Super-Bugs, Are we training a bacterial army?

19 January 2018 | Category: Education

It’s a war for survival. A few years ago I was diagnosed with pneumonia, a well-known infectious disease. We might all know, pneumonia is an infection commonly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae [1]. By now, we might all expect this infection to be easily overcome. However, this is not generally the…

iGEM Jamboree in Massachussets!

WUR iGEM
21 December 2017 | Category: Education

November the 7th, we were finally taking our flight to Massachussets. Boston was waiting for us and we were carrying a huge poster all around the world to compite in the MIT. A week before I was wondering which was the reason I joined Igem. The wikiFreeze is probably one…

Sinterklaas from an Spanish perspective

Christmas WUR
5 December 2017 | Category: Student life

One of the nicest things of Wageningen is the number of crazy and original activities that take place day after day. Dutch festivities are something nice to enjoy in the city centre, as is Sinterklaas where you can eat millions of pepernoten (lucky you if you still feel well after…

Joining the iGEM competition

iGEM wur
23 October 2017 | Category: Education

Hola! My name is Natalia (although I’ve been always called Nat, until I faced the amazing Dutch language). I’m a 23-year-old Spanish girl who is in love with sports and the sun. I did my biotechnology Bachelor in Valencia (Spain). Even though I liked it very much, I was still curious…