Latin America/IGEMCompetitionJamboree

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• Jamboree

o Map o Schedule

iGEM 2013 Regional Jamboree for Latin America October 4 – 6, 2013

Universidad Mayor, Campus Huechuraba

Friday 4 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Practice Sessions

10:00PM

Pizza Time! - Judges Dinner

Saturday 5 8:00AM

Registration / Breakfast

9:00AM

Welcome Show

9:30AM

Opening Remarks

10:00AM

Session 1

BIOSINT Mexico

10:30AM

TecMonterrey

11:00AM

UFMG Brazil

11:30AM

Break

12:00PM

Session 2

Ciencias-UNAM

12:30AM

Manaus Amazonas-Brazil

1:00PM

UANL Mty-Mexico

1:30PM

Lunch

2:30PM

Session 3

UC Chile

3:00PM

USP-Brazil

3:30PM

Buenos Aires

4:00PM

4:30PM

Session 4

Colombia Uniandes

5:00PM

Costa Rica Cibus

5:30PM

Guadalajara

6:00PM

Poster Reception

7:00PM

Transfer to Hotel

8:00PM

Dinner

9:30PM

Social Event

Sunday 6 9:00AM

Breakfast

9:30AM

Opening Remarks

10:00AM

Finalist 1

10:30AM

Finalist 2

11:00AM

Break

11:30AM

Finalist 3

12:00PM

Finalist 4

12:30PM

iGEM from Above (judges deliberate)

1:00PM

Awards

1:30PM

Lunch

Key:

Food & Energy

Health & Medicine

Software

Enviroment

Manufacturing

Information Processing

Fopundational Advance

New Application

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.

TARIFAS HOTEL NERUDA****

INCLUDE

1 K Bed

US$ 164

Buffet breakfast

1 K Bed // 2 K Bed

US$ 198

Wi-Fi

1 Q Bed

US$ 132

Parking

1 Q Bed

US$ 154

Temperate pool and gym

3 Q Bed

US$ 198

TARIFAS APART HOTEL NERUDA

INCLUDE

Buffet breakfast

Single

US$ 95

Wi-Fi

Matrimonial // Twin

US$ 112

Parking

Superior

US$ 112

Temperate pool and gym

• 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.