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May Sponsor Newsletter
In the midst of an unusual iGEM year, our sponsors are here for you and want to help you succeed! Participating in iGEM unlocks access to exclusive sponsorship offers for teams - Check out our guide below, and make the most of what our partners have to offer.
- Revive & Restore $5500 Team Grants - Proposals due May 25
- GenScript $3000 team sponsorships - Next voting deadline May 31
- Register for Benchling's next webinar - Mastering Benchling Molecular Biology June 2
- 20 kb FREE custom DNA for all iGEM teams from IDT - Register by August 28
- FREE SnapGene and Geneious licenses for all iGEM Teams
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/Special_Offers
Keep scrolling to learn more!
Deadline for $5500 Revive & Restore Team Grant Proposals Due on May 25 (5 Days!)
Revive & Restore will award up to 12 grants of $5500 each to iGEM teams whose projects are focused on solving a problem in conservation. This is our largest team grant opportunity available to teams this year, so don't miss out! Proposals are due no later than 11:59PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), Monday May 25.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/Revive_Restore
"Most students I spoke with told me they got into synthetic biology because they wanted to make the world a better place." See what Revive & Restore's Ben Novak has to say about iGEM on our blog.
GenScript $3000 team sponsorships - Next voting deadline May 31
Thank you to all teams who attended GenScript's Opening Weekend Festival session last Friday!
GenScript will be sponsoring 6 iGEM teams in 2020 through a voting competition on MolecularCloud. The team with the most votes by the end each month, April to September, will receive $2000 and a $1000 voucher to GenScript products and services. The next voting deadline is on Sunday, May 31.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/GenScript
Register for Benchling's Third Webinar, Coming Up on June 2
Thank you to all teams who joined Benchling during their Opening Weekend Festival session last Friday, as well as their webinar yesterday on "Mastering Benchling Notebook". Their next webinar, "Mastering Benchling Molecular Biology" is in 2 weeks!
In the next webinar, they will walk through a molecular cloning workflow on Benchling. They will cover importing sequences from the iGEM Parts Registry, cloning assemblies, primer design, and sequence alignments. This webinar is scheduled for June 2, at 1:00PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Register here: https://events.benchling.com/igem3/igem.
Visit Benchling's partner page to get started on Benchling ahead of the next webinar:
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/Benchling
Missed Benchling's first two webinars? Benchling will make the webinar recordings available to view through their Partner Page! If you cannot access YouTube, please email hq AT igem DOT org to request a copy.
20 kb FREE custom DNA for all iGEM teams from IDT
For 2020, teams can once again access up to 20 kb FREE custom DNA or equivalent products from IDT. Last day to register with IDT: August 28. Last day to place orders: October 13.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/IDT
iGEM in the age of COVID-19: How teams are coping and succeeding
"It’s often been said that iGEM is not easy, iGEM is worth it. And we at IDT believe this is especially true during this time of a pandemic." Read more on the iGEM Blog.
Free SnapGene and Geneious Licenses for iGEM 2020 Teams
SnapGene and Geneious are joining forces to help iGEM teams create successful projects by offering free access. Whether you’re planning, visualizing and documenting molecular biology procedures with SnapGene or unlocking the value of your sequence data with Geneious, we have the solution for you.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/SnapGene_Geneious
With thanks to iGEM's Sponsors for 2020
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