Jamboree sponsors

DEADLINE: In order to be PUBLISHED in the Giant Jamboree Program Book, your sponsorship must be processed by August 7. Please contact us before then if you are interested in sponsoring the Giant Jamboree. You may sponsor at any time up to the Jamboree but after August 7, your sponsorship will not be featured in the Giant Jamboree Program Book.

For additional information on Jamboree sponsorship, see the complete Sponsorship page.

Project descriptions

Be sure to submit your team project descriptions by July 15! The project description is a preliminary description of the team's project for iGEM 2015 that should be placed on the front page of the team wiki or on another page of the team wiki that is easily reached. The description does not need to be send to iGEM Headquarters. For more information, see the project descriptions page.

For additional deadlines, see the complete Calendar of Events.

Judging Handbook online

The 2015 Judging Handbook is now available online, and includes information about medals, special prizes, new tracks, and more.

Tomorrow: Safety Office Hours on Skype!

Join us for 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.

Remember, the "About Our Lab" and "About Our Project" questionnaires are due on Friday June 26. Now is a good time to get help on these questionnaires!

InterLab: Late Registration Open Until June 30th

We have extended the sign-up deadline for the 2015 InterLab Study to June 30th. We currently have 72 teams signed up, which is absolutely amazing!
If you are excited about measurement, can measure GFP (or something similar), then please sign up!
Send us an email at measurement AT igem DOT org by June 30th (11:59pm EDT)!

Safety Questionnaires due June 26

The "About Our Lab" and "About Our Project" questionnaires are due on Friday June 26! The "About Our Lab" form is for you to tell us about your laboratory space and safety equipment, and the "About Our Project" form is for you to tell us about your primary project idea, what organisms and parts you will use, and what your project will do.

To complete your questionnaires, please see the Safety Hub. Questions? Email safety (at) igem (dot) org!

Other teams' content showing up in your wiki?

There is a problem with some team wikis, where content from the wrong team appeared by accident.

Please do not edit other teams' wiki pages! Instead, just remove their content from your wiki page, and add your own.

If you want to get a "clean copy" of the blank wiki, you may copy from the Example2 wiki. Remember to change "Example2" to your own team name whenever it appears!

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.