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                    We had wrapped up the 2016 iGEM season with 3 awards: Best Wiki, Best Presentation and Best Poster! Basing our research on making Mars breathable
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                    We have wrapped up the 2016 iGEM season with three awards: Best Wiki, Best Presentation, and Best Poster! Our research was based upon making Mars breathable; we managed to finish the latter portion of our research on the chlorite dismutase gene.
 
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                    Issues arise, and we need a new team as those previously on UrbanTundra have switched over to the UAlberta iGEM team.
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                    Issues arise... We need a new team, as those who were previously on the 2016 UrbanTundra team are now on the UAlberta iGEM team. We are beginning to interview students from across Edmonton.
 
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                    A new team has been made, ready to go! Three high schools: Old Scona Academic, Archbishop MacDonald, Harry Ainlay (insert logos)
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                    A new team has been formed, and we are ready to go! Our team is now composed of three high schools: Archbishop MacDonald, Harry Ainlay, and Old Scona Academic. Everyone has yet to meet one another, but we are hoping to hold an entire team meeting soon!
 
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                    Friendship! First go-away trip; bonded as a team. Allowed us to know of our problems with presentation and project. We were also able to learn more about each other with our AirBnB meetings, and our occasional Pho outings! The start of something new!
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                    Friendship! This is our first excursion as a team! We bonded as a group, and this experience has allowed us to recognize some issues with our presentation skills, our organization, and our project itself. We also learned more about one another during a midnight meeting and a Pho outing! Everyone is super excited and cannot wait for everything that is to come!
 
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                    The month of July was one filled with progress in the media/fundraising team, as well as the engineering team with their hydroponics! We came out with a new segment to introduce our team members called #HumansofUrbanTundra for our social media handles on <a href="https://twitter.com/urbantundrahs" style="color: #000000"> Twitter </a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/igem.urbantundra/" style="color: #000000"> Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UrbanTundraEdmonton/?ref=br_rs" style="color: #000000"> Facebook </a>. The media team goal was established: to create a bridge between the public and our team. Meanwhile, the engineering team was busy working on their hydroponics project!
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                    This month of July is filled with huge progress from two sections of our team: our outreach section with their fundraising and our engineering section with their hydroponics! We came out with a new segment to introduce our team members, called #HumansofUrbanTundra for our social media handles on <a href="https://twitter.com/urbantundrahs" style="color: #000000"> Twitter </a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/igem.urbantundra/" style="color: #000000"> Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UrbanTundraEdmonton/?ref=br_rs" style="color: #000000"> Facebook </a>. Our media team's goal has also been established: create a bridge between the public and our team. Meanwhile, the engineering team is busy working on their hydroponics project! They're looking forward to seeing the growth of their test plants.
 
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                    We were super successful in getting bottles for our bottle drive, our first bottle drive raising over $1000! This could not have been done without the support of not only our communities, but of the local businesses around the Edmonton area, which are all noted on our sponsor's page! Thank you all!
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                    We were super successful with getting bottles for our bottle drive, with our first one raising over $1000! This could not have been possible without the support of not only our communities, but also the local businesses around the Edmonton area (who are all noted on our sponsor's page)! Thank you all! In addition, we also held our Summer SYNBIO event at the venue graciously donated by the Castle Downs YMCA. The three hour event was definitely a success, with science presentations and cool workshops to boot!
 
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                    We returned with a new presentation, with new presenters and a new motivation to do better the second time around! Very lucky to have been able to compete in another event such as this one, as we were able to gain more insight on our project - just in time for iGEM!  
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                    We return with a new presentation, a new set of presenters, and a renewed motivation to do better the second time around! We were very lucky to have been able to compete in another event such as this one, as we were able to gain more insight on our project. We also received a $4000 scholarship towards our Boston trip fees. All of this is just in time for iGEM!  
 
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                    Presented at George P. Nicolson Elementary; lots of support!
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                    We presented at George P. Nicholson Elementary. It was super fun to present to this group of students, all of whom love science! Thank you for your excitement and intriguing questions. We can't wait to see some of the students become future scientists!
 
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Latest revision as of 03:10, 2 November 2017

Our Story

Urban Tundra | Intelligent Innovation

Our Story

Experience our Journey

  • Boston November 2016
    We have wrapped up the 2016 iGEM season with three awards: Best Wiki, Best Presentation, and Best Poster! Our research was based upon making Mars breathable; we managed to finish the latter portion of our research on the chlorite dismutase gene.
  • Problems January 2017
    Issues arise... We need a new team, as those who were previously on the 2016 UrbanTundra team are now on the UAlberta iGEM team. We are beginning to interview students from across Edmonton.
  • Recruitment April 2017
    A new team has been formed, and we are ready to go! Our team is now composed of three high schools: Archbishop MacDonald, Harry Ainlay, and Old Scona Academic. Everyone has yet to meet one another, but we are hoping to hold an entire team meeting soon!
  • NDC Jamboree June 2017
    Friendship! This is our first excursion as a team! We bonded as a group, and this experience has allowed us to recognize some issues with our presentation skills, our organization, and our project itself. We also learned more about one another during a midnight meeting and a Pho outing! Everyone is super excited and cannot wait for everything that is to come!
  • Media and Engineering Mayhem! July 2017
    This month of July is filled with huge progress from two sections of our team: our outreach section with their fundraising and our engineering section with their hydroponics! We came out with a new segment to introduce our team members, called #HumansofUrbanTundra for our social media handles on Twitter , Instagram, and Facebook . Our media team's goal has also been established: create a bridge between the public and our team. Meanwhile, the engineering team is busy working on their hydroponics project! They're looking forward to seeing the growth of their test plants.
  • Bottle Drive and Silent Auction! August 2017
    We were super successful with getting bottles for our bottle drive, with our first one raising over $1000! This could not have been possible without the support of not only our communities, but also the local businesses around the Edmonton area (who are all noted on our sponsor's page)! Thank you all! In addition, we also held our Summer SYNBIO event at the venue graciously donated by the Castle Downs YMCA. The three hour event was definitely a success, with science presentations and cool workshops to boot!
  • aGEM September 2017
    We return with a new presentation, a new set of presenters, and a renewed motivation to do better the second time around! We were very lucky to have been able to compete in another event such as this one, as we were able to gain more insight on our project. We also received a $4000 scholarship towards our Boston trip fees. All of this is just in time for iGEM!
  • Elementary Presentation October 2017
    We presented at George P. Nicholson Elementary. It was super fun to present to this group of students, all of whom love science! Thank you for your excitement and intriguing questions. We can't wait to see some of the students become future scientists!


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