"Through iGEM, I can put the knowledge I have gained into practice and feel motivated to explore deeper scientific questions within the scope of our project—whereas studying often tends to focus more on learning facts and following experimental protocols.

In iGEM, there are virtually no limits to what we can achieve as a team. We can fully express our creativity and scientific curiosity in a way that is rarely possible within the regular curriculum. There are many problems in the world, but synthetic biology offers numerous solutions—we just have to find them."