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Latest revision as of 22:42, 4 December 2014
Financing
From the very beginning, we knew that an undertaking such as the participation in the iGEM competition would be expensive. Not only lab supplies like chemicals and plasticware or the purchase of enzymes and oligonucleotides cost plenty of money, but also registration fees for the competition and the Giant Jamboree as well as travel and accommodation costs come at a price. For us students that are normally not concerned by these costs, it was very interesting to see behind the curtains of how much it costs a 19-person team to participate in such a competition (see pie charts). We like to thank all our generous sponsors for their kind support and also thank all the supporters within the faculty of Biology of the LMU that were always helpful and made our participation in iGEM and our trip to the Giant Jamboree in Boston possible in the first place.
We are deeply grateful for your endorsement!
GOLD Sponsors
SILVER Sponsors
BRONZE Sponsors
Team LMU-Munich
igem@bio.lmu.de
AG Thorsten MascherGroßhaderner Str. 2
82152 Planegg (Martinsried)
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