The 2016 iGEM project was much more than just studying, wet lab work and building a robot. We had a lot of fun besides the work which contributed to a great year and made our team grow together. This makes lab work much more fun, appearing conflicts can be solved more easily and a lot of new friendships have been built. We all learned from each other: the physics students got an introduction to synthetic biology, the biology students got in touch with programming, new students learned from more experienced students and vice versa. But scroll down and see what we did during the 2016 iGEM year!

The Start:Kick-Off

In January 2016, the iGEM team started to meet every tuesday and brainstorming about the 2016 project slowly processed. We did some literature research, found a project, discussed it in our meetings and finally decided to carry this project out. The very first team event was the kickoff event. We got to know each other better, introduced ourselves to the team and talked about our ideas and visions for this iGEM year. The team structure was developed and discussed, some team rules were specified and we had a barbecue and a pub quiz.

Workshops

In order to teach everyone about cloning, the BioBrick system and other molecular biology, basics were taught to the new students in various workshops. Several programs were introduced, such as SnapGene or the SciFinder.

Weinlagenwanderung

On May 1st, which is a holiday in germany, we went to the Weinlagenwanderung in Zwingenberg. We hiked through the Bergstraße mountains, had a picknick and spent a nice day together.

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