iGEM of UBC

This coming Wednesday (March 31st), we will be announcing the team members for the 2010 UBC iGEM Team. Team members will be informed beforehand about their status, and it is mandatory for them to attend this coming Wednesday’s meeting. Please join and welcome this year’s team. The club execs have also prepared a surprise for the team. You will be rewarded if you come.

Aside from announcement of the team members, there will also be a vote held for selection of the final project that the team will work on. A final round of updates will be given before the team selects the project based on information present in the wiki. Based on last week’s discussion, only team members, faculty advisors and graduate student advisors will be eligible to cast their votes, but all are welcome.

The interviews for the 2010 UBC iGEM Team have concluded. Thank you everybody who applied and interviewed with the faculty advisors and student committee. You will be informed about your status before Wednesday, 31 March 2010.

Here are the slides from our brief workshop on Feb 3rd. Have fun researching!

Literature Research and Project Proposal

Thanks everybody who came out to the first team meeting! We hope everybody has a better feel for how things are going right now. The meeting slides from Dr. Lagally can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:

iGEM Meeting Presentation

Good luck picking ideas for your projects!

Applications to be a team member are due March 15th. Instructions are listed below:

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Experimentation time is fast beginning and before we can start, we need ideas! The current plan is to have people submit their project proposals by Monday, March 1st, and present their project proposals in the first journal club after reading break (Wednesday March 3rd), so start thinking about what you’d like the team to work on this summer. All kinds of ideas are welcomed – check the official iGEM website (http://2010.igem.org/) for the possible project tracks this year.

Upon request from Dr. Eric Lagally, the 2010 UBC iGEM Team Meeting has been changed to 4th Feb 2010 at MSL226. Dr. Eric Lagally will be addressing everybody on matters pertaining to the team, specifically fundraising, team member and project selection, as well as training workshops. If you are interested in being on the team this year, then this meeting is mandatory for you to attend. Please RSVP at http://www.doodle.com/9dh65maf6ttqcgzb.

Details are as follows:

• Date: 4 Feb 2010
• Time: 4:00PM onwards
• Venue: MSL226 (to be determined)
• Agenda items:
  • Training workshops
  • Team member selection
  • Project selection
  • Fundraising