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− | <p>As the only iGEM team in Finland we considered inspiring new iGEM teams a priority in our outreach work. Other Nordic countries of similar size also have more than one team, so this should be achievable in Finland as well. Norway has 1 team per 2,6 million inhabitants, Sweden 1 team per 2,5 million inhabitants and Denmark 1 team per 1,9 million inhabitants, whereas our team alone currently represents all the 5,2 million inhabitants of Finland. To get more teams next year and strengthen the iGEM community in Finland we contacted biotechnology researchers in two major Finnish universities outside Helsinki. Thankfully, researchers from <a href="http://www.tut.fi/en/home" target="_blank">Tampere University of Technology</a> and the <a href="http://www.utu.fi/en/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">University of Turku</a> welcomed us to give a presentation for their students and faculty members. | + | <p>As the only iGEM team in Finland we considered inspiring new iGEM teams a priority in our outreach work. Other Nordic countries of similar size also have more than one team, so this should be achievable in Finland as well. Norway has 1 team per 2,6 million inhabitants, Sweden 1 team per 2,5 million inhabitants and Denmark 1 team per 1,9 million inhabitants, whereas our team alone currently represents all the 5,2 million inhabitants of Finland. To get more teams next year and strengthen the iGEM community in Finland we contacted biotechnology researchers in two major Finnish universities outside Helsinki. Thankfully, researchers from <a href="http://www.tut.fi/en/home" target="_blank">Tampere University of Technology</a> and the <a href="http://www.utu.fi/en/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">University of Turku</a> welcomed us to give a presentation for their students and faculty members. We visited the universities and talked about synthetic biology, iGEM, our project and offered our help if anyone was interested in starting an iGEM team of their own. We also discussed with the local researchers about their synthetic biology projects and were given a tour in their facilities. We're confident we'll be seeing more teams in Finland next year!</p> |
<p>Besides inspiring new iGEM teams, we will continue to actively promote iGEM and synthetic biology in our own universities, giving presentations to students in both the University of Helsinki and Aalto University to ensure an ever growing number of applicants for the Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team.</p> | <p>Besides inspiring new iGEM teams, we will continue to actively promote iGEM and synthetic biology in our own universities, giving presentations to students in both the University of Helsinki and Aalto University to ensure an ever growing number of applicants for the Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team.</p> | ||
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− | + | <p>To increase awareness of synthetic biology and iGEM among the general public, students, researchers and industry we approached a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as other media outlets. We were also interviewed on the national radio and were invited to take part in a radio series on synthetic biology, to be aired in the summer of 2016. The articles we were featured on as well as the radio interview can be found below.</p> | |
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− | <p>To increase awareness of synthetic biology and iGEM among the general public, students, researchers and industry we approached a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as other media outlets. We were also interviewed on the national radio and were invited to take part in a radio series on synthetic biology, to be aired in the summer of 2016. The articles we were featured on can be found below.</p> | + | |
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− | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/opiskelijat-kehittavat-biopolttoainetta-kansainvalisessa-kilpailussa" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki website (23.7.2015)</a></p></li> | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/opiskelijat-kehittavat-biopolttoainetta-kansainvalisessa-kilpailussa" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki website (23.7.2015, in Finnish)</a></p></li> |
<li><p><a href="http://www.biotalous.fi/producing-propane-from-cellulose-with-help-of-bacteria/?lang=en" target="_blank">Story on Bioeconomy blog (3.8.2015)</a></p></li> | <li><p><a href="http://www.biotalous.fi/producing-propane-from-cellulose-with-help-of-bacteria/?lang=en" target="_blank">Story on Bioeconomy blog (3.8.2015)</a></p></li> | ||
<li><p><a href="http://www.teekkarintyokirja.fi/fi/summer-synthetic-biology" target="_blank">Story on Teekkarin työkirja (4.8.2014)</a></p></li> | <li><p><a href="http://www.teekkarintyokirja.fi/fi/summer-synthetic-biology" target="_blank">Story on Teekkarin työkirja (4.8.2014)</a></p></li> | ||
− | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/ml/ajankohtaista/2015/2015igem.html?rss=mltdk" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki Faculty of Science website (10.8.2014)</a></p></li> | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/ml/ajankohtaista/2015/2015igem.html?rss=mltdk" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki Faculty of Science website (10.8.2014, in Finnish)</a></p></li> |
+ | <li><p><a href="http://areena.yle.fi/1-2923572" target="_blank">Interview on national radio, YLE Radio 1 (11.9.2014, in Finnish)</a></p></li> | ||
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<h2>Finding partners</h2> | <h2>Finding partners</h2> | ||
− | <p> | + | <p>For us to succeed in our project it was absolutely crucial to find partners. Without them, there would have been little we could have achieved. Thankfully, we already had the four first big steps in forming an iGEM team covered by the 2014 team and their mentor Markus Linder: we had the students forming the team, Markus as our mentor, a lab bench to work at and the registration fee taken care of. But no, we did not run out of things to do!</p> |
<h4>Universities</h4> | <h4>Universities</h4> |
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