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Strategic Process Biotechnology 2020+
The Strategic Process Biotechnology 2020+ was hosted by the German Ministry of Education and Research in July 2011. This strategic meeting is organized every year. The purpose is to bring research facilities, companies and politicians together to discuss the development of biotechnology and synthetic biology in Germany in the next ten years.
The day started with an introduction from State Secretary Dr. Helge Braun and talks from different industry representatives. In the late morning we participated with a poster presentation together with this year's iGEM Bielefeld Team as well as the last year's Freiburg and Weimar-Heidelberg Arts Teams.
Throughout the poster presentation we had many interesting talks about iGEM. We discussed our idea with various people in terms of potential and application. Different thoughts were proposed about the project and about the Microviridin cluster. The feedback was great and encouraging. We also gave an interview to biotechnology.tv to promote our concept to a wide range of people (see youtube video below).
The lunch break was followed by a podium discussion about the scientific advantages which have been made throughout the past year. Highlights were presented and discussed by the speakers. In the afternoon several workshops took place. In the relaxed atmosphere novel applications and innovations were designed in role plays. It seemed that the search for novel natural therapeutics is a main focus in the arising decade of biotechnology in Germany.
This poster presentation on the Strategic Process Biotechnology 2020+ was a great opportunity and we are very thankful for all the ideas and new impressions. We would like to thank everybody and especially wish all the best for the iGEM Bielefeld Team.
biotechnologie.tv
Press Report
University of Potsdam (German)
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/pm/news/archiv/up/date/2011/07/04/2011-135.html
