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TRMC |MINUTES
Meeting date | time 9/7/18 | 2pm | Meeting location STC 120
Meeting called by

TRMC

Type of meeting

Weekly

Facilitator

Dr. Douglas Smith

President

Chuck Foster

Vice President

Maeve Smith

Treasurer

Sami Miller

Secretary

Carrie Fetzer

LAB UPDATES
SMITH LAB NEWS

-80 freezer: seals wearing out, Barnes Center has one with better seals, we have to defrost it and
empty it and then the movers can bring us the -80. 9/21 we are going out to the Barnes
Center and we need your help (and your cars). Pizza afterwards? P.S. Must like Pizza Pub
Richard is going to organize Gel Boxes!
Need a committee to organize which tips work with which pipettor (Caleb, Owen, Brody!!)
especially sterile tips.
Do the summer class!!
Do JOURNAL CLUB
Subscribe to Science and thus become a member of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science! It looks great on a resume!
We need to take care of the mold in the cold room. We need to take turns cleaning parts of the cell
culture fridges and cold room. Wear a respirator and gloves, use 70% ethanol, spray it
down. Pay attention to labels and rewrite if you rub them off. Check incubators too!!!
Don’t unplug lab equipment!! Check thermometer inside
Grants: Bd with Keth; Compound P with Smith; Antibiofilm with Smith; Dental Biofilm with
Smith; Dr. Brzoza-Lewis is willing to sponsor grants
Watch Cecelia’s video, “Research Lab Funk”

TRMC
Facebook Page: Committee, CDC content, earn the public’s trust
Newsletter committee: Taking pics, donation shout outs, super cool equipment, Project of the
Month, We need a writer and a photographer! Hannah volunteered! Think about
content ideas!

Narcan Training (Spring): Partner with Health Careers Club (13), basically everyone in the
room would like to participate in the training, Rehab people may be interested, speaker
and training on separate day or one day where we have both, also have CPR (nursing
professors), Robin Bilan, donations from organizations, Meta-Meeting within 2 weeks,
“Narcan Nugget”
Narcan Committee: Representative from each club that is a part of
Fundraising: Not for self-support, this is for donations. Bake sale with flu basket present and
proceeds go towards more flu basket supplies

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