Difference between revisions of "Team:UMaryland/Collaborations"

@@ Line 59: / Line 59: @@
 <h2><font size="20"><center>Regional Meetup</center></font>
 <br>
-<p>In the iGEM spirit of collaboration, this year we had the privilege of hosting a summer meetup with the University of Virginia, Duke University, College of William and Mary, and Rock Ridge High School, as well as several exciting guest speakers. All the teams gave exciting presentations about their, answered questions from the audience, and had the opportunity to discuss challenges and collaborations.</p>
+<p>This year we had the amazing opportunity of hosting our first ever regional iGEM meetup at the University of Maryland. This meetup provided an opportunity for iGEM teams from around the region to come together mid-way through their projects to learn from each, practice presenting, build relationships for future collaboration, and acquire valuable feedback from their peers. The University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, Duke University, and Rock Ridge high School were all in attendance. Each team gave a 25 minute presentation of their project including their progress, goals, and any difficulties they experience so far, followed by a Q&A period with the audience.</p>
 <br><br>
 <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/1/10/Meetup.png" style="height:100%; width:100%">
@@ Line 68: / Line 69: @@
 <h1><font size="16"<center>Speakers</center></font>
 <br>
+<p>I think it would be nice to have each of the following descriptions under or around each team's picture but I'm not sure how to format it :/</P>
+<p>Our special high school guest team Rock Ridge added diversity to the meetup and presented on their project intended to help prevent and diagnose Lime Disease, a particularly salient problem in their local community of Northern Virginia.</p>
+<p>College of William and Mary presented on their project of
+<p>The University of Virginia presented on their project of
+<p>Duke University presented on their project of
 <p style="float: left; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; width: 49%; margin-right: 1%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/c/c9/Dukepresenting.jpg" style="width: 100%">Duke University</p>
 <p style="float: left; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; width: 49%; margin-right: 1%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/4/4d/Uvapresenting.jpg" style="width: 100%">University of Virginia</p>
 <p style="clear: both;">
@@ Line 81: / Line 89: @@
 <h1><font size="16"><center>Speakers</center></font>
 <br><br>
+<p>Supplementing the presentations given by each team were several guest speakers who kindly agreed to help make the meetup a great and informative learning experience.</p>
 <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/5/51/MrEdwardYoupresenting.jpg" style="height:100%; width:60%" align="left">
+<p>Special Agent Edward You of the FBI spoke about the relationship between iGEM and the future of national security as synthetic biology and DIY and community labs continue to grow with the growth of iGEM, and his work in creating a strong relationship between the biology community and the law enforcement to promote biosecurity without hindering progress.</p>
 <br><br>
 <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/7/7f/Drraymondstleger.JPG" style="height:100%; width:50%" align="left">
+<p>Distinguished Professor Raymond St. Leger of the University of Maryland dept. of Entomology also spoke about his work on designer pathogens, and various aspects of developing strong genetic engineering projects.</p>
 </div>

Difference between revisions of "Team:UMaryland/Collaborations"

Revision as of 20:54, 7 September 2015