IGEM:MIT/2006
About
iGEM is the international genetically engineered machines competition. The objective of the competition is to design and build an engineered biological system using DNA. Systems will be constructed from standard biological parts. Although iGEM originated at MIT, this year, there are around 40 schools participating from around the world (see map). You can read more about the competition here.
The MIT iGEM team will be made up of 4-5 students working fulltime during summer 2006 on engineering a biological system. In addition, we have 4 graduate student advisors and 1 faculty advisor.
What you can do
In 2004, students in Texas built a strain of bacteria that could be used to take bacterial photographs. Here's one of the first pictures they took. Their work was published in Nature.
Team members
Advisors
Email us: mit-igem-06 at syntheticbiology.org
Students
To be determined. Please apply! Undergraduates will be funded for the summer for at least the level of a UROP.
How to apply
If you're interested in applying to be on the 2006 iGEM team, please use the above email address.
Please provide the following in your email:
- Your resume
- Your year and major
- A short statement of why you would like to join.
- A statement of your commitment to work full-time in the summer and to help MIT win this competition!
- Optional - Specify a project that you think is doable (i.e. will work at the end of the summer) and will be interesting/cool to build.
It would be useful, but not essential, for you to have wet lab experience. Most important is that you be motivated about engineering biology.
We are currently holding interviews and hope to have a team decided by Friday, Apr. 14. If you are interested in applying and have not emailed us, please do so immediately.
Sponsorship
If you're interested in providing sponsorship for the 2006 MIT iGEM team (either financial or otherwise), please contact Drew Endy at (endy AT mit DOT edu).
Find out more
- [[../2005/|2005 MIT iGEM wiki]]
- Read more about engineering biology.
- Polka Dots: One of the first years, a precursor to iGEM
