Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Notebook
Notebook
Team
Human Practices
Lab
January
28.1.2019 - 1.2.2019
The previous team interviewed the possible candidates for this year’s iGEM project
February
8.2.2019
Team selection is made
24.2.2019
Our very first meeting!
The 2018 team prepared us for the upcoming project
March
3.3.2019
Brainstorming and general planning of the project
8.3.2019
We met Heli Viskari and Markus Linder; our advisors from Aalto University
14.3.2019
We met Minna Poranen from HiLIFE (Helsinki Institute of Life Science) and she became our advisor from the University of Helsinki
30.3.2019
We met with the other Finnish iGEM team from Turku and invited some iGEM alumni to join. We presented our initial project ideas and had dinner together!
April
5.4.2019 - 28.4.2019
Several meetings with the team, advisors and sponsors: We found out about Vibrio natriegens and its possible applications
6.4.2019
We held our first fun day and played board games together
We raised money to make our project possible
We started collaborations with Aalto Design Factory
12.4.2019 - 14.4.2019
Some of our team members attended the Biobrick tutorial weekend in Copenhagen
25.4.2019
We attended the biotech theme week planning meeting since we will take part in it in September
May
2.5.2019 - 26.5.2019
We researched Vibrio natriegens more and decided on the method that we will use to enhance its protein production
11.5.2019
We had an association meeting with the previous team and made agreements on organizational things
24.5.2019
We had a relaxed get-together with previous Aalto-Helsinki iGEM alumni
We continued fundraising and raised money for the project
13.5.2019
We had a team coaching session with Caleidocons Oy to make our teamwork smooth during this project
17.5.2019
HiLIFE (Helsinki Institute of Life Science) kindly decided to support our project
17.5.2019 - 19.5.2019
We attended the Nordic iGEM Conference in Copenhagen
24.5.2019
Meeting with Heureka Science Park to plan the event that we will organize for kids in September
27.5.2019
We visited Thermo Fisher Scientific Ltd, our long-term partner, and they kindly decided to support our project
28.5.2019
Loimu ry, the Union of Professionals in Natural, Environmental and Forestry Sciences, kindly decided to support our project
Lab inventory, lab design, Lab order planning, Lab introduction and safety introduction
June
3.6.2019
Beginning of full-time work!
17.6.2019
Collaboration planning with Lund and Linköping
5.6.2019
Presentation coaching for our team organized by Aalto University School of Business
7.6.2019
We attended Terkko Healthcare Accelerator’s showcase where we got to see different pitches from life science -startups
11.6.2019
Planning meeting with Heureka Science Park
12.6.2019
Meeting with Kemianteollisuus ry and they kindly decided to support our project
13.6.2019
Second biotech theme week planning meeting
13.6.2019
Bio Business Angel and Investor event where we pitched our project
17.6.2019
We presented iGEM and our project to French pharma/business students
19.6.2019
We discussed about pharmaceutical industry with Lääketeollisuus ry
18.6.2019
We conducted our first trials of Biobricks and everyone in our team got experience in the lab
Lab inventory, Experimental design, DNA strand designs & orders, competent cell preparation & testing, Digestion, ligation & transformation practices for the team, BioBrick tutorial for the team
July
26.7.2019 - 27.7.2019
We attended the European iGEM Meetup in Paris
3.7.2019
We interviewed children’s endocrinologist Päivi Miettinen at Helsinki University Hospital
24.7.2019
We interviewed children’s endocrinologist Risto Lapatto at Helsinki University Hospital
We interviewed Martin Dueblin, the managing director of One One Eleven GmbH and professional in the life sciences industry, and gained insights into our integrated human practices
Competent cell preparation & testing, primer designing, Digestions, ligations & transformations, DNA extractions, Tat signal sequence testing, qPCR, cPCR
August
15.8.2019
We attended an Aalto-Helsinki iGEM alumni get-together and had a leisurely evening in Helsinki
17.8.2019
iGEM meetup with Team Aboa
6.8.2019
We interviewed Tarja Kähkönen, Healthcare District Leader, and Anssi Linnankivi, Medical Leader at Roche, to discuss the current state of drug development
8.8.2019
We took part in organizing a training for high school students for the International Biology Olympiad (IBO)
9.8.2019
Presentation coaching organized by Aalto University School of Business, which we continued to have almost weekly until the final conference in Boston
12.8.2019
We interviewed Jari Vehmaanperä, Global R&D Leader at Roal, to discuss the manufacturing of proteins
13.8.2019
We interviewed a patient using insulin to gain insights from the patient’s perspective
14.8.2019
We interviewed Tero Saukkonen; Clinical, Medical Regulatory Director at Novo Nordisk in Finland to discuss the business model of a pharmaceutical company
17.8.2019
We had another relaxing meeting with the other Finnish iGEM -team from Turku
26.8.2019
We presented iGEM and our project to high school students in Mäkelänrinne sports high school
27.8.2019
We presented iGEM and our project to high school students in Viikin normaalilukio
DNA amplification, primer designing, construct building and testing
September
20-21.9.2019
We attended an iGEM meetup in Leuven, Belgium
14.9.2019
We organized an event for kids in Heureka Science park, which was a huge success
26.9.2019
We attended a biotech theme week pitching competition
27.9.2019
We attended a biogarage opening event at Aalto University and organized a workshop
27.9.2019
Our first podcast episode was released! The episode featured Merja Penttilä, the adjunct professor of biotechnology at Aalto University.
30.9.2019
We sent the hypothetical business model of our project in collaboration with UNSW iGEM team
Constructs building and testing, chromosomal editing, induction experiments, qPCR
October
21.10.2019
Wiki Freeze!
30.10.2019-4.11.2019
The Giant Jamboree in Boston
8.10.2019
Our second podcast episode was released! The episode featured Pauli Kallio, the adjunct professor of molecular plant biology at the University of Turku.
11.10.2019
Our third podcast episode was released! The episode featured Lauri Reuter, Ph.D in biotechnology.
17.10.2019
We presented iGEM and our project for the translational medicine students at the University of Helsinki
Chromosomal editing, induction experiments, fractioning, qPCR, protein concentration measurements
