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16th July
From 2008.igem.org
11.30 – 13.00 All 5 teams pitch their project (or state-of-play / project ideas – we know you’ll not have got very far yet!) to other teams - 10 minutes pitch and 5 minutes discussion: the notion of these sessions is to provide early feedback from other teams and previous participants as to the project ideas and methods of implementation which have been adopted. The motivation is to act together to maximise the success of “iGEM-UK” at the jamboree and raise the profile of the UK’s synbio work.
13.00 – 13.45 Lunch†
13.45 – 14.30
Location - Lee & Carstares Rooms, Old College
Lee Room - Bristol, Newcastle, ICL Carstares Room – Cambridge, Edinburgh
with Sarah with Caroline
Detailed group discussion on teams’ opinion on whether synthetic biology can possibly fulfil the hype surrounding it! What’s new?! What makes synthetic biology different to genetic engineering; is this largely re-branding? Do we need BioBricks to achieve the same results? Will BB’s prosper?
14.30 – 15.00 Lee Room – Edinburgh, Newcastle Carstares Room – Bristol, Cambridge, ICL with Caroline with Sarah Detailed group discussion on iGEM experience to date: work, progress, issues etc Detailed group discussion on ethical dimensions of synthetic biology; biosafety, “playing-god” etc
15.00 - 15.30 Break-out time for teams to ready themselves to present to the network meeting (AV will not be available – hopefully there’ll be enough laptops brought along by participants…)
15.30 – 16.00 Tea/Coffee†
16.00 – 17.00 Photos of Bridge Building and results presented to Network meeting (Alistair Elfick, 3mins) Short presentations of individual iGEM team’s projects to Network (7mins presentation + 3mins questions)
