This was the second ERASynBio Twining project meeting. This time in Riga. Anil Wipat, Jennifer Hallinan and Matthew Pocock met Latvian part of the proposal writers: Egils Stalidzans and Jurijs Meitalovs.

We paid also a visit to the Institure of Microbiology and Biotechnology meeting Uldis Kalnenieks and Reinis Rutkis.

We had even a short handshake and chat with the minister of Agriculture Laimdota Straujuma. About six months later she became the first female prime minister of Latvia.