Roles in our Team

Throughout the project, the team is usually divided up into multiple sub-teams: Dry lab, Wet lab, Human Practices, Outreach, Social Media and Design, Wiki, Legal and Finance. During the application process, you will be asked to indicate your preferred sub-teams. The tasks listed below give a general indication of your tasks for the project duration. Keep in mind that collaborations between various sub-teams are possible and even necessary for a successful, cohesive iGEM project, hence you will not be limited to the tasks listed under a given position offer. If you would like to be the manager of a certain subteam, please specify this in the application form. Keep in mind that when applying for a manager position, you are the final responsible for that specific project part.

Team Leader

• Responsible for the team’s participation in iGEM competition: communicating with the iGEM organization, keeping track of the administrative documents, keeping track of deadlines, etc.  
• Keeping track of activities within the team; overview of project progression and accomplishments and redirecting where necessary  
• People management of your team (motivating, coaching and solving internal problems)  
• Organizing team meetings, meetings with academic and industry experts and meetings with potential sponsors (in close collaboration with the finance team) 

Dry Lab

• Mathematical modelling of different concepts within the project  
• Developing and building new hardware or software based on the project as part of the prototype and proof-of-concept 
• Data and statistical analysis of results  

• Bio-informatics and computation modelling  
• Knowledge in two or more of the following: Matlab, CAD, Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Electronics  

Wet Lab

• Planning experiments of wet lab, preparing protocols, designing genetic circuits/plasmids 
• Coordinating safety in- and outside the lab, controlling good laboratory behaviour and ensuring clean working environments 
• Studying literature to find new innovative concepts, established protocols, etc. 
• Working together with lab assistants, PhD students, other academic groups, etc. 
• Interpreting and analyzing results from the wet lab and coordinating with dry lab members for the modelling of these results
• keeping track of stock, updating the logbook, etc.  
• Ordering of (biological) materials
• Biosafety:
  
  • Develop the team's strategy on biosafety and ethics
  • Watch over all activities to align with local standards and guidelines

Legal & Financial

Finance

• Budgeting and bookkeeping  
• Responsible for acquiring financial resources through sponsors, grants, crowdfunding, etc. 
• Networking with industrial, governmental and academic partners and maintaining corporate relationships with stakeholders  

Legal 

• Responsible for the legal activities regarding the iGEM Leuven non-profit organization 
• Drafting contracts for future sponsors and setting up collaborations with industrial partners 
• Responsible for GDPR  

Social Media and Design

• Monitor publicity for the iGEM team through various channels 
• Maintaining and updating the website and social media 
• Increasing the visibility of the team and sponsors (articles, scientific & industry events, promotional videos, press, etc.) 
• Design of graphics for the Outreach team
• Design of posters, flyers, banners, merchandise, etc.
• Video editing for the promotion video, presentation video and potentially other videos
• Design of project logo, Design of scientific poster and presentation for the Giant Jamboree
• Skilled in Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
  

Outreach

• Organizing annual events (meet-ups, partner events, recruitment events, etc)
• Being present at events of other organisations
• Educational activities (classroom visits, STEM workshops etc.)
• Work together with Integrated Human Practices for specific stakeholders in sustainability and inclusivity.
• Collaborating with other iGEM teams
• Interacting with schools, government and industry to promote the field of STEM.

Integrated Human Practices

• Exploring the project’s social relevancy by contacting and collaborating with stakeholders on all levels 
  
• Interacting with stakeholders, experts and partners to gather information to strengthen your project.

Wiki

• Building a wiki for the team: this is a website to show the world and the judges what your project is about. 
• Web developement: building a website using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and JavaScript. 
• Writing about the different aspects of the project in an appealing way. 
• Designing the look of the website and making it accessible to all.