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Is your team organizing a Team Meet up? Want to meet fellow iGEMers?

Meet up events are happening around the world. Teams share ideas, help each other and spend time with their fellow iGEMers!

iGEM HQ wants to help! Please contact us by May 31st and tell us about your meet up . There is the opportunity to have a representative from Headquarters come to your event.

May Meet ups

German team meet up - LMU-Munich

Team LMU-Munich

Saturday May 24 to Sunday May 26

LMU's Center of Advanced Studies


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Team LMU-Munich will be organizing a German team meetup from May 24 to May 26 in Munich! From Saturday to Sunday, teams will get to learn about each other's projects, and also network to develop human practice ideas, or possibly even bundle projects together. On Monday, the group is invited to a meeting of the LMU's Center of Advanced Studies about Synthetic Biology with other international speakers, and some teams may even be able to introduce their projects to the audience

Canadian Team meet up - Calgary

Team Calgary

Saturday May 24 to Sunday May 26

University of Calgary


Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and Team Calgary are holding a meet up in Calgary for Alberta-area teams. On May 24, five High School Division teams will test their 20-minute presentations on a friendly audience of peers, mentors, and experts. In the afternoon, they will receive panel feedback from experts, and tips and tricks on communication. On May 25-26, collegiate teams will meet for a variety of expert discussion sessions, for a strong start to the iGEM summer.

June Meet ups

Scottish Team meetup - Edinburgh

Team Edinburgh

Monday 9th June

Edinburgh, Scotland


More information coming soon!

Dutch Teams Meet up - Wageningen

Team Wageningen

Saturday 21st June

Wageningen University

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On the 21st of June, Team Wageningen will host the national iGEM meet up for all iGEM teams in The Netherlands. At this meeting, all Dutch teams are given the opportunity to present their plans, their current findings and their plans for the coming summer. Furthermore, the Dutch teams of previous iGEM years are also welcome to present their performed work as well. In this session, we will exchange information, talk about our ideas and learn from other people’s points of view. Afterwards there will be an informal drink to get to know each other a little better.

New England Teams (NEGEM 3.1) Meet up - Boston University

Team BostonU

Friday 20th June

Boston University

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Team BostonU will be organizing a New England team meet up on Friday, June 20th, which will be held at Boston University. This will be the Third Annual NEGEM meeting! Teams will present a brief overview of their project along with their specific summer goals, then discuss alternative ways to approach their projects, and end the day with brainstorming ways for the teams to collaborate on either experiments or human practices (or both!). The plan is to then get together again in August to discuss progress and start preparing for the Giant Jamboree, with a final meeting in October to practice presentations!

August Meet ups

Chinese and Taiwanese team meetup - NCTU Formosa

Team NCTU Formosa

August 3 to August 7

NCTU, Taiwan

Team NCTU Formosa is planning a Chinese and Taiwanese team meet up from August 3 to August 7 at NCTU! It will be a warm-up before the Giant Jamboree, and teams will be able to meet each other, and swap ideas. Teams will be introducing their projects to each other with the goal of improving their projects. In addition to project presentations, there will be social events such as talent show or music concert, and they may even journey to Taipei at the end. The participants at last year's event had a great time, and NCTU Formosa is looking forward to hosting another great meet up.

New England Teams (NEGEM 3.2) Meet up - Boston University

Team BostonU

Date TBD

Boston University

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Team BostonU is planning to host a second NEGEM meetup in August. NEGEM 3.2 is planned for mid to late August and will be a meeting where the New England teams will present their work and talk about progress and challenges. As the teams present, we'll have an open discussion about the Giant Jamboree presentations and posters, with the end result (hopefully) being a few ways for each team to present their work. We'll also discuss the new 2-page write-up required for this year's competition.

September Meet ups

German team meetup - Aachen

Team Aachen

Saturday September 13 and Sunday September 14

Aachen, Germany


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Team Aachen is planning a German team meetup on September 13 and September 14 in Aachen! On September 13, there will be a public presentation of the participating iGEM teams with a discussion afterward with the general public. There will also be a team poster session open to the public. In the evening, there will be a social event for the teams to get to know each other. On September 14, the teams will be giving their presentation to the other iGEM teams in the same way it will be done during the Giant Jamboree. Teams will be able to receive feedback on their presentations and posters, and a prize will be awarded to the best poster and presentation as voted by the teams.

October Meet ups

New England Teams (NEGEM 3.3) Meet up - Boston University

Team BostonU

Date TBD

Boston University

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Team BostonU is planning to host a third NEGEM meetup in October. The October meet up will follow the format of the 2012 and 2013 NEGEM meetings. Teams will come together for an afternoon (usually on a Saturday due to class schedules) to formally present their work in preparation for the Giant Jamboree. We'll also set aside time for each team to discuss their plans for their posters. Each team will leave this meet up with a stack of "feedback forms", which will be filled out by the other attendees. These forms have a handful of questions focusing on the clarity and aesthetics of the presentation, with a particular focus on how data is presented.