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  1. SWAirlines has a sale on airfare from some U.S. cities to Boston. Ends today 11:59PST. http://tinyurl.com/jamboree...
  2. Getting started at the spring workshop: Asia- Tom Knight discusses syn.bio based on parts. Can we turn scientific knowledge into technology?
  3. Kicking off the iGEM spring workshop: Europe at Imperial College in London, UK.
  4. Use the new visa invitation letter system to download your customized letter. Apply for your visas early! By June 1 is highly recommended
  5. If you need a visa to attend the Jamboree, the deadline for obtaining an invitation letter from iGEM HQ is JUNE 1. Details on 2009.igem.org.
  6. Tom Knight and Ken Oye go into details about safety in iGEM -- safety in the lab as well as a broader discussion about safety and regs.
  7. Finishing up with Randy going over iGEM 2009 requirements, changes, judging, safety and then an open discussion session.
  8. Back on Sunday morning. Barry Canton is going over promoters, measurement, and devices.
  9. Done with QC information and DNA distribution and now on to making parts.
  10. Randy explains the Registry star system... curation vs. community-sourcing, user reviews and ratings, popularity of parts.
  11. Reshma is enlightening everyone on how to search the Registry. Good to know.... superpart search, subpart search, and text search.
  12. Lots of learning going on at the iGEM 2009 spring workshop: MIT! Up now: Tom Knight talking about synthetic biology based on parts.
  13. Europe workshop date has been finalized -- June 20/21 at Imperial College in London, UK. 2009.igem.org for details and to RSVP.
  14. MIT workshop schedule has been posted: http://2009.igem.org/Worksh....
  15. Asia workshop date finalized -- June 27/28 at University of Tokyo. RSVP at 2009.igem.org.
  16. MIT workshop date finalized -- May 16/17. Make sure to RSVP at 2009.igem.org.
  17. Posted 'Safety in iGEM' to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/1978544
  18. Still interested in participating in iGEM09? Email HQ by the end of the week--need to finalize the Jamboree venue & will limit # of teams.
  19. Registration for iGEM 2009 ends tonight at midnight -- Sign up now!
  20. iGEM 2009 Registration is open! 2009.igem.org