11 November 2008 Lab Meeting Agenda
† Hussam's research report today.
† Announcements
- Your personal priorities have been emailed to you by me. Please take note.
† Flu R01
- Courier service! Sample transport set up.
- Plaque assay status?
- Mark - status of fixture?
† SEPSIS Project - CIMIT Bird Flu
†RNA project
- Jeff Braman will visit in early Dec.
- Do cDNA prep. Spec, gels, send to Jeff B.
† COBRA
- Mark- Control circuit?
- Bacteria Experiment - Update from Jane and Jaephil?
- Substrates - JZ to try with more gold and do all SEM/sample testing.
† Valve Array/Valve building (FJ)
- Status from Mark?
- Frank should talk with Alex, Mark, and Jaephil and make sure we are not duplicating efforts/making something that is too big for portability.
† Fraunhofer: LOAC
- Primer/dimer issue. Talked with QQ. We do not appear to have this problem with our chips.
† Biointerfaces group
- Paul Mak told that Mask aligner at Photonics center has UV filter. Try that machine. - UPDATE?
- Preliminary E. coli experiment is ongoing. UPDATE?
- Try DAPI bacteria stain to visualize e-coli soon. UPDATE?
† CIMIT- Colson Grant
- Preliminary plan for IRB submission at Harvard in place. Target date 1/1/09
- STAR-CD Renewal - January ($2K)
† PCR
- QQ gel issues. Stop using ABI flu probe that QQ ordered. Try Cathie's old assay before designing a new one. Run gels.
- Only 1/5 chips are good at the hot embossing step. The vaccum chuck will be checked and o-rings changed - Will try after fixes and report next week. UPDATE?
* Fixuture for PCR chip. The heater and the thermocouples would be on the fixture.
- MinCheol's desgins. UPDATE?
- Mincheol will work on DNA migration simulation after IMECE 2008.
† RCA
- Cathie submitted One pager Whitepaper. Waiting for response.
† Senior project
- Need updates from both Senior project students in bullet form.
- Emailed Teddy.
† F31: Cochlea
- Received paper edits from Doug.
- Make changes and give to Cathie ASAP.
- Journal chosen?
- Need to order Alpha-Tectorin protein.
† Silica Optimization (Lambda):
- Ongoing. More concentrations.
- Pressure testing on these channels when they are flowing.
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