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Dear reader,
Welcome back to the second issue of our monthly iGEM newsletter! It’s getting hotter and hotter outside and a weird period of stressful exams and internships is coming to an end. That can only mean one thing: the summer is approaching fast. In this issue, we will update you about our lab opportunities in the light of COVID-19 and the rest of our achievements. Enjoy reading!
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To have a first look at our pre-Wiki, click the button below! |
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The Team: Aukje, Tom and Violette |
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Our Miniseries Micronicles |
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iGEM Symposium: Global Challenges |
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A special thanks to our main sponsor: Itility |
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Every month, three members of the iGEM Leiden 2020 team will be introduced in our newsletter. They will shortly introduce themselves and discuss how they are perceiving the iGEM competition. Read below about Aukje, Tom and Violette! |
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Aukje Beers
Wiki Manager
"My name is Aukje, I am the wiki manager of Leiden iGEM 2020. I am currently juggling finishing my degree in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences and simultaneously working on iGEM. This can be intense sometimes but it is lots of fun. We have had a number of setbacks this year because of the crisis that will not be named. However, we are not giving up! In science it is common to encounter setbacks and it is up to you to take on the challenge in order to excel!"
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Tom Langelaar
Finance Manager
"Hi! I am Tom Langelaar, second-year bachelor student Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences. I am a very competitive, goal-oriented person that is always looking for a challenge. This is why iGEM is such a good fit for me because it combines all this. As the Finance Manager, I am responsible for funding and expenses. However, I still have enough time to work on other parts of the project. I am excited about the future since I believe in this project and its potential." |
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Violette Defourt
Public Engagement Manager
"Hi, my name is Violette and I am from Brussels, Belgium. I am currently doing a masters in Biomedical Sciences in Leiden. When I finished my bachelor in Maastricht, my university was about to start the very first iGEM team, and that was when I decided I would seize the opportunity to join an iGEM team whenever the chance would present itself! I am the Public Engagement manager of our team, which enables me to share my passion for biology and express my creativity in every possible way!"
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OUR MINISERIES MICRONICLES |
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During the past month, we have released the first part of our educative miniseries ‘Micronicles’. In Micronicles, we cover several elements within (synthetic) biology. Our first lesson ‘Biology, the basics’ has started quite simple and tackled basic biology, presented by Violette. Questions like ‘what is DNA?’ were answered and the so-called central dogma of biology was discussed. We hope you have enjoyed our first video! If you still wish to view it, the videos may be found on our Facebook page and our Instagram feed in our IGTV section.
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iGEM SYMPOSIUM: GLOBAL CHALLENGES |
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Our team will organize a symposium on the 1st of August, inviting three other iGEM teams to present several aspects of their project. They will go in detail about the problem, their proposed solution and their plans for the lab. The symposium is meant for a broad audience, both including iGEMmers and non-iGEMmers, so feel free to join! Further details will be communicated via our social media pages. If you wish to be updated by email about the details, send us a message!
We will provide a short introduction on synthetic biology beforehand. With this composition of the symposium, we hope to offer you a diverse spectrum of different iGEM projects. |
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Team Rochester NY, United States of America
Working on the detection of biomarkers for endometriosis in menstrual effluent. By making the diagnostic simple, affordable and dependent on an excreted biological sample, they hope more women get diagnosed sooner and in a more comfortable and convenient way, since the current standard is laparoscopy. |
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Team Aalto-Helsinki, Finland
Working on presence of pharmaceuticals in water recourses, a great concern worldwide due to their persistence in nature and they are proven to have a significant negative impact on the environment. For now, only laboratories containing special equipment are capable of detecting pharmaceuticals in low concentrations and the process is rather time-consuming and expensive.
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Team FBC-UANL, Mexico
Working on the production of an ecofriendly alternative to fluorosurfactants, currently used in traditional firefighting foams. Their aim is to protect wildlife and reduce production costs, making the foam affordable for underfunded fire departments. The foam will be developed from frog species-derived particles. |
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We hope to organize a symposium day with a theme focussing on ‘local challenges’ as well, somewhere at the end of August or the beginning of September. |
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR |
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We are proud to welcome Itility as our main sponsor! Their support will help us achieve our goals. This data science company helps a widespread of businesses, such as KPN, obvion and ASML, to reach their potential using data.
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"At Itility we merge technology and data to go one step beyond.
We are a consultancy team with data experts, cloud experts, and IT professionals."
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We would like to thank Itility again for their support of Rapidemic!
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Every month, we provide a quick quiz question for you! This weeks question:
What is prophylaxis?
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A) The way a virus binds and enters a human cell. |
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B) Developing a weakened gut flora after antibiotics use. |
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C) Actions taken to prevent a disease. |
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The correct answer for this question may be found under the paragraph "Social Media", right below. |
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If you are interested in a more in-depth experience surrounding our team and project, please follow us on one of our social media platforms! They will contain regular updates of the project, fun facts and quizzes, and other worthwhile information. Thank you! |
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Correct answer: C! Prophylaxis is a way of preventing diseases, by taking action or a treatment, protecting yourself from acquiring (infectious) diseases. An example is getting vaccinated, flossing your teeth or washing your hands very often (as you probably do now)! |
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Dear reader,
Welcome back to the third issue of our monthly iGEM newsletter! We have been working hard this past month, getting closer and closer to our two weeks of lab time in August. Since this year our dry lab days are more essential than ever before, we have been working hard at our new office space. We have been busy with organizing our symposium, working on Human Practices, programming and a lot more. This month, we have attended the Benelux meetup as well, along every other Dutch team.
This issue will cover an introduction to three team members, our iGEM symposium, our new workspace at PLNT, the Benelux meetup and a new sponsor! Do not forget to do our little quiz at the end.
Enjoy reading!
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The Team: Marijn, Kelly and Tijn |
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iGEM Symposium: Global Goals |
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Every month, three members of the iGEM Leiden 2020 team will be introduced in our newsletter. They will shortly introduce themselves and discuss how they are perceiving the iGEM competition. Read below about Sebastian, Kelly and Tijn! |
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Marijn ten Brink
Data Analysis Manager
"Hi all! My name is Marijn, first-year student of the master program Life Science and Technology. I am the data analysis manager of our team. This role will soon take its form when we start our experiments in the lab and generate data! But the coolest thing about iGEM is that you can learn in a lot of different areas, some of which I would not have come across without the project; from modelling and experimental design to entrepreneurship and interviewing skills, and many more!"
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Kelly van Strien
Programming Manager
"Hi! My name is Kelly and I am the programming manager of the iGEM Leiden team, which means I’m responsible for the code that will create our Wiki. I wanted to learn new things and be challenged in different ways than my current Bachelor, Biomedical Sciences, could provide. Now because of iGEM I’m learning a ton of new things. I’ve learned, for example, how to be creative with code!"
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Tijn Delzenne
Design Manager
"Hi there, I am Tijn! I study both Biology and Art History, with the coming year being the start of my masters Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology. Currently, I work as the Design Manager of iGEM Leiden 2020. While I am the head of design, which makes me responsible for the more visual aspects of the project like the logo, there is enough room for me to engage in more scientific parts of the project. This versatility is what initially drew me to participate in the iGEM competition." |
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iGEM SYMPOSIUM: GLOBAL GOALS |
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On August 1st, we organise our first iGEM symposium: Global Goals. This theme adresses several issues concerning people from all countries. We have invited three international iGEM teams to speak about several aspects of their project. They will go into detail about the problem, their proposed solution and their plans for the lab.
Our symposium is meant for a broad audience with both iGEMmers and non-iGEMmers. Even if you do not have a background in science, you are more than welcome to join! We provide a short introduction by Violette at the start, to get everyone on the same page. With the composition of the symposium, we believe that we offer you a diverse spectrum of different iGEM projects.
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Sign up by filling in our Google Form above to receive the link for the Zoom room 1 hour before the symposium!
A short description of our symposium program:
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Introduction on SynBio
16:30 (CEST)
We will provide a short introduction on synthetic biology, presented by the moderator of the event: Violette Defourt |
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Team FBC-UANL, Mexico
16:45 (CEST)
Working on the production of an ecofriendly alternative to fluorosurfactants, currently used in traditional firefighting foams. Their aim is to protect wildlife and reduce production costs, making the foam affordable for underfunded fire departments. The foam will be developed from frog species-derived particles. |
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Team Aalto-Helsinki, Finland
17:10 (CEST)
Working on presence of pharmaceuticals in water recourses, a great concern worldwide due to their persistence in nature and they are proven to have a significant negative impact on the environment. For now, only laboratories containing special equipment are capable of detecting pharmaceuticals in low concentrations and the process is rather time-consuming and expensive.
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Team Rochester NY, United States of America
17:35 (CEST)
Working on the detection of biomarkers for endometriosis in menstrual effluent. By making the diagnostic simple, affordable and dependent on an excreted biological sample, they hope more women get diagnosed sooner and in a more comfortable and convenient way, since the current standard is laparoscopy. |
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End of the symposium
18:00 (CEST)
There will be room for discussions and questions from the audience to the teams! |
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We hope to see you on the 1st of August at our symposium! |
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You might have heard or seen it: from now on, we are working in an office space provided by PLNT! PLNT is the Leiden center for innovation and entrepreneurship, offering an active community, a diverse network, up-to-date knowledge and flexible work spaces. This provides startups a helping hand in their first phases.
We are very thankful that PLNT is hosting us! Since we are not allowed to work at the Sylvius building from the University, they provide us a way to work as a team more effectively, instead of working individually from home.
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At the moment, we are not only preparing our short labperiod, but also working on other important tasks. This includes organising our symposium, generating mathematical models fitting with our project, setting up a business model and making educative videos for our miniseries Micronicles. Also, we are spending a lot of time in managing our Human Practices.
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We are happy to see each other in such a setting and our project is keeping us more busy than ever before. Also, Thursday evening drinks are a nice team building activity on itself!
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From 22nd to 25th of July, we have attended the Benelux Meetup, organized by iGEM Groningen. Each day was filled with team presentations, webinars and fun activities. On the Friday, Violette presented our Rapidemic team presentation and Amber hosted a fun activity with a Google Maps Hunt.
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Several iGEM-experienced judges were present to provide feedback to our project. We got to see a glimpse of all Dutch projects, since all iGEM teams from the Netherlands were attending the meetup. |
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Every month, we provide a quick quiz question for you! This week we have two questions to test you!
Extremophiles are a special group of bacteria that thrive in extreme conditions, such as under very high pressure, in very hot or in very acidic surroundings. The bacterium
Deinococcus radiodurans is part of this special group.
Where do you think this bacterium would feel at home?
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A) In the center of a volcano. |
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C) Right under the Arctic ice. |
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Microscopic image from the bacterium
Deinococcus radiodurans. |
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And now for our second questions, also about bacteria:
Which of the following does a bacterium not contain?
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The correct answers for this questions may be found under the paragraph "Social Media", right below. |
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If you are interested in a more in-depth experience surrounding our team and project, please follow us on one of our social media platforms! They will contain regular updates of the project, fun facts and quizzes, and other worthwhile information. Thank you! |
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Correct answer: 1-C!
D. radiodurans is one of the most radiation-resistant bacterium known. But aside high radiation loads, this bacterial strain can also resist high cold, dehydration, vacuum and acid. It was even elected as the world's toughest bacteria by the Guiness Book of World Records.
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Correct answer: 2-B! Mitochondria are famously known as the 'powerhouse' of animal and plant cells. Bacteria do not contain these organelles. Instead, bacteria produce energy by pumping ions through their cell membrane to create a gradient and generate energy. Smart! Don't you think?
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Thanks to our sponsor Itility |
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August Working the wet lab
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Dear reader,
Welcome back to the fourth issue of our monthly iGEM newsletter! The Jamboree dates are set and getting closer and closer, bringing much excitement to the team, but also maybe some… stress? During this month, we have been working hard in small groups in the lab, which we will update you about shortly.
This issue will cover once again an introduction to three team members, the Giant Jamboree dates and an update on the lab. Also, Violette and Joey have visited Zavin, a hospital waste disposal company, which we will discuss. A little while ago, the second part of our miniseries Micronicles came out, which you can find in this issue. Also, in September, we will give a lecture about our project and our crowdfunding period will start! Lastly, we will discuss our previous iGEM symposium and the idea for our next one and we thank our new two sponsors that have contributed to our project.
Enjoy reading!
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The Team: Tim, Joey and Lucy |
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Micronicles: Beautiful Bacteria |
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The Giant Jamboree is set! |
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Every month, three members of the iGEM Leiden 2020 team will be introduced in our newsletter. They will shortly introduce themselves and discuss how they are perceiving the iGEM competition. Read below about Tim, Joey and Lucy! |
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Tim van den Akker
Lab and Safety Manager
"I am Tim van den Akker, a first-year Master student Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology. I joined the Leiden iGEM team this year as their Lab and Safety manager. I chose this role mostly because it both allows me to be involved in the science, but also leaves plenty of room to get involved in some of the other aspects of our project and help shape it into something amazing."
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Joey Meijdam
Human Practices Manager
"Hello everyone! My name is Joey. I am starting my last year as a bachelor’s student studying Molecular Science and Technology. As Human Practices manager, I symbolise the bridge between science and society. I make sure that our product is not just a cool science project, but really has an impact on society and fulfils a need in the market. This is done by shaping our project through the feedback we get from our stakeholders from interviews and meetings."
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Lucy Chong
Design Manager
"Hi! My name is Lucy Chong and I am currently finishing my bachelor degree in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences. I’m a person who says yes to every opportunity, thus I’m a part of the iGEM team Leiden. I say yes to opportunities, whereof I can develop myself, which are mostly new experiences and new challenges. As the finance manager, I am currently setting up the crowdfunding and there is more to it than I thought in the first place. That’s why iGEM is so beautiful, because it gives so much experience in different fields other than science." |
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Labwork will always remain a very important part of iGEM. However, during COVID-19 times, this part is not as self-evident as it was in previous years. Nevertheless, we were very glad to be allowed 4 weeks of labtime, of course under strict COVID-safety measures while working with a maximum of 3 students at a time. Thus, with less man power than what we would have had in a normal situation, we obviously had to figure out what and how to prioritize to still be able to reach some proof of concept for our project. Now, after 4 weeks of lab time, we are very proud to announce that we have successfully achieved a proof of concept, paving the way for the remainder of our project!
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Last week, our team had the chance to meet the operational director of the Dutch medical waste treatment plant Zavin at Dordrecht, Ron Roffel. He gave us an extensive explanation about the treatment plant and their activities.
Besides learning how medical waste is treated, we also discussed whether our project would integrate in the current “golden standard” of disposal of medical waste and whether the commercialization of Rapidemic could present health hazards, beyond the Netherlands. |
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As their company represents the last link in the chain, they were able to provide us insightful comments that we will integrate in the design process, the implementation, use and logistics of the kit and the intended business model.
The funnest part, however, was ofcourse the tour of the facilities!
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MICRONICLES: BEAUTIFUL BACTERIA |
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After a long wait, the second part of our miniseries Micronicles has been released! Lesson 2 will cover everything you will need to know about bacteria! Topics like basic bacteria knowledge, the extreme conditions they can live in and antibiotic resistance are discussed. The video is a Q&A with Dr. Joost van den Brink, interviewed by Violette. We would like to thank him for his effort!
Enjoy Micronicles Lesson 2: Beautiful Bacteria by clicking the video below! |
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THE GIANT JAMBOREE IS SET |
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Last month, the official dates of the Giant Jamboree were published! The Jamboree will consist of nine days, with several subthemes. From November 14-16, the Competition part will take place, in which we will present virtual poster sessions and we can attend workshops and social events. The Community days will take place November 17-20, focussing on the SynBio community; startups, alumni, ambassadors and sponsors. November 21 will be the Contribution day at which we participate in challenge-based workshops and hackathons focused on big topics, like climate action or biosecurity. The last day will be the Celebration day! Here, the exciting award ceremony will take place with the closing ceremony.
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Our crowdfunding will start from the 3rd of September until the 15th of October! During this period, you will have the time to contribute to our Rapidemic project by means of a financial donation. As a tradition, we will have small gifts ready for certain donors. Help us develop a super-fast testing method that can nip future pandemics in the bud. With your support, we can purchase the materials needed to make a prototype of our Rapidemic test kit. We are very excited!
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Are you interested in the iGEM competition and our project? Maybe you are excited to participate in next year’s iGEM competition? Join our online lecture on September 10th at 19:45! We will go in depth about our project, covering different areas like science, human practices, business and public engagement.
Click on the button below to fill in a form for attending our lecture!
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We organized our first iGEM symposium on August 1st, covering several themes applicable all over the world, titled 'Global Goals'. With three presenting teams from the USA, Mexico and Finland, and many more participants, we can agree on the event being successful!
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Below, we have created a world map, depicting from what locations in the world we saw our participants attending. |
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We are planning to organize a second symposium, more focussed on a local theme. We will share more information about this on our social media! |
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IDE GROUP
We would like thank IDE Group for supporting us! They do not only support us financially, but also by sharing their expertise in several meetings. IDE Group focusses on projects that can change lives in a a meaningful way, such as a reliable rapid diagnostic HIV test. They achieve this with their designing, enigineering and entrepreneurial |
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skills. By creating a multidisciplinary team, they have ensured the succes of several projects. Therefore, IDE Groups is a big help in both the design of Rapidemic as well as the buisness steps to potentially bring rapidemic succesfully to the market. This is why IDE Groups is of tremenous value to us and we are looking forward to the upcoming collaborations.
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MERCK
Merck has been supporting iGEM Leiden for several years now. Merck has been working on medicines and vaccines for worldwide diseases. At |
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the moment, they are working on prevention and treatment for diseases lke cancer, infectious diseases, such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases. This year we are pleased to hear that Merck has extended their generosity to iGEM Leiden 2020. This way we can order twice as much equipment from Merck to achieve our goals. Thanks again for supporting our team! |
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Every month, we provide a quick quiz question for you! This week we have two questions to test you!
Which of the following ones, is not a bacterium?
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There are 4 types of Influenza viruses, that cause disease in the respiratory tract. Only of which A, B and C can infect humans. The Influenza A seasonal viruses that break out yearly are named and classified according to the structure of the virus. More specifically, you may have noticed that the viruses are called after two proteins that differ in each of the strains, for instance H1N1 or H2N3. But do you know what these letters stand for?
But do you know what these letters stand for?
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A) Haminidine and neuromase. |
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B) Hemoglobin and nitrase. |
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C) Hemagglutinin and neuraminidase. |
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D) Hemanin and neutrodase. |
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The correct answers for this questions may be found under the paragraph "Social Media", right below. |
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If you are interested in a more in-depth experience surrounding our team and project, please follow us on one of our social media platforms! They will contain regular updates of the project, fun facts and quizzes, and other worthwhile information. Thank you! |
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Correct answer: 1-B! Candida albicans is a yeast.This means that this microorganism is not a prokaryote, but a eukaryote instead (the same domain as mammalian cells). They are found in the majority of humans and are commensal, which means that they usually do ot cause disease.
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Correct answer: 2-C! The hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins are the protrusions found on the outer shell of the virus. They enable the attachment and entry of the virus into the mammalian cell.
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Thanks to our sponsors Itility, Merck and IDE. |
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September From sunny to a freezing deadline
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FROM SUNNY TO A FREEZING DEADLINE |
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Dear reader,
First of all, we want to give a warm welcome to our new subscribers, registered via our crowfunding. Thank you for donating! If you wish to unsubscribe, please click the "unsubscribe" link at the end of the newsletter.
We welcome you back to the fifth issue of our monthly iGEM newsletter! With everybody starting their academic year again and the Giant Jamboree approaching, the team members are more busy than ever! All the progress we have made over the last couple of months is being packed together and processed into Wiki pages as we speak. This year, the iGEM Wiki Freeze is planned for October 27th.
Apart from creating our Wiki, we have been incredibly busy with setting up our crowdfunding, which we will go into detail about in this issue. Also, we have submitted our first deliverable and we are organizing the second edition of our iGEM symposium! Enough to do!
Enjoy reading!
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The team: Güniz, Sinisha, Sebastian |
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iGEM Symposium "Local goals" |
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Every month, three members of the iGEM Leiden 2020 team will be introduced in our newsletter. They will shortly introduce themselves and discuss how they are perceiving the iGEM competition. Read below about Güniz, Sinisha and Sebastian! |
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Güniz Özer Bergman
Entrepreneurship & Product Manager
"I am Güniz Bergman and I just am in my Master's. In the first year of my bachelor's degree, I stumbled upon iGEM. Ever since, it had been my dream to participate, which I managed to do this year! As the Entrepreneurship and Product Manager I set up the basis for the patent we are trying to get right now, as well as the foundation for a business plan."
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Sinisha Jovikj
Experimental Design Manager
"Hi! My name is Sinisha Jovikj and I am second year Biomedical Sciences master student at Leiden University Medical Center. I was born and raised in North Macedonia, but in quest for cancer therapeutics I moved to Netherlands for my bachelor’s and master’s degree. I love science and therefore accept scientific challenges, thus I joined the iGEM team Leiden. As Experimental Manager, I was involved in the experimental design and performing the experiments. Currently, we are working on finishing the results page for the Wiki, an interesting page, since it reflects the work done in the summer."
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Sebastian Tandar
Modelling Manager
"Hi! My name is Sebastian Tandar and I have just started the master Biomedical Sciences. I believe that a good iGEM project is aimed at solving an existing issue, while at the same time, providing a platform for its thinkers to persue an ambition. As I can say right now, I believe we are doing quite well with that. Therefore, I am curious to see what this year's iGEM project will bring further along. On this project, I am working as the modelling manager. But besides that, I am involved in other science-related tasks."
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Do you want to support us and our project? With your support, we can purchase the materials we need to make a prototype or our Rapidemic test kit! We have set up a crowdfunding, which will end October 15th. Already more than 50% of our goal has been reached and we are incredibly happy. However, a 100% would be an amazing result!
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Check out our crowdfunding page below:
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Last Friday, we submitted the Promotion Video we made for our project. This means that our first deliverable is now at iGEM HQ! We are very proud of our result, which you can watch below:
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If you are new to the iGEM concept, you might not fully understand what the so-called Wiki means. No worries! It is simply the website each team has to build, providing all the information about their project. Aukje and Kelly are in charge of making this website, as Aukje is working on the planning of all the pages and Kelly is working on the programming part.
Our Wiki website will contain all kinds of important information, about the project (e.g. description, results), the lab and our experiments, the Human Practices we conducted and general information about our team.
If you wish to see a preview of our Wiki, click the button below!
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Please mind that our Wiki is not finished and will be upgraded to a much better website than you can see right now in the preview. We will tell you when the website is done! For this, iGEM has issued a deadline: October 27th! This is called the 'Wiki Freeze' and is one of the most important deadlines the iGEM competition has. Since often the server is overloaded in the weeks before, we aim to finish our Wiki just before that!
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Join the second edition of our iGEM symposium, themed ‘Local Goals’! The symposium will take place on the 10th of October and again, three teams are invited to present their iGEM project. Since the teams are focussing on local problems, you either will relate to the project or will learn about something entirely new! A incredibly nice way to have a conversation about synthetic biology. |
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Team iGEM UPCH (Peru)
The team from Lima will discuss their project on making local crops resistant against the very cold temperatures that can arise in Peru with the help of antifreeze proteins.
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Team iGEM MSP (the Netherlands)
The team from the Netherlands will share how their project involves genetically engineering a bacterial pesticide to specifically target the oak processionary caterpillar, in an ecofriendly way.
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At the end, there will be room for questions and a conversation between the team members and the audience. Sign up via the button below in our Google Form! |
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We are proud to have the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) as one of our sponsors! Their support will help us achieve our goals and in our career paths as young curious scientists. The education director of the CHDR Jeroen van Smeden gave us advice during one of our meetings. The CHDR is an independent institute that specializes in cutting-edge early-stage clinical drug research. Combining innovative methods and technologies, state-of-the-art facilities, and talented, motivated researchers helps CHDR maximize their clients’ success.
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“We believe that it is every scientist’s responsibility to help educate student researchers and professionals. That is why we openly share our knowledge through collaborations, teaching, and publishing. And of course, this is a two-way street: if we lack specific expertise, we can turn to our extensive network to find the right expert.”
We thank the CHDR for their support!
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This test will not be like previous quizzes. This time, you can find out what kind of microorganism you are!
Which of the following ones, is not a bacterium?
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Q1 My shower in the morning is
• As long and warm as humanly possible - A
• No shower at all, I don't mind my own smell and I don't want to disturb my microbiome - B
• A cold short shower - C
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Q2 My absolute to-go-lunch
• Two slices of bread with cheese - C
• A light salad with plenty of veggies - B
• A very salty, but tasty, broth or vegetable soup - A
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Q3 After work, drink with the friends is always
• A Heineken from the bottle, a good and easy fix - C
• A glass of water, sometimes with a squeeze of lime, because why not? - A
• A nice big glass of red wine - B
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Q4 On vacation I love to go to
• Remote, exotic and unexplored places, like the Danakil desert in Ethiopia or Yellowstone Park in the USA - A
• I don’t mind, I even stay at home as long as I don’t have to work - C
• Just give me some sun, the heat and pleasantly-looking boys/girls - B
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Q5 I could best define my social behaviour as
• I have my set group of friends and I just don’t feel like myself without them - B
• I don’t mind being around people as long as they don’t annoy me - A
• I function best when I’m surrounded by my besties - C
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Check below which microorganism you are! |
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Mostly obtained A:
You’re a Thermus aquaticus!
You enjoy spending time in warm environments, preferably in hot waters where you love to relax. But you are also adventurous and can manage really well to be exposed to challenges. You are good with people but you are also very independant and can take care of yourself. If people ask something of you, you do it without complaining, even when it’s difficult.
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Mainly B’s:
You are soooo Escherichia Coli.
You are always to be spotted out and about and you always come surrounded with your peers, whether it’s in the gut, on the skin or in the nose. Collaboration and team work is your thing. You are so beneficial for the ones around you when you are healthy and balanced. However, if you are not in a good mood, you have the capacity to set off a serious outbreak - watch out!
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Mostly C’s:
Yup, you’re definitely a Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Wherever you are, you love to make things positive and rise. You live for carbs and they make you thrive. Preferably, you’d live where it is warm and cosy but you can also work with colder climates. Your friends appreciate you because you are so predictable and transparent, and you like to be around them.
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