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On the 25th of April the local news channel, TV2Fyn, presented a short program about synthetic biology in Odense. The focus was on the creation of artificial life and the ethic aspects related to this field of research. They talked to the head of the FLinT Center, Steen Rasmussen, and a few other smart people, including us! It's all in Danish so you'll have to trust that Mike and Jacob said some very clever things. If you should like to watch us anyway, you can do so [http://www.tv2fyn.dk/article/227758?autoplay=1 here]. <br>
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On the 25th of April the local news channel, TV2Fyn, presented a short program about synthetic biology in Odense. The focus was on the creation of artificial life and the ethical aspects related to this field of research. They talked to the head of the FLinT Center, Steen Rasmussen, and a few other smart people, including us! It's all in Danish so you'll have to trust that Mike and Jacob said some very clever things. If you should like to watch us anyway, you can do so [http://www.tv2fyn.dk/article/227758?autoplay=1 here]. <br>
He followed us in some of our daily work in the lab and it was a great opportunity to speak to the broad public about iGEM and, of course, free publicity is never a bad thing!
He followed us in some of our daily work in the lab and it was a great opportunity to speak to the broad public about iGEM and, of course, free publicity is never a bad thing!
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In early June, we crammed ourselves into two of the university’s cars and drove off to Paris. 16 hours later we arrived in the dead of night, a bit droopy-eyed, to our hotel. After a few hours’ sleep, we ventured out into the Parisian traffic yet again to reach the European iGEM conference.  
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In early June, we crammed ourselves into two of the university’s busses and drove off to Paris. 16 hours later we arrived in the dead of night, a bit droopy-eyed, to our hotel. After a few hours’ sleep, we ventured out into the Parisian traffic yet again to reach the European iGEM conference.  
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Here we spent two days learning a lot of interesting and important things about the history of iGEM and synthetic biology, how to come up with an idea and, very importantly, how to tame, use and expand the parts registry. Lars Christian got so excited that he live-blogged the whole thing! Read it on our blog [http://igem.sdu.dk/?p=589 here] (and in the subsequent 12 entries!)
Here we spent two days learning a lot of interesting and important things about the history of iGEM and synthetic biology, how to come up with an idea and, very importantly, how to tame, use and expand the parts registry. Lars Christian got so excited that he live-blogged the whole thing! Read it on our blog [http://igem.sdu.dk/?p=589 here] (and in the subsequent 12 entries!)
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== Radio interview by "Harddisken" (''The Hard Disk'') ==
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The national Danish radio station P1 has a program called [http://www.dr.dk/harddisken/om-harddisken/harddisken-in-english/ Harddisken] (The Hard Disk Drive). It’s a 1 hour technology program mainly focusing on the impact of new digital technologies on the society, our culture and daily lives.<br>  
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On June 16th we featured on the national Danish radio program [http://www.dr.dk/harddisken/om-harddisken/harddisken-in-english/ ''The Hard Disk'']. It’s a 1 hour technology program focusing on the impact of new digital technologies on the society, our culture and our daily lives.<br>  
The program first aired in 1994 and is one of the longest running shows on Danish radio.<br>  
The program first aired in 1994 and is one of the longest running shows on Danish radio.<br>  
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The program we participated in deal with synthetic biology because of its fast development and its dependency on computing power to perform sequencing, modelling and other analytic tasks. Thinking of cells as pieces of electronics like in the IGEM competition also intrigues The Hard Disk Drive.<br>   
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The program we participated in dealt with synthetic biology because of its fast development and its dependency on computing power to perform sequencing, modelling and other analytic tasks. Thinking of cells as pieces of electronics like in the iGEM competition intrigued ''The Hard Disk''.<br>   
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Andrew Hessel from the singularity university in California was the first to be interviewed, he talked about the technological development in synthetic biology and how computers are used in synthetic biology.<br>
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Andrew Hessel from the Singularity University in California was the first to be interviewed, he talked about the technological development in synthetic biology and how computers are used in synthetic biology.<br>
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After the Andrew Hessel interview, we presented our project talking about how we would model the bacteria function and the dangers of loading new applications into the bacteria.<br>  
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After the Andrew Hessel interview, Tommy and Kir presented our project talking about how we would model the bacterial function and the dangers of loading new applications into the bacteria.<br>  
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Listen to the entire radio program [http://www.dr.dk/P1/harddisken/Udsendelser/2010/06/16151804 here].
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Listen to the entire radio program [http://www.dr.dk/P1/harddisken/Udsendelser/2010/06/16151804 here]. <br><br>
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About a week after the new students start their long years of university study, they go for a weekend trip with their social tutors. These weekends are called Science Camps, but are mostly about being drunk and naked. In an attempt to save the poor first-year students' souls, we went out and told them about the iGEM competition and our project, thereby bringing the science back to the Science Camps! We also gave them a genetic rebus where they had to translate a gene sequence to amino acid one letter code. The result was the slightly misleading message "IGEM TIME IS PLAY TIME"! <br>
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About a week after the new students start their long years of university study, they go for a weekend trip (September 10-11th) with their social tutors. These weekends are called Science Camps, but are mostly about being drunk and naked. In an attempt to save the poor first-year students' souls, we went out to 3 Science Camps and told them about the iGEM competition and our project, thereby bringing the science back to the Science Camps! We also gave them a genetic rebus where they had to translate a gene sequence to amino acid one letter code. The result was the slightly misleading message "IGEM TIME IS PLAY TIME"! <br>
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These bright minds of tomorrow, however hungover, seemed interested enough and we were met by a positive atmosphere.There is hope yet for SDU in the future iGEM competitions!  
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These bright minds of tomorrow, however hungover, seemed interested enough and we were met by a positive atmosphere. There is yet hope for SDU in the future iGEM competitions!  
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On September 24th-26th, we were visited by the Bielefeld iGEM team! Those are some really great guys, and we had loads of fun with them! On the first afternoon, we took them to our Friday Bar and tried to beat them in a drinking game known as Kævle, but of course we lost. After all, they’re Germans. In the evening we had pizza, beer and some great laughs, and they even brought us some really cool gifts from Bielefeld! We played MarioKart against them on our old Nintendo 64 but sadly, we lost again. <br>
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On September 24th-26th, we were visited by the Bielefeld iGEM team! Those are some really great guys, and we had loads of fun with them! On the first afternoon, we took them to our Friday Bar and tried to beat them in a drinking game known as Kævle, but of course we lost. After all, they’re Germans. In the evening we had pizza, beer and some great laughs, and they even brought us some really cool gifts from Bielefeld! We played MarioKart against them on our old Nintendo 64 but sadly, we lost again. <br>
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The next day was a bit more serious, at least in the beginning. We had a meeting where each team presented their project to the other and was praised and criticized. Of course both teams had room for improvement, so we all benefited from this. <br>
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The next day was a bit more serious, at least in the beginning. We had a meeting where each team presented their project to the other and was praised and criticized. Of course both teams had room for improvement, so we all benefited from this. <br>
Afterwards, we took them on a phallus walk in Odense, showing them some of the abundant references to the male sex that can be found scattered about the city! <br>
Afterwards, we took them on a phallus walk in Odense, showing them some of the abundant references to the male sex that can be found scattered about the city! <br>
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We are very happy that they took the time to come and visit us, and we hope to visit them sometime in the fall. <br>
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We are very happy that they took the time to come and visit us, and we hope to visit them sometime in the future. <br>
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On Friday October 1st the Danish magazine The Engineer published an article about us!
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On Friday October 1st the Danish magazine ''The Engineer'' published an article about us!
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Below you'll find a translation of the article and a link to the original story. Press [http://ing.dk/artikel/112574-studerende-satser-paa-guld-for-syntetisk-e-coli-der-flygter-fra-blaat-lys this link] to read the original article in Danish.
Below you'll find a translation of the article and a link to the original story. Press [http://ing.dk/artikel/112574-studerende-satser-paa-guld-for-syntetisk-e-coli-der-flygter-fra-blaat-lys this link] to read the original article in Danish.
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“By adding the bacteria, they can whip the liquid with their little tails, which means that you can control how liquids mix in small micro-tubes.”
“By adding the bacteria, they can whip the liquid with their little tails, which means that you can control how liquids mix in small micro-tubes.”
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This year, our instructor Mike took the initiative to arrange a Nordic iGEM mini conference! Sadly, none of the Swedish teams were able to come, so in the end it was only us and the team from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). We came to them and had some great lunch before we presented our respective projects. At the time, their presentation was vastly better than our own, but there’s time to change that yet! <br>
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This year, our instructor Mike took the initiative to arrange a Nordic iGEM mini conference! Sadly, none of the Swedish teams were able to come, so in the end it was only us and the team from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). We came to them and had some great lunch before we presented our respective projects. At the time, their presentation was vastly better than our own, but luckily we had time to change that! <br>
After a very long but productive day, we were awarded with an abundance of delicious Chinese food and we spent a very pleasant evening in their company. <br>
After a very long but productive day, we were awarded with an abundance of delicious Chinese food and we spent a very pleasant evening in their company. <br>
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We've been awfully busy over the summer!
We've been awfully busy over the summer!
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