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<p>Collaboration between iGEM teams is one of the most important aspect of the competition. Instead of competition where teams are struggling to out perform each other, teams are encouraged to work together for the betterment of synthetic biology as a whole. The Boston University team has taken this ideal to heart and has worked in several different ways to collaborate with other teams.</p>
 
<p>Collaboration between iGEM teams is one of the most important aspect of the competition. Instead of competition where teams are struggling to out perform each other, teams are encouraged to work together for the betterment of synthetic biology as a whole. The Boston University team has taken this ideal to heart and has worked in several different ways to collaborate with other teams.</p>
 
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<p>One of the first efforts of collaboration by the 2015 Boston University team was to host NEGEM (New England iGEM Meetup). At this event, all iGEM teams in the surrounding region were encouraged to attend and share their projects as well as give useful insight and suggestions to other teams. This also gave team members to meet members from other teams and form relationships for future collaboration. The event was a big success! Eight iGEM teams attended, shared, and bonded. Below are some of the pictures from the event.
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<p>An important aspect of synthetic biology is the collaboration and exchange of ideas and techniques. An exchange of ideas between colleagues can lead to important advancements and progress in the field. Since this meetup is among iGEM teams, we not only looked to better the field but to also better the iGEM community. This summer we hosted two conferences at BU between teams in the New England area in order to promote collaboration and provide vital feedback on each other's’ projects and presentations.</p>
 
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<h3>Collaboration with Wellesley</h3>
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<p>As a team that attended NEGEM, Wellesley reached out to us about visiting the college and giving feedback on their virtual museum project. Our team was happy to provide any help we could. Our team members arrived, gave the Wellesley team a quick update on how things were going on our end and proceeded to test out the museum.</p>
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<p>The BU iGEM team requires a light device to test constructs that respond to blue light. Unfortunately, the code used to make the device function properly has been difficult to implement. We sent out a request for assistance to all teams that attended NEGEM. Harvard responded and has provided useful insight as to how to make the device function properly.</p>
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<p>We are currently involved in collaborations with individual schools as well. Further information will be posted when a full update can be made.</p>
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<p>Several teams attended these two NEGEM (New England iGEM Meetup) conferences, including Tufts, Harvard, Wellesley, MIT, WPI, UMass-Dartmouth, and Northeastern. We were also lucky enough to host all of the teams’ advisors and representatives from iGEM HQ. At the first meetup on June 19th, the iGEM teams in attendance were encouraged to share their projects and give insight and suggestions for each project. Everyone had a short presentation outlining their goals and plans for the summer. It was exciting to hear how much each team was taking on! After this, members from different colleges grouped together in smaller sections to get input on everything iGEM ranging from the wiki to potential collaborations. It was through this meetup that we were able to meet Wellesley and test (link to wellesley) their prototype. Most importantly, it gave us a chance to meet and bond with the other synthetic biologists taking part in iGEM this summer. Thinking further about the questions and comments brought up by our NEGEM peers, we were prompted to think more deeply about the motivation and feasible use of our project.</p>
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<p>At the second meetup on September 12th, it was amazing to see how much each team had accomplished over just a couple of months. Each team rehearsed a more final version of their presentations, and feedback was given to each team to make their presentation stronger from peers, mentors and iGEM representatives. At this meetup, the feedback was much more specific and teams were able to strengthen their presentation skills. We also gave feedback on team wikis and finalized any collaboration efforts. These meetups were vastly different but helped our team further our project in both general and specific directions.</p>
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Revision as of 03:47, 18 September 2015

NEGEM Wellesley

Collaborations

Collaboration between iGEM teams is one of the most important aspect of the competition. Instead of competition where teams are struggling to out perform each other, teams are encouraged to work together for the betterment of synthetic biology as a whole. The Boston University team has taken this ideal to heart and has worked in several different ways to collaborate with other teams.

NEGEM

An important aspect of synthetic biology is the collaboration and exchange of ideas and techniques. An exchange of ideas between colleagues can lead to important advancements and progress in the field. Since this meetup is among iGEM teams, we not only looked to better the field but to also better the iGEM community. This summer we hosted two conferences at BU between teams in the New England area in order to promote collaboration and provide vital feedback on each other's’ projects and presentations.

Several teams attended these two NEGEM (New England iGEM Meetup) conferences, including Tufts, Harvard, Wellesley, MIT, WPI, UMass-Dartmouth, and Northeastern. We were also lucky enough to host all of the teams’ advisors and representatives from iGEM HQ. At the first meetup on June 19th, the iGEM teams in attendance were encouraged to share their projects and give insight and suggestions for each project. Everyone had a short presentation outlining their goals and plans for the summer. It was exciting to hear how much each team was taking on! After this, members from different colleges grouped together in smaller sections to get input on everything iGEM ranging from the wiki to potential collaborations. It was through this meetup that we were able to meet Wellesley and test (link to wellesley) their prototype. Most importantly, it gave us a chance to meet and bond with the other synthetic biologists taking part in iGEM this summer. Thinking further about the questions and comments brought up by our NEGEM peers, we were prompted to think more deeply about the motivation and feasible use of our project.

At the second meetup on September 12th, it was amazing to see how much each team had accomplished over just a couple of months. Each team rehearsed a more final version of their presentations, and feedback was given to each team to make their presentation stronger from peers, mentors and iGEM representatives. At this meetup, the feedback was much more specific and teams were able to strengthen their presentation skills. We also gave feedback on team wikis and finalized any collaboration efforts. These meetups were vastly different but helped our team further our project in both general and specific directions.