Newsletter, March 2018

Opportunities:

• We're accepting applications to participate in the World Health Assembly in Geneva through the Delegate Program. Apply before March 26.
• Become an iGEM Ambassador! Be the eyes, ears, and voice of iGEM and synthetic biology for your region. Applications are open for the 2018 season.
• Join the Human Practices Committee and help keep synthetic biology safe, responsible, and good for the world.
• Apply to be a judge for the iGEM 2018 competition. Applications are now open.

News:

• Five iGEMers attended the Biological Weapons Convention last December through the Delegate Program. Read about their experiences.
• IDT provides free synthesis to all iGEM teams again, allowing teams around the world to live in the future of synthesis. Thank you, IDT!
• iGEM startups continue to succeed. New startups include: XENO Cell Innovations and Pili. Let us know about your iGEM startup today.
• In Case You Missed It:
  Biota Beats created the iGEM 'Uni-Verse' at the 2017 Giant Jamboree and was featured in STATNews and Scientific American.

Job Postings:

• Biobuilder, Learning Lab Teaching Fellow
• Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI), Various positions
• XENO Cell, Synthetic Biologist/ Protein Engineer

Coming Soon:

Here is what we are working on for next time:

• iGEM in My Language
• iGEM Digest
• 2018 Mentorship Program