News About iGEM
From 2008.igem.org
- Check out the Press Kit
2008
- O'Reilly Radar: Looking Forward to iGEM in 2008
- Science Friday: Anticipating Synthetic Biology (mp3 here)
2007
- University of Glasgow: Student sensor sniffs out danger
- Nexxus Scotland: Student sensor sniffs out danger (2)
- Innovations Report: Student sensor sniffs out danger (3)
- Scottish Bioinformatics Forum: Glasgow team scoop iGEM top environment prize
- Eureka Magazine: Students invent self powered toxic sensor
- Digital Journal: Students Invent Self-Powered Early Warning System To Detect Pollution
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: Students Compete Internationally to Build Biological Organisms From Standard Parts
- Slate: Students from around the world synthesize new forms of life at the iGEM Jamboree
- NY Times: English, Algebra, Phys Ed ... and Biotech
- San Francisco Chronicle: High school biowizards break new ground in winning competition
- Science Daily: Students Devise Novel Way To Detect Urinary Catheter Infections
- Wired.com: Genetic-Engineering Competitors Create Modular DNA Dev Kit
- Genome Technology Online: "We Think of It as the Synthetic Biology Sweatshop"
- Gizmag.com: Self-powered biosensor wins iGEM Environmental award [Glasgow]
- Medical News Today: Young Slovenian Synthetic Biologists Devise A Mutation Independent Defense Against HIV
- Brown Daily Hearald: Students win gold for glowing mold
- Cnews.ca: ButaNerds pumped
- The Brown Daily Herald: Students win gold for glowing mold
- The University of Melbourne Voice: Bioengineering Gold: University of Melbourne students won a team Gold Medal + a category prize at iGEM 2007
- Mississippi Agricultural News: MSU students excel in new scientific field
- The University of Lethbridge: Biochemistry Researcher and iGEM Team Leader Receives Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award
- Imperial College London: Going for gold – Imperial students impress judges at genetic engineering competition
- Taipei Times: National Yang Ming University students win science gold
- Davidson: Davidson's Bacterial Computer Wins Gold in Synthetic Bio Competition
- MIT News: Hundreds attend iGem Jamboree
- cogito.org: 2007 iGEM Jamboree
- Marketwire: GENEART Sponsors Winning iGEM Teams
- O'Reilly Radar: Stories we want to see in 2008: iGEM student makes Cellulosic Ethanol breakthrough...
- Daily Princetonian: Cellular warriors: Team develops new approach to fighting breast cancer
- Livemint.com - The Wall Street Journal: Indian students win MIT prize, strike blow for synthetic biology
- The Rolla Daily News: UMR team to develop yeast-cell breathalyzer
- Rice News: Students use designer virus to attack bacterial drug resistance
- University of Alberta Express News: Alberta's ButaNerds iGEM team (w/ video!)
- UCSF Today: UCSF's all-highschool team
- Science Centric: Student sensor sniffs out danger [Glasgow]
- The Paly voice: '07 Paly graduate finalist at MIT biotechnology competition iGEM [UCSF]
2006
- [http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/06/1913228&threshold=-1 Genetically Engineered Machines Competition] Slashdot.org
- [http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17716&ch=biotech Bizarre bacterial creations] Technology Review
- [http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/11/05/genetic_jamboree_draws_innovators/ Genetic Jamboree draws innovators] The Boston Globe
- [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7119/full/444531a.html Slovenians engineer win in genetics competition] Nature
- [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/igem.html Gene machine takes the prize] MIT news office
- [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061114193826.htm Gene Machine: Cells Engineered To Prevent Sepsis Win Synthetic Biology Competition] Science Daily
- [http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=26665 EU-sponsored teams scoop top prizes at iGEM jamboree] EU comission directorate of science
- [http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-74702.html Slovenian team won the Grand prize at the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition at MIT] Innovations report
- [http://http://varsity.co.uk/news/567/1/ Synthetic biology success] Varsity
- [http://biohackery.com/node/54 The Gene Jamboree] BioHackery
iGEM 2006 Team News
- [http://www.brown.edu/Administration/InsideBrown/2006/112206a.html#igem "Tag! They're it!" Inside Brown].
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6163330.stm Students Craft Arsenic Water Test]BBC News 11/20/06
- [http://www2.davidson.edu/common/templates/news/news_tmp01.asp?newsid=7441 Research Team Scores Big for Bio-Computer That Sorts “Burnt Pancakes”]Davidson College News 11/23/06
- [http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/~eckdahl/iGEM/MWMagazine_3_2007.pdf Students Shine at International Competition]Missouri Western Alumni Magazine 03/07
- [http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/061120arsenictest.html Simple Test Could Make World's Water Supplies Safer]University of Edinburgh News & Events 20/11/06
- [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_8-11-2006-16-12-7?newsid=2929 Imperial Students Engineer Success at International Competition]Imperial College News 11/8/06
- [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/P8045.htm Imperial pioneers new biological engineering parts] Imperial College News 08/11/06
- [http://www.technologyreview.com/BioTech/17790/ Weaving Barrels from DNA] Technology Review 11/15/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/k29ht Princeton University Genetic engineering competition puts students at cusp of new science]News@Princeton 07/27/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/mk6er Princeton University Team Competing in iGEM]Princeton Packet 07/07/06
- [http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/~eckdahl/iGEM/St_Joseph_NewsPress_7_2006.htm Science students heading to MIT]St. Joseph News-Press 07/05/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/o4ett Students plan to devote summer to MIT synthetic biology competition]Brown Daily Herald - 03/20/2006
- [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/csbi-0308.html Endy gives talk on DNA programming]MIT News Office - 03/08/2006
- [http://www.engr.psu.edu/newsevents/NewsDetail.asp?NewsYear=2006&NewsMonth=1 Penn State Newsbrief on the 2005 Jamboree] Penn State - 1/31/06
- [http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2006/iGEM_competition/ Cambridge University News] Cambridge - 1/25/06
- [http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/bacteria/index.html The Right Exposure] UT Austin - 12/19/2005
- [http://www.cambridge-mit.org/cgi-bin/default.pl?SID=6&NewsID=329 Genetically engineered machines invade MIT] MIT - 12/17/05
- [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/12/12-08-05tdc/12-08-05dnews-07.asp Students race bacteria in MIT competition] - Penn State 12/08/05
- [http://www2.davidson.edu/common/templates/news/news_tmp03.asp?newsid=5394 Davidson Students “Ace” Presentation at MIT Synthetic Biology Competition] Davidson - 11/29/05
- [http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/200511214/ Scientists engineer bacteria to create living photographs] UCSF - 11/23/05
- [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/igem-post.html Teams lay BioBrick foundation for genetic engineering] MIT news office - 11/08/05
- [http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/08.25/00-biomech.html Undergraduates spend summer creating living machines] Harvard - 8/25/05
- [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/02/03/news/11891.shtml Students build bio-circuits] Daily Princeton - 2/3/2005
Other News
- [http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=34084 Biology as Cultural Artifact] Greenbiz
- [http://www.collegenews.org/x6048.xml Davidson's Campbell Wins Award...] CollegeNews.org
- [http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7854314 Synthetic Biology: Life 2.0] the Economist 8/31/2006
- [http://www.nzz.ch/2006/08/23/ft/articleEEA5E.html Organism from Scratch] (in german) Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland - 08/24/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/j7wup MIT Scientists Ask Biologists to Imitate Engineers] ExtremeNano - 06/21/06
- [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-id.synthetic18jun18,0,984573.story?page=1&coll=bal-ideas-headlines Playing God in the lab] Baltimore Sun - 06/18/06
- [http://www.focusmag.co.uk/cover.asp Design for Life] BBC Focus - 6/06
- [http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000E491E-B2F9-146C-B2F983414B7F0000 Engineering Life: Building a Fab for Biology] Scientific American - 6/06
- [http://www.focusmag.co.uk/cover.asp Design for Life] BBC Focus - 6/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/qqafx Engineering Life: Building a Fab for Biology] Scientific American - 6/06
- [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7092/pdf/441388a.pdf Synthetic biologists try to calm fears] Nature Magazine - May 25, 2006
- [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/full/438417a.html Synthetic Biology: Designs on Life] - Nature Magazine (synthetic biology dedicated issue) 11/24/05
- [http://www.bio-itworld.com/newsitems/2005/nov2005/11-08-05-news-igem iGEM 2005: Synthetic Biology’s Future] - Bio IT World.com 11/8/2005
- [http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2005/1116synthlife.shtml Synthetic Life Research Shows Progress—And Raises Questions] - American Association for the Advancement of Science - 11/5/2005
- [http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041004/pf/431624a_pf.html Starting from scratch] Nature - 11/6/04
- [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/303/5655/158 Synthetic Biology:Microbes Made to Order] Science Magazine - 1/9/2004
- [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1002/063_print.html Architect of Life] Forbes 10/2/06
- [http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7854314 Synthetic Biology: Life 2.0] the Economist 8/31/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/naxvp The Biggest DNA Ever Made]Businessweek 07/13/06
- [http://tinyurl.com/j7wup MIT Scientists Ask Biologists to Imitate Engineers] ExtremeNano - 06/21/06
- [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-id.synthetic18jun18,0,984573.story?page=1&coll=bal-ideas-headlines Playing God in the lab] Baltimore Sun - 06/18/06
- [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060612/full/060612-5.html Newspaper investigation highlights bioterror fears]Nature 6/14/2006 doi:10.1038/
- [http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/synthetic-biology-evolution_cx_mh_06blank_0418life.html Blank Slate - Regenesis] Forbes 4/18/06
- [http://www.londonpress.info/lps/article.asp?uniqueID=5831&category=science The March of the Bio-Machines Advances] London Press - 3/20/06
- [http://www.biosysbio.com/ BiosysBio 2007 Conference] UK synthetic biology conference highlighting European iGEM projects - 3/01/06
- [http://www.scitechinfo.com/node/520 7 from Penn State enter the Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition] Sci/Tech newsfeed - 2/06/06
- [http://www.jumpingelectrons.com/Technology/Bacteria-Photograph.asp Live Photographs] Jumping Electrons - 12/12/06
- [http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20051210/bob9.asp The Sum of the Parts] Science News - 12/10/06
- [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20051214-9999-lz1c14circuit.html Controlling organisms with biological circuits opens up a world of possibilities and dangers]San Diego Union Tribune - 12/6/05
- [http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2005/11/the_biological_camera.php The Biological Camera] Seed Magazine - 11/29/05
- [http://college4.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2005/11/24/1283098.xml Live From the Lab, a Culture Worth a Thousand Words] New York Times - 11/24/05
- [http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167600232&printable=true The List: R&D Projects that must get done] EE Times - 8/8/05
- [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/mit.html Life: Reinvented] Wired - 1/05
- [http://tinyurl.com/s2k56 Gates foundation to promote synthetic biology] CNET news - 12/13/2004
- [http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22100356 Conference hones tools for synthetic bio revolution] EE Times 6/21/04
- [http://www.eetonline.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21800320 Conference kicks off synthetic bio revolution] EE TIMES - 6/15/04
*[http://www.forbes.com/best/2001/0910/016.html Brainy Bacteria] Forbes - 09/10/01
Other iGEM-related documents
- [http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf Synthetic bio whitepaper] Berkeley Synbio Policy Group, April 15, 2006
- [http://www.onr.navy.mil/about/conferences/rd_partner/2005/docs/past/2005/0507_rettberg_synthetic_biology.pdf ONR 2005 Naval-Industry R&D Partnership Conference, 26-29 July 2005 (PDF document)] R. Rettberg powerpoint presentation
- [http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/recherche/documents/pcrdt7/syntheticbiology.pdf Synthetic Biology, Applying Engineering to Biology (PDF document)] EU NEST Report EUR21796