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Carlos Toscano
Elena Moreno
Though I’ve always been considered a “science girl”, I can’t say my vocation was always Biotechnology. Actually, I didn’t even know of its existence until a year before starting the degree. Undecided between languages, medicine or maths, I eventually chose this new degree, which was apparently challenging and promised lots of further opportunities for research. And what a great discovery! I can’t help but admire how all the different scientific branches intertwine, right down to the deepest element to form a whole that works just like a programmed clock. I was far from imagining to what extent we have managed to gain control over nature on so many levels, especially taking into account how unpredictable, and downright powerful Mother Nature still proves to be. And what’s better is how fascinating and erratic she is even nowadays. As each new year in my degree goes by I keep changing mind about what to do in the future; I guess I may have to keep studying for the rest of my life...
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Pedro Victori
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.
Roberto Martín
Pablo Camino
Marta Pérez
I have loved science since I was a little girl; maybe the documentaries I watched with my mother had something to do with my passion. I was much older when I went to a conference about embryonic stem cells which featured Bernat Soria - a famous Spanish expert in stem cells – talking about their use for the treatment of diabetes, and at that moment I decided that I wanted to devote myself to the study of the smallest and most complex mechanisms found in life.
When I think that all the living organisms that surround us have appeared because of thousands of years of evolution I can’t help feeling dizzy. And there are still so many things left to understand and discover that we will never finish learning. That’s why synthetic biology - taking seemingly disparate pieces of living organisms and fitting them together to make a new whole - is so awesome.
A hundred years ago we didn’t even know what DNA was, so it seems incredible to me that I am participating in such a leading field. I am very proud to be able to contribute to the improvement of technology and further our knowledge in this field. [[User:|Marta]]
Rocío Gaudioso
If I hadn’t been able to study Biotechnology I would have had a serious problem, because I really can’t see myself researching anything else. I love what I do - or what I try to do - I should say, because it’s an extraordinary fusion of all the subjects I liked when I was child. A biotechnologist can cut out, paste onto, turn over or colour anything in GFP green; but most importantly they know why they’re doing it. I don’t know what I’d like to be in the future, each year I discover a new branch of Biology that hooks me more than the previous one, so for now I’m just enjoying the lessons and the practical projects I’m involved in.
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Andrés González
There were myriad reasons why I chose the degree I’m currently studying; and hope to finish soon. Some were obvious and natural to me, others not so much.
I’ve always liked to build new devices from simpler components. Actually, the fact that I all my Lego, Kennex and Mecano pieces fell apart at the age when hair started to appear under my armpits, made me think I needed new, improved pieces to work with. That’s when I first thought about studying Biotechnology.
But for better or worse I didn’t get the marks I need to qualify for Bio-Technology, so I chose the degree that most closely resembled it: Biology. That’s how I began studying little bugs & plants and discovered molecular biology. After 3 years of studying and battling flora and fauna, I decided to start Biochemistry because I didn’t want to make a herbarium and study the vast animal kingdom again. Besides, I would still be in the field of molecular biology. [[User:|Andrés]]