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− | <p> The concept of the German-wide Meetup was as to gather all the teams to network and set up collaborations for the iGEM Giant Jamboree. | + | <p> |
− | + | <b>The concept of the German-wide Meetup was as to gather all the teams to network and set up collaborations for the iGEM Giant Jamboree. </b> | |
− | In the beginning of October, the team was a small group of | + | |
+ | In the beginning of October, the team was a small group of Bachelor’s and Master’s students with very little diversity. By November, the team doubled in size and included members from many departments: CRTD, BIOTEC and the Biology Department at the TU Dresden. We became a truly international iGEM team, covering many disciplines and nationalities. With the resources, we had pulled together now, we thought we can plan something big, a German-wide meetup. We could host the meetup, using the whole of Dresden and be able to accommodate all the German iGEM teams. Out of the 13 that were invited, 9 came to the assembly, with a total of 50 people attending. The goals of the meetup were: | ||
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• Sharing our iGEM experience so far | • Sharing our iGEM experience so far | ||
• Getting to know the projects and visions of all attending teams | • Getting to know the projects and visions of all attending teams |
Revision as of 10:50, 22 October 2017