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Welcome to the MIT team Wiki for iGEM 2008

iGEM is the international genetically engineered machines competition.
The objective of the competition is to design and build an engineered biological system using DNA.
To see examples of the amazing possibilities of iGEM, check out last years iGEM page
Read our promotional brochure to learn about synthetic biology at MIT (front and back).
iGEM at MIT is possible because of outside support, contact Tom Knight (tk [at] mit.edu) to help out!

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Interested in learning more about iGEM 2008? Explore below for an example of what's possible.

For more info on this year's iGEM please see 2008.igem.org.

Many more valuable links and helpful tidbits are available at the iGEM Resources page

For visitors

Read more about engineering biology.
20.020: MIT's introduction to bioengineering design

External links

iGEM on OpenWetWare
BioBricks Parts registry
Official iGEM 2007 wiki
Official iGEM 2006 wiki
MIT 2007 Wiki
MIT 2006 Wiki
BioBricks parts contributed by MIT:
- OmpC Surface Display
- CPX Surface Display
20.109 instructions (2008)

Internal links

[[../2008/Notebook/Yogurt|Team Notebook]]

Protocols

Good Lab Citizenship

Go over the Do's and Dont's of Good Lab Citizenship

Wiki editing resources

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Want to help out the iGEM team?

iGEM at MIT is partly supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and faculty including Drew Endy and Tom Knight.
We guarantee UROP funding for undergrads. We need help to continue supporting undergrads, paying registration fees, and supplying lab reagents, contact Tom Knight to help out!
Read more about our team on our fundraising notebook.

Want to join the iGEM team?

Graduate students interested in advising the team should email grads [AT] igem.mit.edu
Undergraduate students should get in touch during IAP or Spring of 2009!

Schedule

April 10 - UROP funding deadline
April 18 - iGEM registration opens
May 3 - Teachers Workshop, MIT, USA
May 9 - Registration closes
June 9 - Summer term, lab work begins
June 15 - Team rosters due
July 1 - Registration fee due
August 1 - Team project descriptions due
August 19 - Summer term ends
September 1 - Final team roster due
October 1 - Jamboree attendance fees due
October 15 - Project Summary form due
October 29 - Project and part documentation due
October 29 - BioBrick Part DNA received by the Registry
November 8-9 - iGEM competition Jamboree, MIT, USA

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Brainstorming

Brainstorming

Meeting Logistics

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The MIT iGEM team consists of six undergraduate students working full-time during summer 2008 on engineering a biological system. In addition, we have a number of graduate student and faculty advisers.

Picture of MIT iGEM 2008 (coming soon!)

Students

Grad Advisors

Faculty Advisors

Email grads: grads [AT] igem.mit.edu

Email undergrads: team [AT] igem.mit.edu

alternative address: igem2008-all [AT] mit.edu