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* '''Looking for a place to work''' <br /> After compiling our team, we had still to find an appropriate place to work on our project. To do so, we needed relevant lab equipment like pipettes, PCR, centrifuges, deep freezers etc. Prof. Dr. Ralf-Peter Jansen, head of his research group that engages for example in research of mRNA and RNA-binding proteins in yeast, offered us a well-appointed laboratory at [http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de/institut.html Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie] with all the machines and chemicals we required. | * '''Looking for a place to work''' <br /> After compiling our team, we had still to find an appropriate place to work on our project. To do so, we needed relevant lab equipment like pipettes, PCR, centrifuges, deep freezers etc. Prof. Dr. Ralf-Peter Jansen, head of his research group that engages for example in research of mRNA and RNA-binding proteins in yeast, offered us a well-appointed laboratory at [http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de/institut.html Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie] with all the machines and chemicals we required. | ||
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Our team consists of 14 undergraduate students from various disciplinces (Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Pharmaceutics). We are the very first team to represent our university at iGEM.
Our team registration information is available under Official Team Profile.
Who we are
Undergrads:
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What we did
- Team assembly
We began assembling our team in January and are holding weekly meetings since then. Most of the people didn't know about iGEM so we presented it in various scientific lectures and told all our friends about it. At the initial meeting we presented the iGEM competition and a few previous iGEM projects. In our following weekly meetings we learned more about iGEM (time schedule, formalities, registration, team composition, finances) and compiled lists of project ideas.
- Finding support and advisors
We presented our team to the head of department Prof. Nordheim (Department of Molecular Biology) where we readily found support and enthusiasm. We then went on to talk to specific specialist faculty members with whom we held multiple conferences dedicated to project idea discussion and elaboration.
- Looking for a place to work
After compiling our team, we had still to find an appropriate place to work on our project. To do so, we needed relevant lab equipment like pipettes, PCR, centrifuges, deep freezers etc. Prof. Dr. Ralf-Peter Jansen, head of his research group that engages for example in research of mRNA and RNA-binding proteins in yeast, offered us a well-appointed laboratory at [http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de/institut.html Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie] with all the machines and chemicals we required.
- Development of the labor script
For the majority of us, iGEM means the most extensive project in research ever tackled. So we had to prepare a labor script that comprises all necessary steps described as detailed as possible. Furthermore we had to stay within the time schedule in order that we do not spend too much time in certain steps.
Where we're from
We study at the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen] which has plenty of course of studies in the Humanities and Sciences. It goes back to the 15th century and was home to many famous poets and thinkers.
- Located in Tübingen is also the past laboratory of Friedrich Miescher in Schloss Hohentübingen where he discovered the nucleic acids (Nuclein) in 1868.
- Nobel laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is Director at the [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/ Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie] (developmental biology), her work with Drosophila melanogaster and zebrafish Danio rerio greatly improved our present-day understanding of embryonal developement.
We come from the beautiful city of [http://maps.google.de/maps?ll=48.52,9.055556&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=48.52,9.055556 Tübingen], located in Southern Germany on the Neckar river. Tübingen is home to approx. 25,000 students, among the 85,000 citizens. Furthermore Tübingen is the city with the lowest average age of Germany.
Tübingen is a location of several research institute, such as:
- [http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics]
- [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology]
- [http://fml.mpg.de/ The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG]
Last but not least the university maintains the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtungen/zentrale-einrichtungen/botanischer-garten.html Botanischer Garten], where a rich variety of plants from all over the world grow.
So don't hesitate and spend a day or two in our wonderful and young city on your next trip to Germany.
