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iGEM - The international Genetically Engineered Machine competition
iGEM is an international arena where student teams compete to design and assemble engineered machines using advanced genetic components and technologies.
[http://2006.igem.org/About_iGEM Learn more.]
Current Events
- The Boston-area schools had a get together on July 28th - [http://web.mac.com/synbio/iWeb/Site/Boston%20Meet.html find out more]
- The UK teams had a meeting in Cambridge on July 24th/25th - check the report
- Browse or contribute to the iGEM image gallery. Photos wanted!
- Having trouble successfully transforming parts from the iGEM 2006 DNA Distribution? Want to see if others are having similar problems with the same parts? See the DNA Distribution Issues page.
- SB2.0 [http://webcast.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?webcastid=15766 Webcasts] are now available
- The iGEM Newsletter (No. 1) is available (PDF) [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/images/8/8a/Igem_may_newsletter_%28letter_format%29.pdf here]
- DNA plates have been shipped. See the Biobrick Delivery for details
- Behind the scenes at iGEM [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Ahessel:videolog#iGEM_Behind_the_Scenes_at_iGEM_Labs labs] videos updated 7/19/06
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iGEM News
News reports focusing on iGEM and the Registry from the greater scientific community and beyond...
- [http://tinyurl.com/mk6er Princeton University Genetic engineering competition puts students at cusp of new science]News@Princeton 07/27/06
- [http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/~eckdahl/iGEM/St_Joseph_NewsPress_7_2006.htm Science students heading to MIT]St. Joseph News-Press 07/05/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/j7wup MIT Scientists Ask Biologists to Imitate Engineers] ExtremeNano - 06/21/06
- [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-id.synthetic18jun18,0,984573.story?page=1&coll=bal-ideas-headlines Playing God in the lab] Baltimore Sun - 06/18/06
- [http://www.focusmag.co.uk/cover.asp Design for Life] BBC Focus - 6/06
- [http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000E491E-B2F9-146C-B2F983414B7F0000 Engineering Life: Building a Fab for Biology] Scientific American - 6/06
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iGEM is an initiative of the MIT [http://icampus.mit.edu/ iCampus] program, which is funded by Microsoft Corp. iCampus sponsors faculty innovations in educational technology, helps incubate them through classroom use, and promotes their adoption, evaluation and continued evolution through worldwide multi-institutional cooperation.
