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Introductory Material

  • FAQ for new iGEM teams
  • Abstraction hierarchy and PoPS
  • Standard Assembly
  • [http://www.nature.com/nature/comics/syntheticbiologycomic/index.html Comic] introducing basic ideas of Synthetic Biology, Parts and Devices.
  • Drew Endy's article [http://openwetware.org/images/0/0d/Nature04342.pdf Foundations for engineering biology] (published in Nature), explaining motivation and ideas behind synthetic biology.
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology Wikipedia article] about synthetic biology, with more links
  • [http://web.mit.edu/endy/www/igem/iGEM.supplement.pdf iGEM 2005 Supplement] This document summarizes what happened in 2003 and 2004, gives a background on abstraction and PoPS.

Publications and Talks

  • Research Papers in Synthetic Biology - Library of synthetic biology publications
  • iGEM Papers - An introduction to genetic engineering and synthetic biology
  • [http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978261 Synthetic Biology Lectures] - Lecture series held at UC Berkeley from speakers in the field

iGEM News

Articles about iGEM from newspapers, journals, etc.

Synthetic Biology News and Events

  • [http://www.lbl.gov/pbd/synthbio/townhall.htm Synthetic Biology Town Meetings]: "From understanding to action: community based options for improving safety and security in synthetic biology". Follow link for more information and live webcast coverage. Hosted by UC Berkeley April 18, 2006.


  • [http://pbd.lbl.gov/sbconf/ Synthetic Biology 2.0] Berkeley, CA, May 20-22, 2006

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Technical

  • The [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Synthetic_Biology:BioBricks BioBricks page] on OpenWetWare provides information related to BioBricks and the registry, including some Protocols.
  • [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenWetWare] - OWW is a portal for sharing information, know-how and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering.

Financial Support

Misc

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia: How to edit a wiki] - A quick reference on how to edit a wiki
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