Latin America/IGEMCompetitionJamboree

• SCHEDULE

iGEM 2013 Regional Jamboree for Latin America October 4 – 6, 2013 Universidad Mayor, Campus Huechuraba

A copy of the schedule will be in your registration packet.
See you all on Friday!

• Transportation

Don’t worry!!! We have several buses to transport you, from the hotel to the Jamboree and to the other activities! Soon we are going to give you all the information about how to get from the Airport to your Hotel!

• Accomodation

We have and special treatment in Hotel Neruda http://www.hotelneruda.cl/ . If you have any question, just contact Katina Polanco, ventas3@hotelneruda.cl, she´s our executive, specially for us.

• Tips

We recommended use the official transport offered by the Santiago airport.

http://www.aeropuertosantiago.cl/english/medios-de-transporte-desde-y-hacia-scl/medios-de-transporte-desde-y-hacia-scl.html

• Universidad Mayor

Camino La Pirámide N°5750, Huechuraba

Huechuraba Campus of the U. Mayor has 50,500 m2 of surface. It houses 18 undergraduate members of the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Forestry and Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Art and Technology Studies, and Institute of Communication and New Technologies.

The modern infrastructure is surrounded by a natural environment with 20,000 m2 of green areas and close to Parque Metropolitano.

This campus is located research centers for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Plant Propagation and Conservation, Ecotoxicological Research, Natural Resource Studies, Beekeeping and Human Movement Studies. It has two auditoriums, a library with over 34,000 volumes.