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From 2011.igem.org

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One of the things I like the most about biology is how incredibly complex it is. And I don’t mean complex as in difficult to understand, but as in how vast the subject is. I’ve often thought how fascinating it must have been to be a scientist 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago, when all the great findings we now take for granted were still undiscovered. A thrilling thought, but also irrelevant as there are still innumerable discoveries waiting to be made by us. Even though we’re clarifying our basis of knowledge little by little - which means becoming more and more specialized - biology still offers a huge amount of challenges to undertake. I think that’s the reason I know researching biology is my vocation, the sheer size of the subject matter and something which occurred naturally – by chance - on our planet.

One of the most demanding areas nowadays is Synthetic Biology, using the intricacies of life systems for our own purpose. That’s why I harbour great expectations concerning the iGEM. A universal, standardised method of building biological circuits may represent the basis of an explosion of creativity in the field of synthetic biology. We’re about to live through a historical era, which seems to me even more exciting than the innovations made in molecular biology and genetic engineering during the last century.

I’m currently studying Biochemistry at the Faculty of Biology in the University of Seville, after having completed the first three years of a biology degree.