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June Newsletter
This month...
- First competition deadline: Preliminary Safety Forms due June 26
- Doing Human Practices During a Global Pandemic
- iGEM 2020 Awards and Special Prizes Out Now
- FREE MathWorks software for iGEM 2020 teams
- GenScript announces second sponsorship winner
- New iGEM Summer Webinars Series & Measurement Committee Office Hours
- Team Highlight: German Meetup, UK Meetup, Southern China meeting, and more!
- Join iGEM 2020 on the JOGL platform and be a part of achieving Vision 2030 for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Missed the Opening Weekend Festival? New Videos Ready Now
- Upcoming Dates to Consider
Keep scrolling to see what's new in the iGEM community this month.
Upcoming Competition Deadline
Preliminary Safety Form Due, June 26
The first Competition Deadline is coming up at the end of this month: the Preliminary Safety Form. The purpose of the Safety Form is for everyone, including iGEM, to know you are doing your project safely and securely. This is how we know that everyone in iGEM is assessing and managing any risks to yourselves, your colleagues, communities or the environment.
An initial version of this form, with as much information as possible, is to be provided by the team by June 26, 11:59PM EDT. Any team member may fill this in and save the form for submission. The form does not need to be signed off by the PI until September 11.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Safety/Final_Safety_Form
Teams are encouraged to visit the Safety Hub to review iGEM's Safety and Security Policies, and find guidance on how to safely do iGEM.
Doing Human Practices During a Global Pandemic
The Human Practices Committee understands that many teams will have limited laboratory access this year, and will have to think carefully before hosting public events or organizing face-to-face meetings. We know you’ll rise to the challenge, and we want to help.
In our blog post on Doing Human Practices During A Global Pandemic and the Opening Weekend sessions we hosted, we describe exciting ways to build Human Practices into your project that don’t require in-person meetings. If you have any questions or want any support, reach out to us at humanpractices AT igem DOT org. You can also contact us if you would like a Human Practices Committee member to present at your team meetup.
iGEM 2020 Awards and Special Prizes Out Now
Teams can compete for various awards on top of the medals. These awards include the Grand Prize, Track Awards, and Special Prizes. For more details about the 2020 award criteria, click below.
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Judging/Awards
FREE MathWorks Software for iGEM 2020 Teams
MathWorks is offering complimentary software to iGEM 2020 teams for use in the competition. Using MATLAB and Simulink products helps your team organize, model, and develop complex biological systems for your iGEM project.
Visit the 2020 Software Page for more information on how to request FREE MathWorks Software: https://2020.igem.org/Resources/Software_Tools
GenScript announced their second sponsorship winner: Team IISER Bhopal! There are still 4 sponsorships up for grabs. The next voting deadline is June 30.
Teams can write a short article project summary on the Molecular Cloud timeline to be promoted by GenScript social media accounts. Sign in to Molecular Cloud and use the “Create Post” button to share a story to the front page of our timeline. Commenting on certain posts with a complete profile may also award $20 Amazon Gift Cards. Check out what they have in store for you: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors/GenScript
iGEM Summer Webinars: Molecular Biology, Measurement, and Modeling
The Measurement Committee is developing a series of weekly webinars to help with your projects. Planned topics include taking your ideas into the lab, designing DNA sequences, DNA part assembly from classical to modern methods, engineering your organism, modeling your project, measuring cellular phenotypes like fluorescence, and how to purify and characterize protein products.
The next webinar is on Tuesday June 16, 10:00AM EDT.
Measurement Committee Office Hours
Do you have questions about engineering and measurement for your project? Please join the Measurement Committee Office Hours to ask your questions! We will be running office hours on every other Tuesday at 3:00AM EDT and 1:00PM EDT. The next Office Hours will be on Tuesday June 23. Learn more: https://2020.igem.org/Calendar/Events#MeasurementOfficeHours_2
Team Highlight
Participate at the German iGEM Online MeetUp, July 4-5! Registration is open!
20 Years have passed, 20 years to come! This MeetUp celebrates the past achievements of synthetic biology and gives an outlook on what’s to come. Join our digital MeetUp at the 4th and 5th July for great talks and helpful workshops. Present your project during an online poster session and at the scientific project-video competition by the GASB. Get in touch with other teams at our game night, via our Slack Workspace and introduce your team with a funny video! We welcome all international teams, Alumni, PIs and everyone who is interested! The MeetUp will be for free and entirely in English!
For more information and the registration visit our website: www.igemmarburg.com/meetup
More Team Meetups & Events
- June 14: The 4th Southern China Regional Online Meeting
- June 18: The second Israel iGEM Meetup
- June 19: UK iGEM online meet-up
- July 4 - 5: German iGEM MeetUp
- July 11: Eastern China iGEM Meetup
- July 22-25: Virtual Benelux iGEM Meetup
iGEM 2020 teams can email iGEM HQ (hq [AT] igem [DOT] org) to have your meetup or event posted to the official 2020 events page:
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Calendar/Events
See also, team collaborations: https://2020.igem.org/Teams/Collaborations
iGEM X Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
iGEM is teaming up with Just One Giant Lab to foster efficient collaboration among teams and enhance the accessibility to the skills and resources amidst the pandemic. Join the iGEM 2020 program on the JOGL platform and be a part of the global effort to achieve Vision 2030 for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Create a JOGL account
- Launch your project/ Join one
- Participate in iGEM: SDG challenge
- Post your needs, navigate resources and collaborate
Get tickets for the launch event on July 8th Tickets:
https://bit.ly/iGEM-JOGL-Launch
Join JOGL by Friday, July 10th
Join here: https://app.jogl.io/program/iGEM2020
Missed The Opening Weekend Festival?
New Videos Ready Now
Session recordings from last month's Opening Weekend Festival are now ready to view on YouTube and Bilibili! New videos include:
Developing Synthetic Biology Designs using ShortBOL
Software Committee
Discovering the data need to model biochemical networks with Datanator
Software Committee
iGEM Insights: Understanding iGEM Through Data
Biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocols and Digital Sequence Sharing
After iGEM Policy Committee
Creative Challenge: SynBio SciFi Stories
iGEM Entrepreneurship Committee (EPIC)
A Secret Key to Mass Media
Team: Moscow State University
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Teams/Opening_Weekend/Sessions
With thanks to iGEM's 2020 Sponsors:
Learn more about iGEM's Sponsors:
Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Sponsors
Upcoming dates to consider
- June 12: Webinar - Topics in Synbio Entrepreneurship: Discover & Define More...
- June 14: The 4th Southern China Regional Online Meeting More...
- June 16: iGEM Summer Webinar Series - Webinar 2 More...
- June 18: The second Israel iGEM Meetup More...
- June 19: UK iGEM online meet-up More...
- June 23: Measurement Committee Office Hours - Session 2 More...
- June 26: Preliminary Safety Form Due More...
- June 30: Next GenScript sponsorship team voting deadline More...
- July 4-5: German iGEM MeetUp More...
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