Each year, more than 350 SIB members meet during the “SIB Days”. This yearly event brings our members together giving them the opportunity to get to know each other better and to collaborate. Participants enjoy presentations of our Groups' projects and take part in workshops on themes such as “Ortholog databases”, “Protein annotation”, or “Linking biology to chemistry”. The SIB Days program always includes a social event, during which our members can explore new ways of developing and demonstrating their creativity and innovation skills. In 2012 for instance, teams were equipped with rudimentary objects such as bobbins, balloons, thread and rubber bands, and were asked to build small cars that they would race. What had first looked like a child’s game quickly revealed to be a real brain-teaser. And the results were astonishing! More