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This notebook gives a brief overview of the activities of the UGent iGEM team. For more detailed information regarding labwork or human outreach, take a look at:

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October - June

• October 24: First meeting
• getting to know each other
• start brainstorming
• November 19: the start of our search for sponsors
• December 18: first ideas for our subject
• February 7: we have a Facebook page!
• February 14: our Twitter account is active
• February 19: we have a subject: "A new model for chromosomal evolution: Eliminating antibiotic resistance" it is! Now we can start writing our literature study
• March 2: information stand @ Open House Day at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent (Human Outreach)
  


• April 15: making of the protocols
• April 27: photo shoot
• first group picture



• June 3: our literature study is finished!
  


• June 25: presentation of our project for a jury

July

• July 4-7: flyer and survey @ Rock Werchter (Human Outreach)
  


• July 23, 24 and 25: introduction in the lab
• learning some basic principles
• general preparation
• July 24: Our colleagues from Leuven are joining us today to exchange some ideas!
  


• July 26 and 28 flyer and survey @ 'Gentse Feesten' (Human Outreach)
  

August

• August 1:
• introduction Clone Manager
• learning about the safety in the lab
• August 5:
• First day in the lab!
• soil sample was sent to the Norwich team
• August 8: we went shopping for team shirts
  


• August 13:
  • evacuation of the lab
    
  
  
  • we are registered for the Regional Jamboree in Lyon!
• Human outreach: flyer and survey
• August 15-17 @ Pukkelpop
• August 20:
• our poster is up at the Ghent Biobased Economy Summer School at our faculty
  


• we went to the debate “Biobased economy: dream or reality?” and handed out some surveys
  


• August 22: we went to a lecture on moral disgust by Johan Braeckman
• August 29: group picture
  


• Labwork

September

• September 3: group dinner
• September 3-12: Do you wonder how we are able to survive these long iGEM days? The answer is simple: food, food, food!
  


• September 11: we went out for a drink with Prof. Dr. Filip Buekens to talk about ethics
• September 19: we visited Leuven and went to the debate about synthetic biology organized by the team from Leuven