AlumniGEM Mentorship Program

Do you want to mentor a team this year? Are you in a high school or collegiate team and interested in mentorship? AlumniGEM is running a mentorship program to match iGEM alum and current high school/collegiate teams together. Check out the Mentorship page and apply today! The application deadline is June 19th and we will announce the teams and mentors soon after.

InterLab Measurement Study

So far, we have 11 teams signed up for the 2015 InterLab study! Many thanks to the following teams for being excited about measurement!

Teams so far: Carnegie Mellon, Czech Republic, EPF Lausanne, ETH Zurich, OUC China, SYSU Software, TecCEM, TecCEM HS, TU Delft, UCLA, and Waterloo!

Are you excited about measurement in synthetic biology? Can you measure GFP or another fluorescent protein in your lab? Then join us! Sign-up for the InterLab study by June 19th by emailing us at measurement AT igem DOT org.

Visa Application Day

If you haven't already, be sure to apply for your travel visa today! Visa applications can and do often take longer than expected to process. You can get a customized invitation letter to use when applying for your travel visa through the online visa invitation letter system. Instructions are available on the Visa help page.

Giant Jamboree attendees should apply for B-1 travel visas, which allows the visa holder to present at conferences.

Giant Jamboree registration

Registration for the Giant Jamboree is now open! The attendance fee for each iGEM team member will be $695 (reduced from last year!) during regular registration, which is open until July 31 at 11:59PM EDT.

See the Attendance fee page for the registration link and additional details.

Contribute your Human Practices story!

Did you participate in iGEM in the past? Do you have a great story about your Human Practices and how it enriched your project? We are collecting stories for the Practices Hub! Email hq (at) igem (dot) org to add yours!

Be sure to register for the MATLAB webinar - May 27

The MATLAB webinar on May 27 will provide iGEM teams with an introduction to modeling, simulation, and analysis with MATLAB and SimBiology, with examples from synthetic biology literature. The webinar will be from 9:00AM to 10:00AM EST.

To register for the webinar, or request the MathWorks complimentary software kit for your team, see the MathWorks sponsor page!

Safety Office Hours tomorrow

Join us for the first set of Safety Office Hours on Skype, at 12:00 noon and 9:00pm EDT! Ask questions, discuss safe and responsible engineering, chat with other iGEMers from around the world! Instructions here.

280 Teams!

280 teams have officially registered for iGEM 2015!
You can see the complete list here and the world map here.

Announcing iGEM's new Cloning Troubleshooting Hub!

Our new iGEM Science and Technology Fellow, Traci, has created a Cloning Help page! This is a new page for the 2015 season and we hope you take advantage of it.

Do you have a cloning related question you want to ask iGEM HQ? Are you struggling with a technique used in your cloning process? Are you looking for some general tips and tricks for various wet lab techniques? Then come on over to the new Cloning Help page, check out our Transformation tips and Restriction Digest and Ligation tips, and submit your questions throughout the competition!

Judging Application Deadline: June 1st

Do you want to judge at the iGEM Giant Jamboree? Apply now! The deadline is June 1st. Please complete our Judging application form to be in our database.

The first group of judges will be announced on July 1st. A second round will be announced at a later date based on the number of teams attending the Jamboree.