembly Due: Friday, Feb 28, 2020
- Priority given to those who did not go to Museum of Science
- 11-15 people may get admission
Family Curriculum Night for 8th graders: March 4
Family Curriculum Night for 8th graders: March 4
- (5-6pm): - club reps would be great!
March 5: Final Assembly E-Poster Board must be submitted
March 5: Final Assembly E-Poster Board must be submitted
March 12 (3pm-8pm): Final Assembly
March 12 (3pm-8pm): Final Assembly
March 27: BioTreks abstracts due (optional)
March 27: BioTreks abstracts due (optional)
April 2 (6:30-8): "Celebration of Learning" at AHS - Mrs. L'Ecuyer will run a BioBuilder session for parents and would love to have you show your work to them!
April 2 (6:30-8): "Celebration of Learning" at AHS - Mrs. L'Ecuyer will run a BioBuilder session for parents and would love to have you show your work to them!
April 17: Genes in Space applications due (optional)
April 17: Genes in Space applications due (optional)
TBD: Positive Sign Thursday
TBD: Positive Sign Thursday
TBD: Possible trip to Gingko Bioworks in Boston! (after school)
TBD: Possible trip to Gingko Bioworks in Boston! (after school)
FINAL ASSEMBLY: Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 4 – 6 pm EST
FINAL ASSEMBLY: Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 4 – 6 pm EST
Previous Meetings
Previous Meetings
2/18/20
2/18/20
2/14/20
2/14/20
- Presented projects (2 groups)
- Continued work on slideshows
2/4/20
2/4/20
- Meet our mentors!!
- Get going on projects
- FOCUS ON RESEARCH WITH GROUPS
- communication is key
1/10/20
1/10/20
- Pipe cleaner plasmid activity
- Use pipe cleaners and beads to simulate a gene sequence
- Continuation of team projects
- Teams compile important resources and information
- Mentoring program
12/19/19
12/19/19
Agenda:
- Teams continue projects
- Continued brainstorming
- Conducted basic research on project ideas
- Started compiling lists of important resources & information
- Review the iGem Registry of Parts
12/9/19
12/9/19
- Project updates from teams
- Mentoring program
- Team resources
- Discuss the "What a Colorful World" experiment
- Review the iGem Registry of Parts
- Announcements and next steps
11/21/19
11/21/19
- Bio Bistro Activity: Foods produced with genetic engineering
- BioBuilder teams formed based on field of interest
- Brainstorming project ideas within groups:
- Technology/Genes in Space
- Possible ideas: Engineered bacteria to repair damaged structures, extracellular biology
- Past Projects: Lycopene-Enhanced Algae, IGF-1 Producing Yeast
- Medicine
- Past Project: IGF-1 Producing Yeast to Mitigate Bone Density Loss for Astronauts in Space (http://biotreks.org/e201909/)
- Environmental
- Past Project: Engineered Bacteria for Ocean PET Degradation (http://biotreks.org/e201905/)
- Past Project: Breaking Down the Plastic Crisis (http://biotreks.org/e201901/)
- Food
- Technology/Genes in Space
11/7/19
11/7/19
- Golden Yeast Lab: amplified DNA from different colors of transformed yeast
- Golden Yeast Lab results are out!! Congrats everyone who learned how to micropipette and running a successful PCR experiment!
- For more info about Golden Yeast and the beta-carotene pathway, click here
10/28/19
10/28/19
- Introduction to more Synthetic-Biology terminology and ideas
- Hands on lab next meeting: Learn to use Micropipettes and instruments used in Syn-Bio
10/16/19
10/16/19
- Introduction to BioBuilder (part 2)
- Consent form and survey
- Team Photo
- Summer Experiences
10/02/19
10/02/19
- Introduction to BioBuilders; intro to basics of what and how synthetic biology works (new members)
9/20/19
9/20/19
- Editing BioTreks articles
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