I travelled with our iGEM Team to MIT, where we competed in the iGEM Jamboree.


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01fastnfrest
My trip starts
waiting for the taxi at the Kettlebridge Fast 'n' Fresh
02bfast
We have breakfast
at the airport
03oliviaplane
Olivia and I
sit together on the plane
04deflt
We see Delft iGEM
and later find several more teams on the same flight
05circles
Almost to Boston
we go in circles
06tickets
Chris buys us all
tickets for the T
08T
We take the T
09hotel
To our hotel
10foggyboston
Where Boston
is obscured by fog
11friendlytoast
The next morning
we go out for breakfast
12bostonclear
And Boston
is clearly visible
13mitstata
MIT's Stata Center
a central hub for iGEM
14practice
Our team
gives a practice talk
15graffiti
Chris (uniquely sans bowtie)
is convinced...
16crest
To add a St Andrews
graffiti to the board
17jimadd
Jim enhances it
17wholeboard
The graffiti board
notice our graffiti!
18work
We work some more
on the talk
19auditorium
The next morning
we head to the auditorium
20bfast
For breakfast
21intro
And the introduction
22lunch
Over lunch
some last minute preparations
23laser
And then testing
our new laser pointer
24talk
The moment arrives!
The students give our presentation
25pub
Afterwards
we go to the pub with Newcastle
26edinburgh
We show our support
for other Scottish teams: Edinburgh
27aberdeen
And Aberdeen
28newcastle
Plus our friends at
Newcastle
29poster
At the poster session
the students explain our work
30bus
Then yellow school buses
arrive
31happybus
The students love them!
32jillians
They take us
to Jillians for the party
33dancing
Where there is dancing
34pool
And games like pool
35auditorium
The final morning
we gather for the results
36woodbrick
Cambridge, last year's winner, tries
to pass off a wooden BioBrick
37aluminumbrick
But the real one
is revealed
38gold
When the Gold Medal list is shown...
we're on it!!! (look in the middle column, second from the bottom)
39happy1
The team
is happy
40happy2
Very happy
41edinburghmodel
We also see
Edinburgh win Best Model
42sloveniagrandprize
And the Grand Prize
goes to Slovenia, who now holds the BioBrick

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