October 27, 2017

Call to Order: 2:34PM

Adjournment: 4:18PM

President: Adrian Barrera-Velasquez

Vice President: Olga Mirtsev

Secretary: Yvette Lacsamana

Treasurer: Thiri Htun

Public Relations: Tram Lu

Creative Design and Arts: Genalyn Domingo

Approval of Agenda
Vivionna Tran move to approve the agenda
Genalyn Domingo second that motion

Approval of Minutes
Tram Lu move to approve the minutes
Alvin Go second that motion

Old Business
SOCC Funding Request
Science and Research Club funding request was approved - $500
Purchase materials + KEEP Receipts
Bay Area Science Festival
Recruitment from STEM courses – open to all students
Experiments
Paper Chromatography
Coffee Filters and Washable markers
Make pretty designs and see the water move up the coffee filter paper as the color starts to separate into pretty patterns.
Definitely will be at BASF
Mint Chromatography
The color is not separating on the gum paste, different solutions and different medium will be used and recorded to see which experiment will work out the best.
More experimental trials will be needed, and it will be finalized by next week
Jefferson Union Adult School
Teaching Days
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 from 10-11AM
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 from 11-12PM
Lesson Plan
Plan out the hour of teaching
Have a buffer period in the beginning for the adult school students who may come in late
Four students in a group per station
Lecture on the importance of science in everyday life as well as the real world application of science
Itinerary
Ice Breaker (5 mins)
Get to know one another
Find your Twin
Blob
Introductions + Demos (15 mins)
Break out into groups and get situated with all the materials (5 mins)
Brainstorming (5 mins)
Areas of Biotechnology: Manufacturing, label, marketing public relations, etc.
Talk about potential jobs
Skyline’s Biomanufacturing certificate
Potential Earnings
Learn about dilution (10 mins)
M1V1 = M2V2
What it means and how can you use it in life
Conduct Experiment (10 mins)
Visual with either a sugar solution or use a really concentrated dyed solution
Want the students to think outside the box, have them try the solution that they make.
Clean Up (10 mins)
Deadline for Lesson Plan: November 3, 2017
Run through on the same day
Postponing the Lesson until Spring Semester
Not enough volunteers, we have too much on our plate. Need to contact Stacy to let her know that we will need to postpone the lesson plan for a future date.
University of the Pacific Research Project
Contact Professor Kirkwood for growing cell cultures and contributing to a research paper to get published
Cell cultures are not growing and are not staying alive, what can we do about it
Schedule times when students can feed the cell cultures

New Business
Bay Area Science Festival T-Shirt Ordering
T-shirt designs are finalized and uploaded on the google drive
Unanimous approval for t-shirt design
Bay Ink Screen
55 T-shirts for $427.01
Approval for Check Request of $427.01 from SOCC
Genalyn move to approve the motion
Adrian second that motion
Expanding Your Horizons
March 17, 2018
Abstracts need to be finished by November 15, 2017
Workshops
Synthetic Biology
Specifics will be talked about in the near future
Scrambled Eggs with a Side of a Flu Vaccine
Already planned, use the same guidelines and procedures.
Science In Action Lecture Series
Mondays at 4:30PM in Room 7-7106
Previous Lecture on Monday, October 23, 2017 featured a Guest Speaker from a team of scientist from UCSF, who is using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to genetically identify the gene for blindness. They hope to identify the exact gene that causes blindness in the genetic sequence to find a cure.
Community Bonding
Watch Science Documentaries
Start a journal for personal reflections on each documentary
Buy food and discuss the science behind each documentary