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Teachtheteachers
From 2008.igem.org
Teach the Teachers 2008
Stata Center, MIT, May 3, 2008
9:00 am -- Welcome and Introduction by Randy Rettberg
Movies
iGEM Cartoon Movie
Movie about the 2006 iGEM Slovenian team (where can this be found?)
[http://blip.tv/file/472883 The iGEM 2007 Dance movie]
iGEM Websites
Main iGEM website
[http://partsregistry.org New Parts Registry site] -- active in about 1 week
Overview of the schedule for the day
9:30 am Synthetic Biology based on Parts -- Tom Knight
Abstraction and Design of Simple Biological Systems
This is very similar to his talk presented at SB3.0 in Zurich, available [http://www.syntheticbiology3.ethz.ch/tuesday.htm here] at the bottom of the page.
10:00 am -- Jason Kelly -- Standard Measurement Kit for BioBrick Promoters (PoPS-out devices)
(The slides will be at http://partsregistry/measurement when the site is live)
Jason explains how to measure the PoPs of promoters and compare it to a reference standard.
10:30 am -- Reshma Shetty Building BioBrick vectors from BioBrick parts
Everything you need to know can be found in their Journal of Biological Engineering article, found [http://www.jbioleng.org/content/2/1/5 here]. (doi:10.1186/1754-1611-2-5).
Also slides from the talk are available (pdf download).
10:45 am -- Randy Rettberg -- Overview of the iGEM 2008 Wiki
12:00 noon -- Lunch and team introductions
1:15 pm -- Mathworks Introduction
MathWorks is again a sponsor of iGEM.
[http://www.mathworks.com/programs/igem Click here] for software and training!
Contact is Kristen Zannella for information or feedback kzannella(at)mathworks(period)com
1:30 pm -- Meagan Lizarazo, Overview of Registry tools, BioBrick formats
See [http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation:Standards/Technical/Formats technical formats] for overview of the various standards.
2:45 pm -- Meagan Lizarazo, Overview of 2008 DNA distribution
This year the DNA has been fully QC'd and is spotted onto filter sheets that will be sent out in a binder.
Information about the 2008 DNA can be found [http://partsregistry.org/Help:IGEM_08_DNA_distribution here].
All the information about each part on each "plate" can be found [http://partsregistry.org/assembly/libraries.cgi?id=15 here].
3:30 pm -- Randy Rettberg, Overview of Team Requirements and how iGEM will operate
4:00 pm -- Drew Endy -- Judging, Awards, and Biosafety
See here for draft information on awards and here for information on how iGEM will be judged. NOTE: This is all draft and open for discussion! Email Drew!
There is also a biosafety requirement as part of the iGEM team presentations now -- part of bridging the generational gap between younger and older scientists, raise awareness, and share best practices.
