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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Information about BioBricks, and a toolkit to make and manipulate them, is provided by the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, or simply, the [http://partsregistry.org Registry]. This is a core resource for the iGEM program, and one that has been evolving rapidly to meet the needs of the program.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Information about BioBricks, and a toolkit to make and manipulate them, is provided by the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, or simply, the [http://partsregistry.org Registry]. This is a core resource for the iGEM program, and one that has been evolving rapidly to meet the needs of the program.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* To enable the systematic engineering </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biology;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The iGEM competition facilitates this by providing a library </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">standardized parts (we call these parts ''BioBricks'') to students, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asking them to design </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">build genetic machines with them. Of course, students are welcome to make their own BioBricks as well.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* To promote the open </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">transparent development of tools for engineering biology; </del>and</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== The Registry ==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Beyond trying to answer the question above, our broader goals include:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">core </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these activities is </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">notion </del>of a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">standard </del>biological <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">part that is well specified and able to be paired with other parts into [http://partsregistry.org/cgi/htdocs/Assembly/index.cgi subassemblies and whole systems]. Once the parameters of these parts are determined and standardized, simulation and design of genetic systems will become easier and more reliable. The [http://partsregistry.org Registry of Standard Biological Parts] has been created to achieve these goals.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* To enable </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">systematic engineering </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">biology</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* To promote </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">open and transparent development </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tools for engineering biology</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* And to help construct </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">society that can productively apply </ins>biological <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">technology</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Program </del>History <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Are we any closer to finding an answer to our question?''' In just three years, iGEM teams have managed to partially or completely build a variety of systems, from biosensors to biological photographic film, so it's looking positive that engineering biology ''is possible''. More data will be presented at the 2006 Jamboree in November.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Summer of [[Igem 2004|2004 brought the first Synthetic Biology </del>Competition<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]. Student teams from five schools (Princeton</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MIT</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Caltech</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">UT Austin, and Boston University</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">competed to build cellular state machines and counters. The teams came together for a jamboree in early November to compare their results. The most graphic project was </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">photographic biofilm</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that could capture an image.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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