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Join iGEM 2016!

Team registration is now open! Go to the Requirements page for more information on how to register and click here to fill the application form.

Deadline for registration is March 31st.

Synthesis at iGEM

FREE DNA synthesis is now available for all iGEM 2016 teams! IDT is partnering with iGEM to offer 20kb of DNA as gBlocks Gene Fragments to each registered iGEM 2016 team!
Click here for offer details.

PLOS iGEM Collection

Publishing opportunity: iGEM teams from 2015 and before can now publish their results in the PLOS iGEM Collection! Submissions will be posted on the PLOS Collections blog and subject to open review by members of the PLOS and iGEM communities. For more information click here.

iGEM News

February 26
Team registration now open!

Registration for iGEM 2016 is now open! Team PIs can register their team for iGEM 2016 by following these steps:

  1. Complete the registration application
  2. Submit the team's registration fee
  3. Stand by for contact email from iGEM HQ (this will follow after submission of the registration application and fee)

Please note, students will not be able to register a team. Please see the team roles page for additional information.

February 26
PLOS iGEM Collection

iGEM teams from 2015 and before have the opportunity to publish their results in the PLOS iGEM Collection! Submissions to the PLOS iGEM Collection will be posted for open review on the PLOS Collections blog, where members of the PLOS and iGEM communities will review them. There is no hard deadline, but submissions before early May have the best chance of completing the peer review process before the Giant Jamboree in October. See the PLOS sponsor page for more information about the offer, and the PLOS Collections Blog post for submission instructions and other FAQs.

February 26
iGEM at Synbiobeta

iGEM HQ will be at Synbiobeta London 2016 from April 6 to April 8! Come say hello, and be sure you hear Randy's talk!

February 26
High School and Community Lab teams

We're pleased to welcome High School and Community Lab teams back to iGEM 2016! Please click for registration details for High School teams and Community Lab teams.

February 26
Shipping to China

Due to restrictions by the Chinese Inspection and Quarantine Services (CIQ), iGEM is currently unable to ship DNA distribution kits or part requests to China. We must ask teams from China to please plan accordingly for 2016.

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