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iGEM X Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
Hey iGEMers,
There has been a lot of buzz about the iGEM X JOGL collaboration. Some of you may be wondering what it is, how it ties into the iGEM values, what it has to offer and how you can be part of this. This newsletter is dedicated to answering these questions!
iGEM is dedicated to the development of an open synbio community, driven by collaboration amongst our diverse members. Both iGEM and JOGL believe in mobilizing an open community to focus on humanity’s most urgent problems, captured in the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Learn more about the SDGs here: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
The launch of the iGEM 2020 program on JOGL serves this purpose for the iGEM Community: an extension of its open synbio community. A community-driven collaboration amongst its diverse members, producing and disseminating new verifiable knowledge that can positively impact the world.
Program Setup and Challenges
Like every other program on JOGL, the iGEM 2020 program has different challenges with a myriad of projects submitted to these challenges. The projects tackle individual aspects of a challenge, a challenge addresses a specific aspect of a program, and a program is the umbrella under which all these are housed. The iGEM 2020 program has 4 different challenges, each targeting a specific group of SDGs:
- Fundamental Needs - Goals 2,3 and 6
- Socio-Economic Needs - Goals 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 16 and 17
- The Environment - Goals 13, 14 and 15
- Industrial Needs - Goals 7, 9 and 12
All 2020 iGEMers can sign up for the program and submit projects to any of these challenges. Given that some projects will address multiple SDGs, teams can pick one SDG as the focal point of their project, use that to inform what challenge they want to participate in and simply indicate all SDGs their project will address when creating their project on JOGL. For more details on how to join JOGL and submit your projects to the iGEM 2020 program, follow the directions given in the visual onboarding guide below, or download the guide here.
JOGL Resources
The 2020 iGEM season is an unusual one because of the pandemic. With a lot of labs closed globally, most teams have been restricted to a dry lab only project. The iGEM 2020 Program on JOGL gives iGEMers a chance to pursue Dry lab - Wet lab partnerships. With its new and improved interface, the JOGL platform offers iGEMers a more effective collaboration tool where they can list the needs of their project to make their projects easier to find for their “helpers”.
Let's start collaborating!
Direct Link: https://app.jogl.io/program/iGEM2020?tab=about
With thanks to iGEM's partners for 2020
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