[Bioundgrd] Fwd: iGEM 'team wanted' information

[Janice Chang]

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>MIT Team
>2005 Intercollegiate Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.
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>Team Advisors:
>Srini Devadas (EECS), Drew Endy (BE), Tom Knight (CSAIL), Natalie 
>Kuldell (BE), Kate Schneider (BIO), Gerry Sussman (EECS)
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>Description:
>We are looking for five undergraduates to work together as members 
>of the 2005 MIT Team in this summer's Intercollegiate Genetically 
>Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.  You will work together in 
>the lab to design, build, and test a simple engineered genetic 
>machine of your choosing.  Last summer, the students at the 
>University of Texas Austin 'won' by building the world's first 
>bacteria based photographic film [ 
>http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/r/parts/htdocs/SBC04/index.cgi ].  
>Your summer's work will involve a challenging, open-ended research 
>and engineering project (involving theory, modeling, and experiment) 
>that should also be a lot of fun.  You can learn more about last 
>summer's competition by reading this recent article:
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>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=15746975 
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>Prerequisites:
>No prior experience required (we will train you in experimental 
>work, modeling, and simulation, as needed).
>You should plan to spend all or most of your summer working on your 
>team's project.
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>Contact:
>To apply please send a copy of your CV by email to Isadora Deese [ 
>isadora at mit.edu ]