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Revision as of 00:10, 18 October 2014
SynBioSoc conference in Oxford
To start the summer with a boost, we made a road trip to attend the Oxford iGEM meetup.
Meeting for the first time other iGEM teams was definitely the highlight of the event. There was a real buzz and we came back vibrant and eager to start on our project.
Exchanging ideas helped us judge which of our initial ideas caught the interest the most.
The drive home cam all too soon.
“The aspect that struck out the most was the warmth and friendliness of all the teams. We didn’t feel competitive rivalry, it was really about sharing ideas”
Randy Rettberg
"Effort, Integrity, Openness"
Randy came to meet us in June. He told us about his career start in design, how he met Tom Knight and his vision for iGEM. “Find the truth, stick to it and have fun”, he told us.
Getting a historical perspective of iGEM placed the competition in a wider context: iGEM is driven by students like us! Speaking to him made us feel part of this movement, striving for openness, open exchange of ideas, parts, information and resources that we all contribute and take from.
John Sayers
We had the chance to meet John during our crash course. He found and promoted the use of T5 exonuclease. Through our conversation we learnt more about the biology of the enzyme and DNA assembly method. It made us realize the years of work that were dedicated to setting up the tools we now use every day for our own experiments. The encounter also made it clear the importance of understanding the basic biology of the procedures we do- only with this understanding can we rationalize why things go wrong!
Poster session at the Sainsbury Laboratory
This gave us an opportunity to discover what other summer students in the Plant Sciences Department had been working on. It also let us share our project in poster form for the first time! (picture credit: theguardian.com)
![](http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-460/h--/q-95/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2012/10/13/1350161193422/Sainsbury-laboratory-Camb-008.jpg")
