presentation/outreach
iGEM Jamboree 2010
SynBERC investigator:
Rettberg
Event date:
2010-11-06
Event type:
Undergraduate or community college outreach event
Location:
MIT, Cambridge, MA
Industry involvement?:
Yes
Number of student participants:
1700
Number of instructor participants:
200
Event features:
Multi-disciplinary content
Event features:
Team taught by professors from multiple depts
Event features:
Undergrad level Description:
The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) is the premiere undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Student teams are given a kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Working at their own schools over the summer, they use these parts and new parts of their own design to build biological systems and operate them in living cells. This project design and competition format is an exceptionally motivating and effective teaching method.
