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NEGEM

Description

The Third Annual NEGEM meet up was actually be a 3-fold event spread throughout the course of the competition. On June 20, 2014, the 2014 BostonU Team will host the first of these three NEGEM meet ups. This first meet up will focus on discussing the teams' ideas and plans for the summer to give teams the chance to get feedback at the start of their projects. Dr. Traci Haddock, the BostonU Team Advisor, will also go through some of the "fine print" associated with iGEM and help answer questions from the new iGEM teams. We'll also discuss ways to collaborate with each other, including both experimental and policy and practices projects, and plan the future NEGEM meet ups.

August Meetup

Currently, the plan is to have a second NEGEM meet up in mid to late August where 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.

October Meetup

The October meet up will follow the format of the First and Second 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.

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