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Europe Teachers Workshop/Team reports
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* French Embassy is supporting them and the Paris team | * French Embassy is supporting them and the Paris team | ||
| - | * Use this | + | * Use this opportunity to start a course in SynBio (starting in June) |
** School of Physics is also interested | ** School of Physics is also interested | ||
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* Housed within the biomedical engineering track of the university | * Housed within the biomedical engineering track of the university | ||
* Team of 6-10 people; have 2 students so far | * Team of 6-10 people; have 2 students so far | ||
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| + | ===Heidelberg=== | ||
| + | * Heard about iGEM through BioSysBio | ||
| + | * Recruited via posters/flyers/webpage and received ~30 applications | ||
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| + | ===Newcastle=== | ||
| + | * Heard of it through Nature article | ||
| + | * Wanted to have a team in 07 but couldn't get funding so this year started earlier | ||
| + | * Bioinformatics (3) and micro bio (2) and comp sci (1) | ||
| + | * Based in school of computational science | ||
| + | * BBSRC funding for bioinformatics and Society for Applied Biology funding | ||
| + | * Meeting 1x/week with seminars and exercises -- interdisciplinary! | ||
| + | * Looking to setup synbio masters in the future | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Valencia=== | ||
| + | * Returning team | ||
| + | * Organized talks/conferences to prepare and also a 2-week course on synbio | ||
| + | * 10 students, 4 professors - engineering, chem, bio | ||
| + | * Funding from regional government and anticipate univ and local gov support | ||
| + | * Considering project on temperature measurement | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===TUDelft=== | ||
| + | * Stumbled on iGEM through another university's website | ||
| + | * Difficult to find students because of a late start (students had already setup plans) | ||
| + | * Team of 6 students - 3 life sci, 1 mechanical eng, 1 biomedical, 1 bioinformatician | ||
| + | * Sensors and switches are popular prospects | ||
| + | * Dept of biotech., Faculty of applied science, and Dept of nanotech are providing funding; Nanobioscience department might be started also housing synbio | ||
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| + | ===Warsaw=== | ||
| + | * Students learned about iGEM through some exchange program with Cambridge University | ||
| + | * University funding, Polish Foundation of Science (money comes in parts, contingent on success!) | ||
| + | * Expecting to win | ||
| + | * 9 students - biotech, bio, chem | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Paris=== | ||
| + | * Returning team; originally started with synbio club | ||
| + | * Club continues to meet throughout the year and decided to focus on teaching foundational aspects as a way to have topics for the club | ||
| + | * Students on team/club spending time in lab with high school students | ||
| + | * Funding is difficult because of not being tied with a specific university; obtained help from Embassy, Every Computational team, Betancourt Foundation | ||
| + | ** Focusing on obtaining money for several years instead of searching for funding every year | ||
| + | * Starting an interdisciplinary masters program to get credit | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 31 May 2008
Contents |
KULeuven
- One student found out about Venter/minimal genome and came across sythetic bio and iGEM
- Info session - 25 students interested
- Picked team of ~12 students based on motivation letter not grades from across 4 disciplines
- 2 molec bio labs
- Center for biosciences, biotech, bioinformatics is donating money
- Expect to learn
LCG-UNAM-Mexico
- Heard about iGEM through Pam Silver
- Undergrad program in Genomic Science is supporting financially
- Team of 13 students
Groningen
- Enthusiastic student whose father was in England and had heard about it, national newspapers, starting a new institute in Synthetic Bio
- Want to integrate it into teaching courses
- Advertised in University newspaper for students (and other professors)
- Team of 12 students - biology, physics, chemistry
- Meet 2x/week
- Money from DSM (industry), new Syn Bio institute, University
- Expect to meet other people and be active in the field
TUMunchen
- Advisor had heard about it; want to move toward the direction of SynBio
- Looked for students through student lectures
- Team of 11 students (biochem, biophysics, bioinformatics)
ESBS-Strasbourg
- Heard about iGEM through Drew
- Team of 8 students who approached the school for support
- Started thinking about projects around January
- French Embassy is supporting them and the Paris team
- Use this opportunity to start a course in SynBio (starting in June)
- School of Physics is also interested
- Working on cell division control in yeast
EPF-Lausanne
- 2001 EPFL launched new life sciences which yielded interested faculty
- Sent out letters and put up posters and recruited life sciences and engineering
- Info session yielded 30 people, 20 applied via a proposal
- Each group (4 of 3 people) proposed a project and they voted democratically on which one to proceed with
- Are currently modeling to see whether project is feasible
UNIPV-Pavia
- Heard about iGEM from 2006 Bologna team
- Housed within the biomedical engineering track of the university
- Team of 6-10 people; have 2 students so far
Heidelberg
- Heard about iGEM through BioSysBio
- Recruited via posters/flyers/webpage and received ~30 applications
Newcastle
- Heard of it through Nature article
- Wanted to have a team in 07 but couldn't get funding so this year started earlier
- Bioinformatics (3) and micro bio (2) and comp sci (1)
- Based in school of computational science
- BBSRC funding for bioinformatics and Society for Applied Biology funding
- Meeting 1x/week with seminars and exercises -- interdisciplinary!
- Looking to setup synbio masters in the future
Valencia
- Returning team
- Organized talks/conferences to prepare and also a 2-week course on synbio
- 10 students, 4 professors - engineering, chem, bio
- Funding from regional government and anticipate univ and local gov support
- Considering project on temperature measurement
TUDelft
- Stumbled on iGEM through another university's website
- Difficult to find students because of a late start (students had already setup plans)
- Team of 6 students - 3 life sci, 1 mechanical eng, 1 biomedical, 1 bioinformatician
- Sensors and switches are popular prospects
- Dept of biotech., Faculty of applied science, and Dept of nanotech are providing funding; Nanobioscience department might be started also housing synbio
Warsaw
- Students learned about iGEM through some exchange program with Cambridge University
- University funding, Polish Foundation of Science (money comes in parts, contingent on success!)
- Expecting to win
- 9 students - biotech, bio, chem
Paris
- Returning team; originally started with synbio club
- Club continues to meet throughout the year and decided to focus on teaching foundational aspects as a way to have topics for the club
- Students on team/club spending time in lab with high school students
- Funding is difficult because of not being tied with a specific university; obtained help from Embassy, Every Computational team, Betancourt Foundation
- Focusing on obtaining money for several years instead of searching for funding every year
- Starting an interdisciplinary masters program to get credit
