Beschrijving
The iGEM Foundation is dedicated to education and competition, advancement of synthetic biology, and the development of open community and collaboration. The main program at the iGEM Foundation is the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition, which is the premiere student competition in Synthetic Biology. Since 2004, participants of the competition have experienced education, teamwork, sharing, and more in a unique competition setting. This competition aims to build biological systems from standard, interchangeable parts and operate them in living cells. However, iGEM is much more than a competition; the iGEM community has a long history of involving students and the public in the development of the new field of synthetic biology.
iGEM team 2015-2016
Since the academic year 2015-2016 a Leiden iGEM team participates in the iGEM competition. The team is built around highly enthusiastic and bright honorsstudents. This first team will represent our University in Boston, USA at the annual Jamboree in September 2016. You can follow the Leiden iGEM team via “Facebook”: https://www.facebook.com/igemleiden/ and “Twitter”: https://twitter.com/igem_leiden
iGEM team 2017-2018
If you are a creative and highly-motivated student that is passionate about the possibilities of synthetic biology, we invite you to attend the meeting in October 2016 during which more information will be provided to prospective students.
Rooster
Vanaf november 2017: teamleden worden geselecteerd
Vanaf februari 2018: kennismaken team en brainstormsessies
Vanaf maart 2018: vormgeving van het idee en het team, pr en marketing, fondsenwerving.
zomervakantie: uitwerken en ontwikkelen van het idee
Onderwijsvorm
Teamwerk middels verschillende reguliere bijeenkomsten, intensieve periode in het lab, excursie naar de Jamboree in Boston USA.
Aanmelden
Als je je wilt aanmelden, kom je naar de bijeenkomst die wordt georganiseerd in oktober 2017. Hier ontvang je alle informatie omtrent aanmelding en selectie.
Contact
Ga voor meer informatie naar de website van iGEM of neem contact op met Dennis Claessen via D.Claessen@biology.leidenuniv.nl