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Strategic Process Biotechnology 2020+

The german Federal Ministry of Educaton and Research manages the Strategic Process Biotechnology 2020+. Together with research organizations and universities the vision is to develop the next generation of biotechnological processes as well as initiate their realization. Every year a highlight congress is organized, where representatives from academia, industry and politics meet to discuss the future of biotechnology. This year parts of the iGEM Team Bielefeld were invited to actively participate and present posters about the 2010 and 2011 projects.

The event began with the address of welcome by State Secretary Dr. Helge Braun, followed by keynote speeches of industry representatives. Afterwards it was time for a coffee break and the poster session of iGEM Teams. Last year’s Freiburg and Weimar-Heidelberg Arts team as well as this year’s Potsdam team were also there so we could team up for the poster session. The iGEM Team Bielefeld was able to present a poster of our 2010 MARSS (Modulated Acetosyringone Receptor Sensor System) project and a poster of our 2011 Cellfree S-layer Based Bisphenol A Biosensor. As the congress was in the beginning of July, we did not present any results of our 2011 project, but showed what our concept and idea is. A lot of people were interested in the concepts of Synthetic Biology, iGEM in general, ethical discussions and the shown projects. Inspired by our posters we had some interesting talks and debates with representatives from academia, industry and politics. The expert audience showed a lot of interest, often asked for more detailed information or even suggested new and different applications for our cell free biosensors. Furthermore we were able to get in touch and share some experience with the other iGEM teams.

The poster sessions was followed by a panel discussion and workshops on the future innovations of biotechnology. During the breaks and workshops we were able to further get in contact with the other participants and promote iGEM.