Katie Bodner, Kristjan Eerik Kaseniit, Kyle Lathem, Richard Nelson Hall, Brandon Nadres, Chamille Lescott
Enrollment: Apply online at: http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:MIT/2014/Recruiting
Sign-up by 12/24
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: 7.01x preferred
Ever wonder if you could re-program cells to do whatever you wanted? With synthetic biology, the possibilities are endless!
Synthetic biology provides a unique opportunity to combine knowledge from electrical engineering, biological engineering, chemical engineering and biology. In this class, through a combination of lectures and work in the lab, you will learn many of the skills necessary to prepare you to join the MIT 2014 iGEM team!
iGEM is an international undergraduate competition in synthetic biology which MIT has competed in since 2004. To find out more about iGEM go to: www.igem.org and http://2014.igem.org. This is the special 10th anniversary of iGEM, and there will be a giant jamboree competition in Boston next November that will enable all teams to go directly to finals.
Through this hands-on class, you will go through the process of constructing DNA circuits, and by the end of IAP, you will create a bacterial lamp you can turn on and off! Guest lectures from synthetic biology professors and trips to local synthetic biology companies will supplement the curriculum.
No background experience is necessary, and all majors are welcome!
Send questions to igem-2014-applications@mit.edu
Visit http://tiny.cc/MITiGEM2014 to apply
Note: Times are roughly subject to change.
Sponsor(s): Biological Engineering
Contact: Katie Bodner, KBODNER@MIT.EDU
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