Resources

From 2006.igem.org

Contents 1 Getting Started 2 Lectures and Presentations 3 Introductory Material 4 iGEM News 5 Synthetic Biology News and Events 6 Technical 7 Financial Support 8 Misc

Getting Started

Key steps to begin using the iGEM wiki and Registry

• You will need to set up an account with the Registry of Standard Parts if you have not already done so.
• Also check out the Registry Help and Documentation to begin working with BioBricks.

Lectures and Presentations

Background of iGEM philosophy and programs

• Foundations of Synthetic Biology (Drew Endy): high res low res
• Synthetic Society (Drew Endy): high res low resPDF PowerPoint
• Other Drew Endy videos and presentations
• Natalie Kuldell's BE.109 MIT course "Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering."
• MIT OpenCourseWare directory of Biological Engineering classes.
• Synthetic Biology technical reports in MIT's DSpace

Introductory Material

• FAQ for new iGEM teams
• Abstraction hierarchy and PoPS
• Standard Assembly
• Comic introducing basic ideas of Synthetic Biology, Parts and Devices.
• Drew Endy's article Foundations for engineering biology (published in Nature), explaining motivation and ideas behind synthetic biology.
• Wikipedia article about synthetic biology, with more links
• iGEM 2005 Supplement This document summarizes what happened in 2003 and 2004, gives a background on abstraction and PoPS.

iGEM News

• iGEM News - the iGEM news portal

Synthetic Biology News and Events

• 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.
• Synthetic Biology 2.0 Berkeley, CA, May 20-22, 2006

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Technical

• Research Papers in Synthetic Biology - Library of synthetic biology publications
• iGEM Papers - An introduction to genetic engineering and synthetic biology
• Synthetic Biology Lectures - Lecture series held at UC Berkeley from speakers in the field
• The BioBricks page on OpenWetWare provides information related to BioBricks and the registry, including some Protocols.
• 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

• EU Financial Support from SYNBIOCOMM (available for 2007)
• Funding - information on obtaining funding for your iGEM team.

Misc

• Wikipedia: How to edit a wiki - A quick reference on how to edit a wiki