1. The I nternational G enetically E ngineered M achine competition http://2015.igem.org/

2. http://2009.igem.org/ What is it all about?  Prestigeous SynBio competition for student teams from leading universities worldwide.  Goal: Develop novel biological devices and systems based on standardised genetic building blocks (so-called BioBricks). The Team  Interdisciplinary team of 5-15 under- or overgraduate students  Ideally theoreticians (mathematics, (bio)informatics, physics) + experimentalists (molecular biology)  2-4 supervisors, with at least one faculty member (professor) The Challenge  Teambuilding  Development of a cool scientific project in the realm of Synthetic Biology  Fundraising (~ € 40.000!) + public relations (flyers, posters, public discussions, webpage, presse, etc.)  Realization of the molecular biology experiments („wet lab“)  Modelling of the system („dry lab“)  Presentation of the results (poster, talk) at the iGEM „Jamboree“ in Boston (USA) That means  6 month of „blood, sweat and tears“ (and lot‘s of fun!) in parallel to normal curriculum (Feb – Oct)  Ideal and early „full throttle“ insight into „REAL“ research  Inspiration for scientific thinking and working  Potentially even a scientific publication!  Networking for your scientific career http://2015.igem.org/

3. http://2012.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich

4. http://2013.igem.org/Team:TU-Munich

5. http://2014.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich

6. in Munich – a success story: 2012 2013 2014

7. ... And YOU in 2016?? Interested?? Write an e-mail to Dr. Beate Hafner, coordinator of GRK2062 at grk2062@bio.lmu.de including the following: grk2062@bio.lmu.de your name and affiliation field of study, number of semesters motivation and special expertise for iGEM deadline: October 25, 2015