Updates:
August 19th: New menu! Still in progress though.
August 12th: Guys please don't mess with the homepage it's hard to fix
August 4th: Ayy now we're getting stuff done
July 22th: First website team meeting yay
July 21th: Welcome Sarah to the team
July 12th: Project: 'Make sexy landing page" commenced
July 10th: Senpai nooo what will we do without you
June 30th: Project: "Cleanup wiki code" commenced
June 28th: Miraculin done
June 21st: JK Lutein you are here to stay
June 16th: Menu links now work!
June 16th: New sexy logo and banner :D
June 15th: RIP Lutein project you will be missed
June 7th: UMDiGEM.com purchased
Assignments
For website team members:
Do whatever you were assigned. See Best Kohai if you need an assignment.
For other iGEM members:
-REWRITE your bio! It should be ~500 characters, about the length of Iowis's and Best Kohai's.
-SEE Best Kohai for specific assignments
-Write up experimental details, protocol, etc. for any of our 3 experiments
-Write up our human practices stuff
-Select pictures from our drive to be uploaded to the wiki
Welcome!
This website is currently under heavy development, so please excuse the scarcity of content!
What is iGEM?
The International Genetically Engineered Machine is a student-led synthetic biology competition with more than 280 participating collegiate teams worldwide. Each September, teams from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas gather in Boston to share their research findings. iGEM is also much more than a competition. The iGEM Foundation is dedicated to education and competition, advancement of synthetic biology, and the development of open community and collaboration. The community has a long history of involving students and the public in the development of the new field of synthetic biology.
What is Synthetic Biology?
(Someone will also have to rewrite this for us)
"If you ask five different experts in the field what synthetic biology is, you'll get 7 different definitions."
Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary branch of biology, combining disciplines such as biotechnology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, systems biology, biophysics, computer engineering, and is in many ways related to genetic engineering.
What is UMaryland?
The University of Maryland is the state's flagship and land-grant institution with 37,500 students in 12 schools and colleges, 9,000 faculty and staff, and a $1.9B annual operating budget, including $500M in external research funding. It is a member of the Association of American Universities.
How can I be involved?
Contact our community/outreach director, Robert Hand.
rhand@terpmail.umd.edu
Support us financially!
Donations of any amount are welcome and will be recognized on our sponsors page. Donations exceeding a certain amount will be featured at the footer of every page.
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