[bioundgrd] Fwd: MIT iGEM announcement

[Janice Chang]

>From:
>Thanks!
>Brian Cook
>(Graduate Advisor, MIT iGEM 2007)
>
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>
>If you are looking for an intense summer research experience 
>involving engineered biological systems design, experimental lab 
>work, and team work, we wanted to let you know about iGEM 
>(international Genetically Engineered Machine competition):
>
>http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>
>If you are interested, please consider applying for a position on 
>the 2007 MIT team. The team is looking for ~5 students. All team 
>members will earn a full summer research stipend. It'll be hard work 
>but there are a number of folks lining up to support the MIT team 
>this year; we are hoping to win (against teams from > 100 other 
>schools from around the world)!  Last year's team from MIT was 
>awarded Best System for their "eau d'e coli" project which 
>engineered  bacteria that smell like wintergreen and banana.  For 
>more info on iGEM 2006, please see http://igem.mit.edu
>
>Undergraduate students interested in joining the 2007 team should 
>submit their resume and a short paragraph describing their interest 
>in iGEM to applications at igem.mit.edu
>
>Application deadline is 5pm this Sunday (April 8th)!
>
>Thanks,
>MIT iGEM