Agenda

Standing Agenda

1. Apologies

2. Last meeting minutes

3. Timeline / Important Dates

24/04/2013 : Final narrowing down of ideas
30/04/2013 : Final project chosen
29/04/2013 : BSCB Funding Deadline!!!!
20/05/2013 - 07/06/2013 : Exam Period
10/06/2013 - 16/08/2013 : Lab Work (10 weeks starting immediately after the exam period)
12/07/2013 - 13/07/2013 : UK iGEM Meet up @ UCL
early August : [https://2013.igem.org/Project_descriptions Team project descriptions due]
early August : [https://2013.igem.org/Jamboree/Track_Selection Track selection due]
early August : [https://2013.igem.org/Jamboree/Title_and_Abstract Project titles and abstracts due]
early August : [https://2013.igem.org/Jamboree/Safety_form Safety forms due]
mid-August : [https://2013.igem.org/Jamboree/Team_Roster Team rosters due]
mid-August : [https://2013.igem.org/Jamboree/Attendance_Fee Regional Jamboree attendance fee due]
11/10/2013 - 13/10/2013 : Europe Regional Jamboree @ Lyon, France
01/11/2013 - 04/11/2013 : World Championship Jamboree @ Stata Center, Cambridge MA

4. Funding

Click me for the funding page.

6. Travel arrangement and Visa Applications

7. Feedback from YSB 1.0

8. Sub-project updates

9. Wiki

10. Requirements

Bronze

Team registration
Complete Judging form
Team Wiki
Present a poster and a talk at the iGEM Jamboree
Document at least one new standard BioBrick Part or Device used in your project/central to your project and submit this part to the iGEM Registry (submissions must adhere to the iGEM Registry guidelines). A new application of and outstanding documentation (quantitative data showing the Part’s/ Device’s function) of a previously existing BioBrick part in the “Experience” section of that BioBrick’s Registry entry also counts.

Silver

Experimentally validate that at least one new BioBrick Part or Device of your own design and construction works as expected.
Document the characterization of this part in the “Main Page” section of that Part’s/Device’s Registry entry.
Submit this new part to the iGEM Parts Registry (submissions must adhere to the iGEM Registry guidelines).
Your project may have implications for the environment, security, safety and ethics and/or ownership and sharing. Describe one or more ways in which these or other broader implications have been taken into consideration in the design and execution of your project.

Gold

Improve the function of an existing BioBrick Part or Device (created by another team or your own institution in a previous year), enter this information in the Registry (in the “Experience” section of that BioBrick’s Registry entry), create a new registry page for the improved part, and submit this part to the iGEM Parts Registry (submissions must adhere to the iGEM Registry guidelines).
The growth of the Registry depends on having a broad base of reliable parts. This is why the improvement of an existing part is just as important as the creation and documentation of a new part. An "improvement" is anything that improves the functionality and ease-of-use of a part, so that it is more likely to be used by the community. For instance: strengthening the expression of a part by mutating the DNA sequence; modifying one or a few parts in construct (Device) so that it performs its intended job better; improving a cloning or expression vector that can be easily used by the entire community; and of course, troubleshooting and fixing a part reported to be non-functional. Data from an experimental comparison between the original and improved part/ device is strongly recommended.
Help any registered iGEM team from another school or institution by, for example, characterizing a part, debugging a construct, or modeling or simulating their system.
Your project may have implications for the environment, security, safety and ethics and/or ownership and sharing. Describe a novel approach that your team has used to help you and others consider these aspects of the design and outcomes of synthetic biology efforts. Please justify its novelty and how this approach might be adapted and scaled for others to use.

Prizes at the Regionals

For the following special prizes, teams must nominate themselves using the Judging Form.

Best Human Practices Advance
Best BioBrick Measurement Approach
Best Model

The following prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the judges.

Best New BioBrick Part, Natural
Best New BioBrick Device, Engineered
Best Software Tool
Best New Standard
Best Wiki
Best Poster, Regional Level
Best Presentation

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Grand Prizes

Grand Prize
First Runner-up
Second Runner-up
Postgraduate Grand Prize

Prizes at the World Championship

Each prize will be awarded at the discretion of the judges.

Area/Track Prizes

Best Food & Energy Project
Best Environment Project
Best Health & Medicine Project
Best Manufacturing Project
Best New Application Area
Best Foundational Advance
Best Information Processing Project

Special Prizes

Best Poster World Championship Level
Best Human Practices Advance World Championship Level
Safety Commendation World Championship Level