Judging forms for the 2013 Regional Jamborees are now available! Any team member can make edits to the judging form by logging in and clicking on their team.

The deadline for completed judging forms is:

• Friday September 27 at 11:59PM EDT for the Asia, Latin America and North America regions.
• Friday October 4 at 11:59PM EDT for Europe.

Information about the Judging Forms can be found here!

With parts arriving at iGEM HQ we wanted to remind you to check on your submissions: see if your submission has arrived at iGEM HQ, and the status of your samples.

Don't forget that in order for a sample to be accepted by the Registry the part:

• must have its sequence entered into the Registry
• be BioBrick compatible
• and be in pSB1C3

The iGEM Community page has been updated! We've recently added community contributions from:

• Manaus Amazonas-Brazil
• UANL Mty-Mexico
• TU-Eindhoven
• UGent
• British Columbia

If you have news, events, team videos, etc., that you would like to share with the rest of the iGEM community, email us at: hq (at) igem.org!

If you would like to share an article that was written about iGEM or your iGEM team, please post it to the Publicity page! You can also share blogs, videos, radio interviews, and more!

Registered teams can just log in and post.

We've made some changes to the submission system that will give better feedback to users and help the Registry process new submissions. You'll see when your physical shipment has arrived at the Registry, and the status of your samples on an individual basis.

• Add your parts to the Registry!
• Submission Requirements and Instructions
• Send your samples now!

Don't forget that part submissions are due at iGEM HQ by your regional deadline. Parts must be BioBrick compatible and in pSB1C3.

The iGEM Community page has been updated! We've recently added community contributions from:

• Cornell
• Baskent Meds
• METU Turkey
• Morph Bioinformatics
• Paris Bettencourt
• Bordeaux
• TU-Delft
• ITU MOBGAM Turkey

If you have news, events, team videos, etc., that you would like to share with the rest of the iGEM community, email us at: hq (at) igem.org!

As you continue to work on your wiki, be sure to upload all files (images, videos, etc.) to the 2013.igem.org server, rather than the igem.org server. This preserves your files for the future, and helps prevent accidental file overwrites with previous teams.

Permitted file types include: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, pdf, ppt, txt, zip, mp3, mp4, webm, mov, m, ogg, gb, xls, tif, tiff, and fcs.

Several deadlines are coming up this Friday August 30. The following are due:

• Safety forms
• Track Selection
• Title and Abstract
• Team Roster

The complete Calendar of Events can be seen here. If you have any questions, please contact hq (at) igem (dot) org.

The deadline to register for the iGEM 2013 Regional Jamborees is this Friday August 23! Registration fees received after Friday will be subject to the late registration rate, so be sure to register your team soon!

Thanks to some new faces here at iGEM HQ, we have reevaluated our schedule and are able to change some important deadlines. Check out the updated Calendar of Events.

The iGEM Community page has been updated! We've recently added community contributions from:

• York UK
• Valencia Biocampus
• SydneyUni Australia
• METU Turkey
• Baskent Meds
• Newcastle
• TecMonterrey

If you have news, events, team videos, etc., that you would like to share with the rest of the iGEM community, email us at: hq (at) igem.org!

The Safety Forms are now available! Be sure to read over the instructions and complete the safety forms for your team.

The deadline is August 30th. Make sure you complete the forms by August 30th and send them to the correct safety email for your Region!

The Calendar of Events has been updated! Be sure to review it for upcoming deadlines and other important dates.

The next deadline is August 9, when project descriptions are due.

Registration for the Regional Jamborees is now open!

See the Jamboree Attendance Fee page for instructions on how to register for your Regional Jamboree.

Be sure to register by the August 23 deadline!

As you begin to work on your team wiki, be sure to keep the wiki requirements in mind!

Note: Flash is not permitted on 2013 team wiki pages.

The iGEM Community page is up! If you have news, events, team videos, etc., that you would like to share with the rest of the iGEM community, email us at: hq (at) igem.org!

We've recently added community contributions from:

• NTNU-Trondheim

If you're thinking about DNA synthesis for your project, be sure to check out the sponsor offer from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) for all iGEM teams!

Details are available on the IDT sponsor page.

The online visa invitation letter system is now live! Team members needing a visa invitation letter can generate one by logging into their account. Details can be found on the Visa help page.

Note: You must be listed on your team's official roster in order to access the system. Latin America teams, please contact us for your visa invitation letters.

If you have any questions, send an email to: registration (AT) igem (DOT) org!

iGEM Headquarters will be on the road from July 8 to July 12 attending SB6.0 in London! Come by and say hello at Table K if you are also attending!

We can still be reached via email, and thank you for your patience as we get back to you.

Medal Requirements for the 2013 Regional Jamborees are now available! Please look over the requirements as they have changed since 2012. There are now four criteria to achieve a silver medal. Good luck teams!

As you begin to work on your projects, you may find that you need to use parts which weren't included in the 2013 DNA Distribution Kit.

Teams are welcome to request additional parts from the Registry, and should check out the Requesting Parts page before doing so. This page will help you determine sample availability, and show you where to locate quality control information about your part sample of interest!

MathWorks is excited to be an iGEM partner! MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software, such as MATLAB, SimBiology and Bioinformatics toolbox. MathWorks will provide iGEM teams with complementary MathWorks software to help model, simulate and optimize your assemblies.

To learn more about the MathWorks partner offer, see the MathWorks Sponsor page.

Introducing the new Registry! All of the parts and pages of the Registry of Standard Parts have been moved to parts.igem.org!

Check out the new Registry here, and stay tuned for more updates!