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February Newsletter
This month...
- Making a presentation about iGEM? Download the iGEM Slide Library!
- Get yourself ready for team registration COMING SOON
- In case you missed it... Revive & Restore to sponsor 12 iGEM teams
- Community bulletin: Register for Teacher Biotechnology Bootcamp
Keep scrolling to see what else is new in the iGEM community this month.
New Community Resource
Download the iGEM Slide Library!
We have a new resource available for your use - a slide library! This is a resource that you can pull from when creating presentations about iGEM. Whether you are an iGEMer fundraising for your iGEM project, an iGEM alum raising awareness of iGEM, or an iGEM committee member, you are invited to visit our new resource page and download this presentation.
Here you will find a general overview of the iGEM Competition, Giant Jamboree, a brief history of iGEM and a series of project examples in the theme of 'local people solving local problems' and 'tackling global challenges'. We also showcase iGEM's work beyond the competition, highlighting the efforts of iGEM's committees, the success of iGEM startups and After iGEM's work in championing synthetic biology.
Direct Link: https://igem.org/WhatisiGEM
Team registration is coming VERY soon...
We are working on getting team registration up and running!
We will be announcing team registration opening shortly through the newsletter, and the 2020 Website. Pay attention to your inbox this week for the announcement!
In the meantime, check out these pages:
Anybody planning to join the competition in 2020 should take some time to read through the 2020 Competition Hub. On this hub, you will find detailed information about the requirements for this year's competition. Some examples include:
- Team Requirements - detailed information on who should be on the team, how many instructors are required, and how to qualify your team for the competition
- Rules of Conduct - expectations for teams during the competition
- Competition Deliverables - teams must deliver certain items by predetermined dates to participate in the competition
In case you missed it...
Revive & Restore will award a $5,500 grant (USD) to up to 12 teams working on conservation
Revive & Restore is the leading conservation organization promoting the incorporation of genetic tools into standard conservation practice. For the 2020 Competition, Revive & Restore will award up to 12 grants of $5500 each to teams whose projects are focused on solving a problem in conservation. Learn more on their sponsor page:
Learn more about iGEM's sponsors:
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors
Community Bulletin
Are you a new High School iGEM Advisor? Or interested in becoming one?
Teacher Biotechnology Bootcamp (TB2), July 21-25, 2020.
Sessions include:
- Hands-on techniques in wet lab skills- cloning workflow,
- DNA software editing tools,
- Nuts and bolts of running a successful iGEM team,
- Interaction with professionals in the synthetic biology community including iGEM HQ and judges
Location: Lambert High School in Suwanee, GA, USA.
Registration includes: course curriculum, all lab supplies, lunch and snacks daily and an opening night reception, optional tour, t-shirt and binder with protocols.
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