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Late registration has begun!

The late registration fee for iGEM 2016 is $5000 USD. To register your team, click here. Registration ends May 1.

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.

iGEM News



March 31
iGEM Mentorship program!

iGEM HQ is excited to announce the AlumniGEM team mentorship program will be run again in 2016! The first round of applications is due on the 7th of May. We encourage high school teams, collegiate teams and anyone who wants to be a mentor to signup now!

For more information, please check out the Mentorship Resource pages!

March 16
Regular registration deadline coming up!

Be sure to register your team and submit the registration fee by March 31, the deadline for regular registration! Registration fees received after March 31 at 11:59PM Boston time will be subject to a late fee surcharge of $500 USD. 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.

March 11
Plant Synthetic Biology in iGEM!

iGEM HQ is excited to announce a new initiative to support plant synthetic biology during the 2016 season and beyond! Plant synthetic biology has risen in popularity among iGEM teams over the last few years and we're working hard to help support those teams for 2016.

For more information, please check out the new Plant Synthetic Biology Resource page!

February 26
PLOS iGEM Collection

iGEM 2015 teams 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. For submission instructions and additional details, see the PLOS Collections Blog post.

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