TRMC Meeting Minutes 11/9/2018

Tea with the President:
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Food has been figured out

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Other labs will be joining us too

Lab-Giving:
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Next Friday! 11/16

Flu Basket
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Creating an event on CU Connect

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Entire week of 11/12 to 11/16 from 10am to 2pm

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Please bring in your items and give receipts to Sami

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We will print information to give to ticket buyers

STEM Day
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Still up in the air

Lab Updates:
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Animal Room
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All Good!

Cell Culture
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Still coping with contamination

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Dr. Dias’ lab is not doing very well contamination-wise

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Use flasks, not plates in incubators

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Lab Cleanup: 11/10 at noon!

Dishes
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Dissection tools not cleaned, left in surgical milk for days. Rusted and had to
throw away.

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If you make dishes, clean up right away!

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Bacterial sample tubes, autoclave ASAP

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Bacteria Peeps: pick color for caps!
Anti-Biofilm = Blue

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Dental Biofilm = Red

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Compound P = clear

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Optometry = ?

Prep Room
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If you use it, clean it!

Pipette Tips
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Micropipette tips matched to correct size

Smith Lab Updates
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Dental Biofilm
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Plaque forming in a dish

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Pink = exopolysaccharide matrix (bacteria peeps)

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Fluoral transplant

Karen Spuck

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Touring the lab on Tuesday, December 4th.

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UV Bulbs for hoods

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Bd
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New plan of action

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Screening data