Team:BostonU/NEGEM

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NEGEM

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New England iGEM, or NEGEM, is a gathering of teams from the New England and the Northeast. The Third Annual NEGEM meet up was a 3-fold event spread throughout the course of the summer and fall.

NEGEM 3.1 June Meetup: Friday, June 20, 2014

The first meetup focused on discussing the teams' ideas and plans for the summer to give teams the chance to get feedback at the start of their projects. Participants included BostonU, Harvard BioDesign, MIT, Rutgers, Tufts, and WPI Worcester. Teams presented a brief overview of their project along with their specific summer goals, then discussed alternative ways to approach their projects, and ended the day with brainstorming ways for the teams to collaborate on either experiments or policy and practices (or both!). We also held a discussion session where students from the six iGEM teams discussed ways they use, or could use, software in their projects.

Dr. Kim de Mora from iGEM HQ was also here to share his experience with iGEM and discuss the evolution of iGEM over time. He also went over what the iGEM foundation expects students to learn from this experience.

Dr. Traci Haddock, the BostonU Team Advisor, also went through some of the "fine print" associated with iGEM and helped answer questions from the new iGEM teams. Lunch was sponsored by the Bio-Design Automation Consortium.

NEGEM 3.2 August Meetup: Wednesday, August 6, 2014

The second NEGEM meet up had 5 teams present their work up to that point and talked about progress and challenges in particular. Participants included BostonU, Harvard BioDesign, MIT, Tufts, and WPI Worcester.
Students broke into groups and discussed the pros and cons of each team's presentation and project. To help facilitate this discussion, students were asked to fill out a brief presentation questionnaire to get teams thinking about their slides in more detail. The PDF of the questionnaire is below. We wrapped up NEGEM 3.2 with an open discussion about possible collaborations and talked about how teams incorporated software into their work, if appropriate. We also had a discussion about the Giant Jamboree presentations and posters. Lunch was once again sponsored by the Bio-Design Automation Consortium.

Questionnaire NEGEM 3.2

NEGEM 3.3 October Meetup: Saturday, October 4, 2014

Four teams came together to formally present their work in preparation for the Giant Jamboree with a complete 20-minute presentation. We used this meetup to give detailed feedback on slide content and narrative. It was also an excellent practice round for teams to field questions on their research from team advisors as well as their peers. Participants included BostonU, MIT, Rutgers, Tufts, and WPI Worcester.

Similar to NEGEM 3.2, each team left this meet up with a stack of "feedback forms", which were filled out by the other attendees. These forms had questions focusing on the clarity and aesthetics of the presentation, with a particular focus on how data is presented. All participants were asked to fill out this highly detailed presentation questionnaire to get teams thinking about their slides in more detail. The PDF of the questionnaire is below. Lunch was sponsored by the BostonU, MIT, and WPI Worcester teams.

Questionnaire NEGEM 3.3

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 The first meetup focused on discussing the teams' ideas and plans for the summer to give teams the chance to get feedback at the start of their projects. Participants included BostonU, <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Harvard_BioDesign">Harvard BioDesign</a>, <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:MIT">MIT</a>, <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Rutgers">Rutgers</a>, <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Tufts">Tufts</a>, and <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:WPI-Worcester">WPI Worcester</a>. Teams presented a brief overview of their project along with their specific summer goals, then discussed alternative ways to approach their projects, and ended the day with brainstorming ways for the teams to collaborate on either experiments or policy and practices (or both!). We also held a discussion session where students from the six iGEM teams discussed ways they use, or could use, software in their projects.
+<br><br> Dr. Kim de Mora from iGEM HQ was also here to share his experience with iGEM and discuss the evolution of iGEM over time. He also went over what the iGEM foundation expects students to learn from this experience.
 <br><br>Dr. Traci Haddock, the BostonU Team Advisor, also went through some of the "fine print" associated with iGEM and helped answer questions from the new iGEM teams. Lunch was sponsored by the <a href="http://www.bio-design-automation.org/">Bio-Design Automation Consortium</a>.
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