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It's summer! The Teachers' workshops are over and all of the teams are working towards the Jamboree in November. Whether you are an early team with a few weeks left of your summer or a late team that got started in lab a few weeks ago please keep your eye out for new information about the rest of the summer and about the Jamboree.

Summer News Headlines:

If you are having trouble with your transformations, keep sending in your requests for stabs.
There was a UK meetup in Scotland on the weekend of July 19 - check it out and see what went on!

(news archive)


iGEM Newsletter The new way to find out what is going on at iGEM Headquarters is our Newsletter. The first volume of the newsletter was released on June 13 and it's time to check out volume 2. Head to the Newsletter page to download it.	iGEM Partner Offers Please remember to take advantage of the wonderful offers that our iGEM Partners, the Mathworks and GENEART, have extended to the iGEM community. Keep in mind that the deadline for the GENEART offer is August 15th. Check out the Resources navigation box for more details.

Invitation Letters The Jamboree is fast approaching. If you are going to need an invitation letter to obtain a visa to visit the US please contact us soon! We will also be implementing an automatic invitation letter system that will let you automatically generate an invitation. In the meantime, see the Invitation letters page.	Checking Quality Control The Registry did a lot of work in preparation for iGEM 2008 that involved running all parts in the Repository through a quality control process. All of the information generated is available for all Registry and iGEM members to use. When working with a part please make sure to consult the QC information. Here are instructions, on how to interpret the results.

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+<p>The new way to find out what is going on at iGEM Headquarters is our <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Newsletter">Newsletter</a>.  The first volume of the newsletter was released on June 13 and it's time to check out volume 2.  Head to the <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Newsletter">Newsletter</a> page to download it.</p>
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+<p>Please remember to take advantage of the wonderful offers that our iGEM Partners, the <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Mathworks">Mathworks</a> and <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Geneart">GENEART</a>, have extended to the iGEM community.  Keep in mind that the deadline for the GENEART offer is August 15th.  Check out the Resources navigation box for more details.</p>
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+<p>The Jamboree is fast approaching.  If you are going to need an invitation letter to obtain a visa to visit the US please contact us soon!  We will also be implementing an automatic invitation letter system that will let you automatically generate an invitation.  In the meantime, see the <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Invitation_letters">Invitation letters page</a>.</p>
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+<p>The Registry did a lot of work in preparation for iGEM 2008 that involved running all parts in the Repository through a quality control process.  All of the information generated is available for all Registry and iGEM members to use.  When working with a part <strong>please </strong> make sure to consult the QC information.  Here are <a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:How_to_check_a_part">instructions,</a> on how to interpret the results.</p>
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