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AMBL Science Field Trip!

Hank Yu — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:38:18 +0000

The Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory (AMBL) will be holding a special one-day Science Field Trip FREE for UBC iGEM members! You will be performing DNA fingerprinting analysis – commonly used by forensic scientists and CSI – to check for genetic elements in your own DNA. Using the powerful PCR technique, you will be isolating and amplifying your DNA then analyzing it for the Alu genetic element. This field trip promises to a fun and entertaining way to get into contemporary molecular biology!

Where: Advanced Molecular Biology Lab, Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC (Map)
When: Friday May 14th, 2010
How to Sign Up: RSVP Here. Spaces are limited and FREE Admission for iGEM Club Members and only $5 for non-members. Password: check in by e-mailing the execs.

Journal Club Meeting 25 November 2009

Eric Ma — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:10 +0000

Eric Finlay will be providing snacks for the talk that Shing will be presenting, titled “Rocking the Petabyte Age: Bioinformatics”, as an introduction to bioinformatics, a field with which he has gained considerable expertise in as an undergraduate. So come on down and get a feel for what bioinformatics is from one of your peers who’s an experienced hand at it!

Please RSVP on the Doodle!

Date: 25 November 2009
Time: 4:30PM to 5:30PM
Venue: MSL226
Speaker: Shing Hei Zhan
Title: Rocking the Pentabyte Age: Bioinformatics
Snacks: Eric Finlay

JC Meeting 3

Hank Yu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:58:11 +0000

Nov 25 4:30pm in MSL. Details will come soon!

JC Meeting 2

Hank Yu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:48:45 +0000

The next JC meeting is going to be held on the 18th of November 2009. As per everybody’s request, we have changed the time to start at 4:30PM. Because of room bookings, we will be holding the meeting at MSL226 instead of MSL101. Please be punctual, as the MSL locks down at 5:00PM!

This coming JC, Amelia will be presenting a paper titled, Engineering the Salmonella type III secretion system to export spider silk monomers. Amelia is the iGEM of UBC Club’s secretary, and was one of the big driving forces behind the iGEM project last year, performing many assemblies and designing the bulk of our characterization experiments. (She was our “Queen of Cloning” on the team.) Amelia also co-presented the team’s poster at the OGI-IDT Synthetic Biology Symposia, as well as at this year’s iGEM Jamboree.

As Eric had mentioned at the previous JC meeting, he has started a wiki to generate discussion on the paper/topic presented that week. The goals for this are three-fold:

* Allow speakers to get constructive feedback on how they’re presenting
* Generate discussion of ideas for next year’s team
* Become familiar with wiki syntax, as iGEM focuses heavily on using wikis to report your work.

You can find the discussions page at: http://discussions.ubcigem.com/. This is a good place for you to demonstrate your passion for synthetic biology, as well as your potential (esp. in terms of ideas!) for being on the team next year as well. Please check out the discussion for the first talk that Eric gave, and be prepared to generate discussion for Amelia’s presentation!

So, in summary, here’s the details:

* Date: 18 November 2009
* Time: 4:30PM – 5:30PM (please be punctual!)
* Venue: MSL226
* Presenter: Amelia Hardjasa
o Paper: Engineering the Salmonella type III secretion system to export spider silk monomers
* Snacks: Eric Ma
* Links:
o Discussions: http://discussions.ubcigem.com/
o RSVP: http://www.doodle.com/dk8hegx4gx2ywbd2
o Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203918505428&ref=mf

See you there!!

Invitation: first journal club series meeting

Hank Yu — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:00:27 +0000

Our first big planned event is the “Journal Club” series, where we bring people together to discuss cunning edge scientific research in Synthetic Biology. This is also the place where next year’s project will be formed and evaluated. We have planned it to take place after we return from the Jamboree, specifically on 4th November 2009 at 5pm. For each session, there will be one presenter and one snack provider (free food – another reason you should come!). The meetings will run weekly. We’d like to invite you all to come and join us in this friendly and engaging environment to learn from each other about synthetic biology.

Please RSVP at http://www.doodle.com/ffnw9hkp8mp4pyim so that we have an idea of how many people to provide snacks for.

Come to our club’s networking and icebreaker event!

Eric Ma — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:47:59 +0000

The iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) of UBC Club is hosting our first ice-breaking/networking event for all club members and individuals interested in learning more about biotechnology, synthetic biology and the iGEM competition. Learn more about the exciting and interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology from an engaging faculty member, Dr. Eric T. Lagally, meet the awesome members of the 2009 UBC iGEM Team, and learn how you can shape next year’s team to succeed in iGEM, the premier undergraduate synthetic biology competition. Come down and join us in connecting with individuals who share the same drive and passion for this field! So, please book in your calendars for…

Date: 8 October 2009

Time: 5:00PM to 6:00PM

Venue:Michael Smith Laboratories(the green building next to the UBC Bookstore) Room 101.

See you there!

iGEM of UBC Execs 2009

Imagine UBC!

Eric Ma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:10:49 +0000

Come and join us at the Imagine Day on September 8th! We will have a booth at the main event carnival on West Mall. Great chance to get some information about us. Look forward to our special activity: “Can you streak?” !!!