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July Highlights
Upcoming deadlines
July 21
Preliminary Safety Form
July 25
Track Selection
August 15
Team project descriptions
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Team rosters
iGEM Press Release
Read our first Press Release here!
Guest Blog Post
iGEM Fellow, Kim de Mora, is guest blogging on the Addgene blog.
See his piece:
"Synthetic Biology & the Importance of Assembly Standards"
Partner offers
See the deals our partners are offering to teams!
Giant Jamboree
Hotel information and general Giant Jamboree details and updates are now available on our
Giant Jamboree Page.
Interested in sponsoring iGEM 2014? Find the Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities for the Giant Jamboree on our Sponsorship Page.
iGEM Labs Program
Part of an academic lab but not participating in the iGEM competition? Sign up for the new and improved iGEM Labs Program. See how at the Labs Program page
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Giant Jamboree Registration is now Open!
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Join us at the Giant Jamboree! With no regionals, and the largest number of teams yet taking part in iGEM, the Giant Jamboree is sure to be the largest gathering of synthetic biologists to date. In addition to team presentations and posters, we will host several kinds of special events such as workshops, panels, and get-togethers. Have an idea? Let us know!
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Deadline: September 5
Cost: $750 for iGEM team members
When: October 30 – November 3
Where: Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA
Details: 2014.igem.org/Giant_Jamboree
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Judging
The Giant Jamboree is fast approaching and these next 3.5 months will go by fast as iGEMers work to finish their projects, finalize wikis before the freeze and get those last few results before coming to Boston. To help you prepare for the competition, we’ve updated the Judging page, so check it out for more in-depth info on judging this year. Also, check out the iGEM calendar of events so you don’t miss any deadlines!
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Introducing our Director of Judging and 2014 Head Judges
We would like to introduce our Director of Judging, Peter Carr. He is a longtime iGEM participant, advisor and former head judge. As Director of Judging, Dr. Carr will be responsible for overseeing the judging process this year and will bring his wisdom gained through many years of participating in iGEM to judging in 2014.
Help us welcome our co-head judges in 2014, Beth Beason-Abmayr and Janie Brennan. Beth has been our co-head judge since 2012 and Janie has been head judge at the High School Jamboree for the last two years. We are excited to have such a great judging team leading this year’s judging activity, particularly with the monumental task of judging at the Giant Jamboree.
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Introducing the Responsible Conduct Committee
This year we are introducing the iGEM Responsible Conduct Committee. The role of this committee is to ensure responsible conduct on the part of all iGEM participants and to address issues of inappropriate behavior in iGEM. The committee is lead by Director of Judging, Peter Carr. The committee is tasked with upholding the values of iGEM including integrity, good sportsmanship, respect, honesty, celebration, cooperation, effort, and excellence. To read more, visit the Responsible Conduct Committee page.
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Medal Criteria Updates
We have worked hard on updating the medal requirements this year – including new medal criteria for all our new tracks. Be sure to check out the judging page
( http://2014.igem.org/Judging ) for more details!
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Tips and tricks for a succesful iGEM presentation
There are a lot of ways to present your work in iGEM, but some approaches have been more successful in the past than others. Success comes from not only doing great work, but also reporting that work by telling a great story. Great stories frame the problem you’re solving, tell the ups and downs your team encountered over the summer and finish with conclusions presenting strong or promising results. Here are some dos and don’ts to help you:
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-Tell a great story
- Prove what you achieved during your summer
- Describe how you integrated Policy and Practices into your project
- List what parts you sent to the Registry and demonstrate how they were used in your project
- Show us how you interacted with other iGEM teams |
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Don't:
- Spend all your time talking about what you wanted to do (but didn’t accomplish)
- Talk about too many different projects (more than 2 can make your talk hard to follow)
- Treat Policy and Practices as an add-on to your iGEM work |
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Stay tuned for more information about judging on 2014.igem.org and in upcoming newsletters, particularly on the following topics:
- Contributions and Improving Parts
- Judging Office Hours
- Two-Page Summary |
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