From 2006.igem.org
iGEM - The international Genetically Engineered Machine competition
iGEM is an international summer-long challenge where student teams design and assemble engineered genetic machines using advanced components and technologies.
[http://2006.igem.org/About_iGEM Learn more.]
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| 38 institutions are competing in iGEM 2006. Check them out here
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| The Teaching Resources contains details on iGEM tools and philosophies
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| The Ambassador Program helps support iGEM teams around the globe
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| Browse the iGEM [http://partsregistry.org Parts Registry] for available genetic parts
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| Give and get help information and FAQs here.
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The Slovenia iGEM team
Current Events
- Browse or contribute to the iGEM image gallery. Photos wanted!
- Having trouble successfully transforming parts from the iGEM 2006 DNA Distribution? Want to see if others are having similar problems with the same parts? See the DNA Distribution Issues page.
- SB2.0 [http://webcast.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?webcastid=15766 Webcasts] are now available
- The iGEM Newsletter (No. 1) is available (PDF) [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/images/8/8a/Igem_may_newsletter_%28letter_format%29.pdf here]
- DNA plates have been shipped. See the Biobrick Delivery page details about what to do when you receive them, and what they contain.
- Behind the scenes at iGEM [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Ahessel:videolog#iGEM_Behind_the_Scenes_at_iGEM_Labs labs] videos updated 7/19/06
- The Registy upgrade is complete. [http://partsregistry.org <link>] Please report [http://partsregistry.org/Registry:Bug_reports bugs] or problems.
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iGEM News
News reports focusing on iGEM and the Registry from the greater scientific community and beyond...
- [http://tinyurl.com/mk6er Princeton University Team Competing in iGEM]Princeton Packet 07/07/06
- [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.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.nature.com/msb/journal/v2/n1/pdf/msb4100073.pdf Journal Synthetic biology: new engineering rules for an emerging discipline. (Review Article)]Mol. Syst. Biol. doi:10.1038/msb4100073
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iGEM is an initiative of the MIT [http://icampus.mit.edu/ iCampus] program, which is funded by Microsoft Corp. iCampus sponsors faculty innovations in educational technology, helps incubate them through classroom use, and promotes their adoption, evaluation and continued evolution through worldwide multi-institutional cooperation.
