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Media Coverage

Blog Sciencelinx

Starting in August we published a blog about our daily activities and our project. The blog was hosted on the University of Groningen website and will be concluded with a videoblog from the jamboree, which will also be shown on a local television channel. Comments indicated that the blog was easy to read and helped people understand synthetic biology better trough their identification with our team. We tried to be as open as possible and invited the readers of our blog to meet us in our office, where we could play our card game.

<a class="link" href="http://www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/nieuws/2015/08/20150827_igem_1?lang=en">Team iGEM Groningen 2015: Blue Bio energy [Science Linx]</a>

<a class="link" http://www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/nieuws/2015/09/20150903_igem2">iGEM blog: De fascinatie van bacteriën [Science Linx]</a>

The Night of Arts and Sciences

We presented our project at the Night of Arts and Science, a city-wide festival during which the University town of groningen is transformed into a festival focussed on the arts and sciences and their intersection.

The Ubbo Emmius fund helped us set up a <a class="link" href="http://studenten.rugsteunt.nl/projecten/igem-groningen-blauwe-energie"> crowdfunding campaign </a>. This not only presented a way to tap new funds, it also enabled a new kind of interaction with the public. By contributing financially, people felt they could really participate in our project, helping us break the boundaries of science.

A Unifocus camera crew visited our lab. They made an item about our project which was shown on the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen website and facebook.

We approached multiple websites to help us reach the public, focussing especially on our crowdfunding campaign.

<a class="link" href="http://www.bits-chips.nl/artikel/groningse-studenten-willen-levend-membraan-voor-blauwe-energie-44677.html">Groningse studenten willen levend membraan voor blauwe energie [Bits and Chips]</a>

<a class="link" href="http://www.vvm.info/main.php?id=1008">iGEM Groningen: Blauwe energie - U kunt het iGEM team helpen! [VMM] </a>

<a class="link" href="http://duurzaam-actueel.nl/igem-groningen-blauwe-energie/">iGEM Groningen: Blauwe energie. [Duurzaam Actueel] </a>

<a class="link" href="http://www.eigenwijsblij.nl/doen-acties/blauwe-energie-help-groningse-studenten-met-crowdfunding"> Blauwe energie? Help Groningse studenten met crowdfunding [Eigenwijs Blij] </a>

<a class="link" href="http://www.co2ntramine.nl/blauwe-energie-van-de-afsluitdijk-help-groningse-ontwikkelaars/"> Blauwe energie van de Afsluitdijk? Help Groningse onderzoekers![Co2ntramine] </a>

<a class="link" href="http://www.fluxenergie.nl/beter-membranen-voor-proeffabriek-blue-energy/">Betere membranen voor proeffabriek Blue Energy [Flux energy]</a>

<a class="link" href="http://www.ukrant.nl/studenten/studenten-maken-levend-membraan.html/">Studenten maken levend membraan [UK]</a>

The regional television channel Oogtv made a short report on our project, <a class="link" href="https://www.facebook.com/oogrtv/videos/977704795584832/?pnref=story">see facebook</a>.

Our project got into the spotlight next to the projects of other dutch iGEM teams on the website of beroepsvereniging van biotechnologen (NBV), in addition our story will be published in the life sciences magazine C2W.