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: igem AT igem.mit.edu
Students
- Kate Broadbent
- Giovanni Franzesi
- Andre Green
- Stephen Payne
- Veena Venkatachalam
- Boyuan Zhu
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.
Applications for iGEM 2006 are now closed. Please apply next year!
Sponsorship
[[../Fundraising | Sponsorship information]] is available for those interested in providing assistance to the MIT iGEM team (either financial or otherwise). Please join us for our /kickoff/ event.
Find out more
- [[../2005/|2005 MIT iGEM wiki]]
- Read more about engineering biology.
- Polka Dots: One of the first years, a precursor to iGEM
Team Organization
Temporary links as we reorganize this page from recruiting to team information.
