Team:Edinburgh/projectmain/motivation

From 2009.igem.org

(Difference between revisions)
Line 185: Line 185:
</div>
</div>
<div id=mainmenu>
<div id=mainmenu>
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Overall description </a> </div>
+
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/projectmain/motivation"> Motivation </a> </div>  
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Motivation </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Project positioning </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Research proposal </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Methodology </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Why we differ? </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Deliverables </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> Glance at future </a> </div>
+
-
<div id=menuitem >  <a href="#"> References </a> </div>
+
</div>
</div>
<div id=Edinburghcontainer>
<div id=Edinburghcontainer>
<div id=contentmenu>
<div id=contentmenu>
<ul id="nav" class="dropdown dropdown-horizontal">
<ul id="nav" class="dropdown dropdown-horizontal">
-
  <li><a href="./">Home</a></li>
+
  <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh">Home</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./" class="dir">Project</a>
+
-
  <ul>
+
-
  <li class="dir">Introduction
+
-
<ul>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Overall description</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Motivation</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Project positioning</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Research proposal</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Methodology</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Why we differ?</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Deliverables</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">Glance at the future</a></li>
+
-
<li><a href="./">References</a></li>
+
-
</ul>
+
-
  </li>
+
-
+
-
  <li class="dir">Biology
+
-
    <ul>
+
-
+
-
<li><a href="./">Project overview</a></li>
+
-
    <li><a href="./">Overall design</a></li>
+
-
<li class="dir">Materials&Methods
+
-
  <ul>
+
-
+
-
<li class="dir">Protocols
+
-
    <ul>
+
-
  <li><a href="./">Overall list</a></li>
+
-
  <li><a href="./">Composite Biobricks</a></li>                 
+
-
    </ul>
+
-
    </li>
+
-
   
+
-
<li class="dir">Primers
+
-
    <ul>
+
-
  <li><a href="./">Overall list</a></li>
+
-
      <li><a href="./">TNT Primers</a></li>                 
+
-
    </ul>
+
-
    </li>
+
-
+
-
  </ul>
+
-
</li>
+
-
<li class="dir">Biobricks
+
  <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28overalldescription%29" class="dir">Biology</a>
-
      <ul>
+
  <ul>
-
  <li><a href="./">Submitted parts</a></li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28overalldescription%29">Overall Description and Design</a></li>
-
  <li><a href="./">Characterization</a></li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28tntsensing%29">TNT-Sensing Pathway</a></li>
-
  </ul>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28nitritenitratesensing%29">Nitrite/Nitrate-Sensing Pathway</a></li>
-
</li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28biobricks%29">Biobrick Parts</a></li>
-
             
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28results%29">Results</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Failed ideas</a></li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28solvedproblems%29">Problem Solving and Tips</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Results</a></li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28materialsandmethods%29">Materials and Methods</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Conclusions</a></li>
+
     <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/biology%28references%29">References</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">References</a></li>
+
  </ul>
-
     </ul>
+
  </li>
-
</li>
+
-
    <li class="dir">Modelling</li>
+
  <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28overalldescription%29" class="dir">Modelling</a>
-
     <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Notebook">Notebook</a></li>
+
  <ul>
-
     <li class="dir">Real world application</li>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28overalldescription%29">Overall Description</a></li>
-
+
     <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28generegulatorynetwork%29">Gene Regulatory Network</a></li>
 +
     <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28reallifemodelling%29">Real Life Modelling</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/reallifeapplication%28scaleup%29">Scale Up</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28results%29">Results</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/modelling%28references%29">References</a></li>
   </ul>
   </ul>
   </li>
   </li>
-
+
 
-
   <li><a href="./">Project related</a></li>
+
   <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/ethics%28introduction%29" class="dir">Underlying Philosophy</a>
-
       
+
    <ul>
-
   <li><a href="./" class="dir">Team</a>
+
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/ethics%28publicperception%29">Public Perception</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/ethics%28legislationissues%29">Legislation issues</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/ethics%28biosafety%29">Biosafety</a></li>
 +
    <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/ethics%28religiousperception%29">Religious Perception</a></li>
 +
    </ul>
 +
  </li>
 +
 
 +
   <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28introduction%29" class="dir">Informatics</a>
 +
    <ul>
 +
      <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28introduction%29">Introduction</a></li>
 +
      <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28conceptsandtechnology%29">Concepts and Technologies</a></li>
 +
      <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28globetutorial%29">Globe Tutorial</a></li>
 +
      <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28igemwikhacks%29">iGEM WIKI Hacks</a></li>
 +
      <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/newinformatics%28conclusions%29">Conclusions</a></li>
 +
    </ul>
 +
  </li>
 +
 
 +
  <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Notebook">Notebook</a></li>
 +
 
 +
  <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28teammembers%29" class="dir">Team</a>
   <ul>
   <ul>
-
<li class="empty">Introduction</li>
+
<li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28teammembers%29">Team Members</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Team introduction</a></li>
+
<li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28advisors%29">Advisors</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Edinburgh University</a></li>
+
<li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28supervisors%29">Supervisors</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Team members</a></li>
+
        <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28gallery%29">Gallery</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Advisors</a></li>
+
        <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28contacts%29">Contacts</a></li>
-
<li><a href="./">Supervisors</a></li>
+
        <li><a href="https://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/team%28acknowledgements%29">Acknowledgements</a></li>
   </ul>
   </ul>
   </li>
   </li>
-
       
 
-
  <li><a href="./">Gallery</a></li>
 
-
  <li><a href="./">Sponsors</a></li>
 
-
  <li><a href="./">Acknowledgements</a></li>
 
-
  <li><a href="./">Contacts</a></li>
 
</ul>
</ul>
         </div>
         </div>
Line 303: Line 272:
<div id="text" style="margin-left:20px;margin-top:10px;padding-bottom:15px;">
<div id="text" style="margin-left:20px;margin-top:10px;padding-bottom:15px;">
-
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent nec nisi nec elit volutpat sollicitudin. Sed cursus venenatis egestas. In mollis vehicula dictum. Sed id lacus vitae tortor commodo pharetra porttitor ut purus. Nullam euismod urna at felis accumsan sit amet viverra leo fermentum. Phasellus ac molestie sapien. In in neque purus. Cras eget lorem arcu. Aliquam ornare tellus vel nisi commodo molestie. Aliquam aliquet magna nisl. Quisque velit nulla, adipiscing ut sagittis id, luctus viverra leo. Nam nunc nisl, euismod eu dignissim nec, eleifend ut augue. Phasellus tempor condimentum ipsum, ut molestie lorem suscipit vel. Nulla luctus turpis eget neque facilisis eget sodales ante tincidunt. Praesent congue lobortis mollis. Maecenas non augue id mi dignissim luctus. Donec quis volutpat lectus. Mauris condimentum sodales luctus.
 
-
 
-
Nulla nec mauris sapien, eget gravida quam. Fusce vulputate risus eget diam elementum vel mattis nisi sagittis. Vivamus eget enim a nisl imperdiet aliquet commodo eget turpis. Aliquam nec mi ac neque tincidunt facilisis fringilla at sapien. Praesent in justo vel turpis hendrerit suscipit. Nullam nec magna leo, sed vulputate quam. Aliquam sollicitudin hendrerit erat at eleifend. Vivamus tincidunt felis vitae metus suscipit non volutpat neque tempus. Phasellus sagittis accumsan tellus, vitae pharetra ligula rhoncus vitae.
 
-
 
-
<br /><br />
 
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="100%" height="430px">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="100%" height="430px">
Line 316: Line 280:
</object>
</object>
-
<br /><br />
 
-
 
-
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent nec nisi nec elit volutpat sollicitudin. Sed cursus venenatis egestas. In mollis vehicula dictum. Sed id lacus vitae tortor commodo pharetra porttitor ut purus. Nullam euismod urna at felis accumsan sit amet viverra leo fermentum. Phasellus ac molestie sapien. In in neque purus. Cras eget lorem arcu. Aliquam ornare tellus vel nisi commodo molestie. Aliquam aliquet magna nisl. Quisque velit nulla, adipiscing ut sagittis id, luctus viverra leo. Nam nunc nisl, euismod eu dignissim nec, eleifend ut augue. Phasellus tempor condimentum ipsum, ut molestie lorem suscipit vel. Nulla luctus turpis eget neque facilisis eget sodales ante tincidunt. Praesent congue lobortis mollis. Maecenas non augue id mi dignissim luctus. Donec quis volutpat lectus. Mauris condimentum sodales luctus.
 
-
 
-
Nulla nec mauris sapien, eget gravida quam. Fusce vulputate risus eget diam elementum vel mattis nisi sagittis. Vivamus eget enim a nisl imperdiet aliquet commodo eget turpis. Aliquam nec mi ac neque tincidunt facilisis fringilla at sapien. Praesent in justo vel turpis hendrerit suscipit. Nullam nec magna leo, sed vulputate quam. Aliquam sollicitudin hendrerit erat at eleifend. Vivamus tincidunt felis vitae metus suscipit non volutpat neque tempus. Phasellus sagittis accumsan tellus, vitae pharetra ligula rhoncus vitae.
 
-
 
-
<br /><br />
 
-
 
-
<div id="left" style="width:50%">
 
-
Here lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent nec nisi nec elit volutpat sollicitudin. Sed cursus venenatis egestas. In mollis vehicula dictum. Sed id lacus vitae tortor commodo pharetra porttitor ut purus. Nullam euismod urna at felis accumsan sit amet viverra leo fermentum. Phasellus ac molestie sapien. In in neque purus. Cras eget lorem arcu. Aliquam ornare tellus vel nisi commodo molestie. Aliquam aliquet magna nisl. Quisque velit nulla, adipiscing ut sagittis id, luctus viverra leo. Nam nunc nisl, euismod eu dignissim nec, eleifend ut augue. Phasellus tempor condimentum ipsum, ut molestie lorem suscipit vel. Nulla luctus turpis eget neque facilisis eget sodales ante tincidunt. Praesent congue lobortis mollis. Maecenas non augue id mi dignissim luctus. Donec quis volutpat lectus. Mauris condimentum sodales luctus. Cras eget lorem arcu. Aliquam ornare tellus vel nisi commodo molestie. Aliquam aliquet magna nisl. Quisque velit nulla, adipiscing ut sagittis id, luctus viverra leo. Donec quis volutpat lectus. Mauris condimentum sodales luctus. Cras eget lorem arcu. Aliquam ornare tellus vel nisi commodo molestie. Aliquam aliquet magna nisl. Quisque velit nulla, adipiscing ut sagittis id, luctus viverra leo.
 
</div>
</div>
-
 
-
<div id="right" style="width:49%">
 
-
 
-
<img src="http://www.scharfphoto.com/fine_art_prints/archives/199812-026-Staph-Bacteria.jpg" style="margin-left:10px;"width="370" height="300">
 
-
 
-
</div>
 
-
</div>
 
-
 
-
<div id=bottomlinks align=right>
 
-
<div id=link><a href=#>next page</a></div>
 
-
<div id=link><a href=#>previous page</a></div>
 
-
</div>
 
</div>
</div>
<div id=bottombox>
<div id=bottombox>

Revision as of 10:53, 15 October 2009

Motivation
Personal note

During our iGEM project and especially during brainstorming period I faced a new type of feelings and dilemmas. That was the first time in my life when I had the real power to do something what might change some routine events flow in everyday life of some people. At the same time I could use this time and power to solve some other problems which are not less important than any other problems but are more academical and might turn useful only after decades or just disappear in the river of scientific discoveries. I could spend this 10 weeks just to create something funny what might make people who saw our achievment smile every time they think about it. There is nothing harder then to make people smile about something kind, without any evil underlying idea which might be funny for somebody and not too funny for somebody else.

Personally, I wanted to do everything. Why not to cure the cancer? Why not to prove that robots are just the step of evolution of mind and soul? Why not to create the bacteria which helps you to wash dishes? As the member of the team I clearly understood that we need to adjust our personal desires and interests. I don't know how my teammates solved their personal dilemmas, but I did it quite easily. I have a theory that a greatest gift human being got from Nature is its ability to transform the energy. Energy by itself is neutral and only human being can transform it into positive energy which inspires everybody around, or into negative energy which demoralizes everybody including the person who created it. I knew exactly that if there will be a choice between projects I would prefer the one which might help people to solve their everyday problems, because life is too short and amount of positive energy I created so far is not impressive. iGEM is the first opportunity in 20 years of my life to do something really huge and positive, so I have to use it.
JD
Edinburgh University iGem Team 2009

Retrieved from "http://2009.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/projectmain/motivation"