Resources

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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.

A peek behind the scenes at [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Ahessel:videolog iGEM Labs] -- making tomorrow's bugs today!

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[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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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
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.

[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

Foundations of Synthetic Biology (Drew Endy): [http://web.mit.edu/smcs/csbi/2006/q2/mit-csbi-2006_foundation-08apr2006-220k.ram high res] [http://web.mit.edu/smcs/csbi/2006/q2/mit-csbi-2006_foundation-08apr2006-80k.ram low res]
Synthetic Society (Drew Endy): [http://web.mit.edu/smcs/csbi/2006/q2/mit-csbi-2006_society-08apr2006-220k.ram high res] [http://web.mit.edu/smcs/csbi/2006/q2/mit-csbi-2006_society-08apr2006-220k.ram low res][http://mit.edu/endy/www/scraps/talks/iGEM/Endy.iGEM.TW.pdf PDF] [http://mit.edu/endy/www/scraps/talks/iGEM/Endy.iGEM.TW.ppt PowerPoint]
Natalie Kuldell's [http://openwetware.org/wiki/BE.109:Schedule BE.109] MIT course "Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering."
MIT OpenCourseWare directory of [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biological-Engineering/index.htm Biological Engineering] classes.
Synthetic Biology technical reports in MIT's DSpace