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iGEM and The Registry. Synthetic Biology Genopole Randy Rettberg, Dec. 16, 2010. iGEM Schedule: Assemble Your Team. 5 High School Students 5 Undergraduate Students 3 Graduate Students 3 Faculty. Utah State - iGEM 2009. iGEM Schedule: Raise Money. iGEM Schedule: Attend A Workshop.
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iGEM and The Registry Synthetic Biology Genopole Randy Rettberg, Dec. 16, 2010
iGEM Schedule: Assemble Your Team 5 High School Students 5 Undergraduate Students 3 Graduate Students 3 Faculty Utah State - iGEM 2009
Creating a Red Blood Cell Substitute Medical Applications ResearchersArthur Yu • Austin Day • David Tulga • Hannah Cole • Kristin Doan • Kristin Fuller • Nhu Nguyen • Samantha Liang • Vaibhavi Umesh • Vincent Parker Teaching AssistantsAmin Hajimorad • Farnaz Nowroozi • Rickey Bonds Advisors John Dueber • Christopher Anderson • Adam Arkin • Jay Keasling UC BERKELEY UC Berkeley iGEM 2007
Save the World - Arsenic Detector A test tube could contain all the necessary components: Freeze dried bacteria, growth medium, indicator powder, Ampicillin salt, etc… • These tubes could then be given to local villagers to monitor their own water quality themselves • A good alternative to the widely used Gutzeit method www.Macteria.co.uk
iGEM Philosophy Get and Give Teams are expected to use the parts, ideas, and experience of teams in previous years. Teams are expected to contribute their parts, ideas, and experiences.
iGEM Statistics • 7,362 users • 2,975 users have logged in this year • 1,189 have entered parts • 118 labs registered • 14,959 part entries in the Registry • 7,172 samples in the Repository • 2,924 parts reported to work • 1,837 samples sent by iGEM 2010 teams • 800 confirmed DNA (of 1000) in 2010 distribution
iGEM Growth and Scale 25% Growth Projected 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Regional Structure 2011 World Championship Jamboree 30 Judges Americas Jamboree 32 Judges Asian Jamboree 30 Judges European Jamboree 30 Judges
Web of Registries iGEM Headquarters Genopole SynBERC Peking Imperial SB Corp
Viewer Tool Tool Tool Viewer Viewer Tool Tool Syn-Bio-Co 1 Syn-Bio-Co 2 Public Data School 1 Lab 1 What we want How can the interfaces be developed?
Synthetic Biology Question Can simple biological systems be built from standard, interchangeable parts and operated in living cells? Or, is biology so complex that each case is unique?
Synthetic Biology Question Can simple biological systems be built from standard, interchangeable parts and operated in living cells? Sometimes ! Or, is biology so complex that each case is unique? Not always!
Engineering Products –Apple Quadra 840AV “Ahead of its time, the 840AV and its relative, the Centris/Quadra 660AV, were the first Macintoshes to include 16-bit 48KHz stereo audio recording capability, as well as S-Video and Composite video input and output. They were also the first personal computers that supported speech recognition (PlainTalk) out-of-the-box.”