{"id":115,"date":"2015-11-01T00:06:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T00:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/periodontalmonitor.pages.tcnj.edu\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2015-11-01T00:06:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T00:06:47","slug":"meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/periodontaldevice16\/progress\/meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>February 5th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">In Attendance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsey Cabanas<\/li>\n<li>Naina Iyengar<\/li>\n<li>Sindhuja Kuchibhatla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Devised a protocol for the first verification activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get protocol revised by Dr. Hall if there is more information needed to be added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 2nd, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">In Attendance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsey Cabanas<\/li>\n<li>Naina Iyengar<\/li>\n<li>Sindhuja Kuchibhatla<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moved chemicals to Dr. Hall&#8217;s lab (Bio 218)<\/li>\n<li>Lab safety procedures addressed<\/li>\n<li>Practiced using spectrophotometers with sample solutions\n<ul>\n<li>Everyone familiarized themselves with the functions of the spectrophotometer and transferring chemicals into and out of the cuvettes<\/li>\n<li>Practiced measuring absorbances with different concentrations of sample solutions<\/li>\n<li>Recorded sample data obtained from the spectrophotometers to get a standard curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naina: figure out what size needle is needed to fill amylase flask with nitrogen gas<\/li>\n<li>All: continue working on NEBEC paper and IRB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 29th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">In Attendance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsey Cabanas<\/li>\n<li>Naina Iyengar<\/li>\n<li>Sindhuja Kuchibhatla<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rough protocol written out for the procedure of creating mock saliva<\/li>\n<li>Safety hazards addressed when working in the lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naina:\n<ul>\n<li>Call Sigma to figure out how to store chemicals under inert gas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>All:\n<ul>\n<li>Work on exact procedure for the chemicals kit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>January 27th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">In Attendance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lindsey Cabanas<\/li>\n<li>Naina Iyengar<\/li>\n<li>Sindhuja Kuchibhatla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Process Order Forms for remaining materials needed\n<ul>\n<li>All mechanical parts ordered<\/li>\n<li>Remaining electrical parts ordered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Quantity of saliva obtained for mock saliva modified to fit the amount of PBS available<\/li>\n<li>IRB template created &amp; started<\/li>\n<li>NEBEC template created &amp; started<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn Safety Protocol to work in Dr. Hall&#8217;s lab<\/li>\n<li>Start optimizing volumes on Wednesday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>November 9th, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety survey completed<\/li>\n<li>Selection of alpha-amylase sample<\/li>\n<li>Light sensor changed from photo-resistor to TSL2561 sensor<\/li>\n<li>Talked to Joe about materials for casing and holders<\/li>\n<li>3D printing considered for holders<\/li>\n<li>Blackbox material considered for casing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Order electronic devices and chemical reagents<\/li>\n<li>Continue working on drawings for casing and holders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>November 2nd, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials for casing considered<\/li>\n<li>Arduino Uno selected for micro-controller<\/li>\n<li>LED holder, cuvette holder, light sensor holder needed and materials considered for each<\/li>\n<li>Protocol for converting absorbances to severity level determined<\/li>\n<li>Choosing between two types of alpha-amylase samples to be used for testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start drawings for holders and casing<\/li>\n<li>Determine sensitivity of available mass scales for verification\/validation<\/li>\n<li>Determine final list of reagents including specific alpha-amylase sample<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>October 27th, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of micro-controller to correlate absorbance measurement to biomarker concentration<\/li>\n<li>Photo-resistor chosen for light sensor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine verification and validation activities for each device requirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>October 19th, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha-amylase chosen as biomarker<\/li>\n<li>Photodiode, photo-resistor, other light sensors found for colorimetric detection<\/li>\n<li>Kinetics of alpha-amylase reaction to produce color change found<\/li>\n<li>Casing to encompass darkness considered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine specific light sensor to be used by considering advantages and\/or disadvantages of each<\/li>\n<li>How will the absorbance measurement be converted to concentration of biomarker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>October 5th, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Correlation of alpha-amylase and LDH to periodontal disease activity found<\/li>\n<li>Colorimetric sensor needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose one biomarker<\/li>\n<li>Casing for the device<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity of sensor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>September 28th, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biomarkers: alpha-amylase, LDH, and pH considered<\/li>\n<li>Optical sensor needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Narrow down biomarker selection<\/li>\n<li>Consider types of optical sensors needed<\/li>\n<li>Design process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>September 21st, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accomplished Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biomarker detection needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future Tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine what kind of biomarker<\/li>\n<li>How does the biomarker correlate to disease activity<\/li>\n<li>How are the reagents going to be delivered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 5th, 2016 In Attendance: Lindsey Cabanas Naina Iyengar Sindhuja Kuchibhatla Accomplished Tasks: Devised a protocol for the first verification activity Future Tasks: Get protocol revised by Dr. Hall if there is more information needed to be added February 2nd, 2016 In Attendance: Lindsey Cabanas Naina Iyengar Sindhuja Kuchibhatla Dr. Hall Accomplished Tasks: Moved chemicals &hellip; 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