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Hi, I am Aysegul Dede. I am a third year student at Biology Departmant of METU. I am the newest member of the team , i am generally called as ‘Hey intern’. Although I joined the team afterwards, all members gave me a huge hug and they encouraged me to catch up their knowlage level. I joined the team since I’ve always wanted to solve both environmental and humanity problems via biology. Thanks to IGEM, I have lab experiences which help me not only in my courses but also will help me in my future studies. IGEM helps me to fulfill my dreams.

Hi,

I’m Oğuz, it is my second year in iGEM now. Long story short, I love synthetic biology! I love being in a lab, I love presenting a new area and fascinating people while I explain what I do in my free time. Let’s be honest, iGEM is (!) the most time consuming and energy draining thing on Earth. But and that but is important, the feeling of accomplishing something is so fulfilling, iGEM work and the Jamboree’s are so much fun that you cannot let it go anymore.

See you all again next year folks, until then lets have a blast of a time in both the lab work and during the jamboree!

Ekin SAĞLICAN
Hi, I am a senior in the department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in Middle East Technical University. I have also a minor program in Logic and Philosophy of Science in the department of Philosophy. This is my second year in IGEM. I learned lots of things that i could not even imagine last year and. I expect nothing less from this year. We are more experienced now and we have many talented newcomers this year. This competition is a great opportunity to understand synthetic biology as a discipline and and funniest way to doing science.

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I' m Hakan TAŞKIRAN, a third year student at  the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department in METU. This is my first year in iGEM and at the beginning I wanted to contribute my team in the lab work but now I' m the designer, scenarist, director, and party organizer of our team. I do not complain about my job because I think it is the best part of the iGEM competition. I see iGEM as a tool to reach the people who don't know what science really is and how fun it can be. Also, iGEM gives us an opportunity to do eco-friendly science and make our earth a little bit better place to live. with my team what they did and want to do i hope people will understand the purpose of science and scientist and they will be more open to science and become more aware about our environment.

Hello dear iGEMers,

 it's Ilkem Kumru here. I am a sophomore student in Biology Department of Middle East Technical University. This is my first year in iGEM. I take part in Wet Lab, Human Practice, Modeling and everything else. I always wanted to be even a small piece of biological sciences from my childhood. I am extremely happy to take place in METU iGEM team, where everyone works with enthusiasm and excitement to discover new frontiers. A biology laboratory where we work iGEM is the place where I can live and work till death, and it is also the only place where I feel myself as immortal as my love of science.

Irmak SUBAŞI

Wetlab and Human Practise.

Hello everyone! I’m Irmak a freshman from Environmental Engineering in METU. Also I’m working on granule sludge in microbiology labrotory as an assistant in my department . This is my first year in iGEM team as a wetlab worker and as a director of the videos for our human practise works and also researcher for improving projects.Although ı’m studying engineer , I’ve always been interested in biology and last year ı’ve heard about the synthetic biology which is very interesting for me.So, I’m here  and so happy to be here. Dealing with the serious problems in the world, and trying to solve them, learning new things every single day and applying them into academic lifeby  leading our wise seniors... This is how we are in our team, and this is what ı want to do in my life always.

Hi ! I’m Mehmet Nizamoğlu from METU iGEM 2013 Team, second year Molecular Biology and Genetics student at METU. Although it was hard to decide to take part in this competition team and it took hours to be convinced, right now I’m in almost every part in our team: Human Practise, Wet-Lab, Funding and whatever left. I’m in because iGEM is a perfect opportunity to take responsibility and expand your knowledge by yourself. While working on this project, you are nearly on your own, nobody to ask, nobody to blame and nobody to save you. You learn to learn, so your friends can ask you, you learn to take responsibility, so you friends can blame you and you learn to act without a command, so you can save time and what needs to be saved. That is the soul for iGEM, and I believe I have it – so here I am.

Hi, I'm Samet Albayrak, a senior student at Molecular Biology and Genetics department in METU. Being in iGem  team requires huge amount of dedication and lots of hard work. But in the end I hope it will pay off. I always wanted to make a difference and change something in the world. With the almost endless energy I have, if used properly, I think I can do that. I also love working in lab. I even love my lab coat, thinking about giving a name to it :) And here's iGEM, the best and the most fun opportunity to do everything i want I've ever came across.

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