From 2014.igem.org
Taking part in the iGEM competition - behind the scenes
Beside all formalities and scientific work, you will get a read how we managed to organize all issues concerning iGEM.
From team formation to finances to the attendance of the Giant Jamboree.
Nov 2013 | - Foundation of iGEM Hannover - Presentation and developping of topics begin. | |
Dec 2013 | | | |
Jan 2014 | - Writing a draft paper about iGEM and synthetic biology to find give possible sponsors an impression of our work. | | |
Feb 2014 | - Our topic is determined. We have chosen to lead off the fight against pollution with heavy metals. - Completion of our draft paper with information about our topic. - Visiting the local sewage plant. | |
Mar 2014 | - We officially signed up for iGEM competition 2014! - Our homepage is online now. | |
Apr 2014 | | |
May 2014 | - Synthesis of our self-designed T4-MBP is submitted. - Andi and Fabian took part in the iGEM meeting 2014 in Munich. - The iGEM team Braunschweig visited us for a barbecue. | |
June 2014 | - Andi presented our topic at the science slam in hanover. - We started visiting schools to conduct a presentation about synthetic biology and how we use it to achieve our goal. |
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July 2014 | | |
Aug 2014 | - We invited the newspaper "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" to achieve publicity. - We built up an information desk in the inner-city of hanover to give passerby an understanding of synthetic biology by demonstrating a DNA isolation with simple housewares, plaing a memoryquiz and showing in vitro cultures. - Anke, Fabian and Andi visited the iGEM team Bielefeld to learn how to build up the wiki. | |
Sep 2014 | - Creating our own wiki. | |
Oct 2014 | | |
Nov 2014 | | |
To handle the hugh amount of work you should split up the work to smaller teams of specialists.
Tasks which should be assigned to the team members are:
- Finances
- Sponsoring
- Safety issues
- Human practice
-overview of formalities and time
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