Collaborations
“If you want to go fast - go alone, if you want to go far - go together”. Our team firmly believes that
cooperation and
collaborations of students and researchers all around the world is crucial for developing a sustainable and
inclusive
society, since working together with other teams promotes reciprocal exchange of information, helps generate
new ideas,
provides useful feedback and all kinds of support.
This year, we expanded our professional and social networks by collaborating with different teams from all
around the
world. We welcomed to the iGEM family a newly formed Latvian team, guiding them through their first iGem
journey, thus
launching our mentorship program. We participated in the first ever Baltic Jamboree, where we met in person
and
collaborated with Latvian and Lithuanian teams. We pitched our project idea during this and multiple other
MeetUps and
received useful feedback that helped refine our project.
However, collaboration is not only about science and research. The creation of strong social bonds is as
essential and
important as research collaborations to achieve success. Therefore, together with other iGem teams we created
coloring
comics books for children, created a board game character (spoiler: it's our SpaceYeast), and took a 7-hour
team
building hike in Lithuanian forests together with other two baltic teams. We made new friends and had a lot of
fun!
Overall, our team is deeply integrated into the iGEM community and is very happy to be a part of this vast
network of
talented people from all around the world united by one shared goal to make the world a better place!