Old IGEM News

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Latest revision as of 13:23, 7 November 2006

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Science Articles

iGEM and the greater scientific community

• [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
  
• [http://www.focusmag.co.uk/cover.asp Design for Life] BBC Focus - 6/06
  
• [http://tinyurl.com/qqafx Engineering Life: Building a Fab for Biology] Scientific American - 6/06
  
• [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7092/pdf/441388a.pdf Synthetic biologists try to calm fears] Nature Magazine - May 25, 2006
• [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/full/438417a.html Synthetic Biology: Designs on Life] - Nature Magazine (synthetic biology dedicated issue) 11/24/05
  
• [http://www.bio-itworld.com/newsitems/2005/nov2005/11-08-05-news-igem iGEM 2005: Synthetic Biology’s Future] - Bio IT World.com 11/8/2005
  
• [http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2005/1116synthlife.shtml Synthetic Life Research Shows Progress—And Raises Questions] - American Association for the Advancement of Science - 11/5/2005
  
• [http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041004/pf/431624a_pf.html Starting from scratch] Nature - 11/6/04
  
• [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/303/5655/158 Synthetic Biology:Microbes Made to Order] Science Magazine - 1/9/2004
  

Education

Articles from educational institutions

• [http://tinyurl.com/k29ht Princeton University Genetic engineering competition puts students at cusp of new science]News@Princeton 07/27/06
• [http://tinyurl.com/mk6er Princeton University Team Competing in iGEM]Princeton Packet 07/07/06
• [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/o4ett Students plan to devote summer to MIT synthetic biology competition]Brown Daily Herald - 03/20/2006
• [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/csbi-0308.html Endy gives talk on DNA programming]MIT News Office - 03/08/2006
• [http://www.engr.psu.edu/newsevents/NewsDetail.asp?NewsYear=2006&NewsMonth=1 Penn State Newsbrief on the 2005 Jamboree] Penn State - 1/31/06
  
• [http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2006/iGEM_competition/ Cambridge University News] Cambridge - 1/25/06
  
• [http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/bacteria/index.html The Right Exposure] UT Austin - 12/19/2005
  
• [http://www.cambridge-mit.org/cgi-bin/default.pl?SID=6&NewsID=329 Genetically engineered machines invade MIT] MIT - 12/17/05
  
• [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/12/12-08-05tdc/12-08-05dnews-07.asp Students race bacteria in MIT competition] - Penn State 12/08/05
  
• [http://www2.davidson.edu/common/templates/news/news_tmp03.asp?newsid=5394 Davidson Students “Ace” Presentation at MIT Synthetic Biology Competition] Davidson - 11/29/05
  
• [http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/200511214/ Scientists engineer bacteria to create living photographs] UCSF - 11/23/05
  
• [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/igem-post.html Teams lay BioBrick foundation for genetic engineering] MIT news office - 11/08/05
  
• [http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/08.25/00-biomech.html Undergraduates spend summer creating living machines] Harvard - 8/25/05
  
• [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/02/03/news/11891.shtml Students build bio-circuits] Daily Princeton - 2/3/2005
  

Society

Synthetic Biology, iGEM, and society

• [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1002/063_print.html Architect of Life] Forbes 10/2/06
• [http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7854314 Synthetic Biology: Life 2.0] the Economist 8/31/06
• [http://tinyurl.com/naxvp The Biggest DNA Ever Made]Businessweek 07/13/06
• [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.nature.com/news/2006/060612/full/060612-5.html Newspaper investigation highlights bioterror fears]Nature 6/14/2006 doi:10.1038/
  
• [http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/synthetic-biology-evolution_cx_mh_06blank_0418life.html Blank Slate - Regenesis] Forbes 4/18/06
  
• [http://www.londonpress.info/lps/article.asp?uniqueID=5831&category=science The March of the Bio-Machines Advances] London Press - 3/20/06
  
• [http://www.biosysbio.com/ BiosysBio 2007 Conference] UK synthetic biology conference highlighting European iGEM projects - 3/01/06
  
• [http://www.scitechinfo.com/node/520 7 from Penn State enter the Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition] Sci/Tech newsfeed - 2/06/06
  
• [http://www.jumpingelectrons.com/Technology/Bacteria-Photograph.asp Live Photographs] Jumping Electrons - 12/12/06
  
• [http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20051210/bob9.asp The Sum of the Parts] Science News - 12/10/06
  
• [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20051214-9999-lz1c14circuit.html Controlling organisms with biological circuits opens up a world of possibilities and dangers]San Diego Union Tribune - 12/6/05
  
• [http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2005/11/the_biological_camera.php The Biological Camera] Seed Magazine - 11/29/05
  
• [http://college4.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2005/11/24/1283098.xml Live From the Lab, a Culture Worth a Thousand Words] New York Times - 11/24/05
  
• [http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167600232&printable=true The List: R&D Projects that must get done] EE Times - 8/8/05
  
• [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/mit.html Life: Reinvented] Wired - 1/05
  
• [http://tinyurl.com/s2k56 Gates foundation to promote synthetic biology] CNET news - 12/13/2004
• [http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22100356 Conference hones tools for synthetic bio revolution] EE Times 6/21/04
  
• [http://www.eetonline.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21800320 Conference kicks off synthetic bio revolution] EE TIMES - 6/15/04
  *[http://www.forbes.com/best/2001/0910/016.html Brainy Bacteria] Forbes - 09/10/01
  

Misc

Other iGEM-related documents

• [http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf Synthetic bio whitepaper] Berkeley Synbio Policy Group, April 15, 2006
• [http://www.onr.navy.mil/about/conferences/rd_partner/2005/docs/past/2005/0507_rettberg_synthetic_biology.pdf ONR 2005 Naval-Industry R&D Partnership Conference, 26-29 July 2005 (PDF document)] R. Rettberg powerpoint presentation
  
• [http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/recherche/documents/pcrdt7/syntheticbiology.pdf Synthetic Biology, Applying Engineering to Biology (PDF document)] EU NEST Report EUR21796