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MathWorks is again a sponsor of iGEM.
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[http://www.mathworks.com/programs/igem Click here for ]software and training!
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[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
Contact is Kristen Zannella for information or feedback kzannella(at)mathworks(period)com

Revision as of 17:17, 3 May 2008

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

The iGEM 2007 Dance movie

iGEM Websites

Main iGEM website

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 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 here. (doi:10.1186/1754-1611-2-5)


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.

Click here for software and training!

Contact is Kristen Zannella for information or feedback kzannella(at)mathworks(period)com