Teams/Collaborations
Team Collaborations
The Medal Requirements now include team collaborations as a silver medal requirement. To help facilitate collaborations, we have made this page so teams can share information about ways they wish to collaborate to reach all of the 2018 iGEM teams.
Please note that this is a page for teams to advertise their collaboration requests. This does not guarantee that participating in one of these will fulfill the silver medal criteria. It is still up to you and your teammates to convince the judges that you have participated in a meaningful collaboration as stated on the Medal Requirements page.
Do you want to promote a Collaboration Request?
Send us your request by email: hq AT igem DOT org .
Please include:
- Name of Collaboration Request
- Your Team Name
- Your Team Location (Institution and Country)
- Your contact information - Contact Name and Email (to be posted online)
- Brief Collaboration Request description. This can be something that you can offer other teams or something that you are looking for from another team(s).
1. Postcards - Team Düsseldorf
2. Science Sketch - Team NYU Abu Dhabi
3. Dear diary - Team Linkoping Sweden
4. Fighting Stigma Against Synthetic Biology! - Team Harvard
5. A Better Way to Build - Team William & Mary
6. Engineered Probiotics Around the World - Team Unesp Brazil
7. Survey To Fight Water Pollution - Team IIT Kanpur
8. Sharing FACS beads for Interlab - Team Ruia-Mumbai
9. League of Superheroes - Team RHIT
10. Plate Reader for Inter-Lab - Team CUNY_Kingsborough
11. Instagram Challenge For July - Team Stony Brook
12. Think of the PLOSibilities Blog Postings - Team Dalhousie
12. Think of the PLOSibilities Blog Postings
Team: Dalhousie
Team Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Contact Information: dalhousieigem2018 [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Hi iGEM teams!
Our team is passionate about making scientific research accessible to as many people as possible. In 2017, we created a blog called Think of the PLOSibilities which posts weekly summaries of open access journals, such as Public Library of Science (PLOS), without heavy scientific jargon. We would love to feature a diverse range of scientific subjects and have representation from scientific communities around the world! If your team is interested in contributing to the blog and submitting your own summary, you can find the steps to submit a summary here: https://plosibilities.wordpress.com/how-to-submit-a-summary and you can find previous postings here: https://plosibilities.wordpress.com/blog/. We look forward to reading your submissions!
Thank you and best of luck with the rest of the season!
- Dalhousie iGEM
11. Instagram Challenge For July
Team: Stony Brook
Team Location: Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Contact Information: Manvi Shah, igem.sbu [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Hello iGEM Teams!
This year, Stony Brook iGEM aims for success beyond just the lab environment. To engage our community and teach them about Synthetic Biology in a more impactful manner, we created an Instagram Challenge for iGEM teams! For the entire month of July, there is a set of daily prompts to encourage teams to share more about their projects and Synthetic Biology! If you are interested in participating or learning more, visit the #iGEMPhotoADay Challenge page that we have created with all of the prompts at https://tinyurl.com/iGEM-Instagram-Challenge and follow us on Instagram @igem.stonybrook!
We are also interested in collaborating in regards to our project itself! Our team is working with the cyanobacteria Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 (UTEX 2434) and is working on sucrose production via Gibson Assembly and directed evolution. If any other teams are working with cyanobacteria or directed evolution, we would love to collaborate!
Additionally, thanks to Opentrons, we have access to our own OT-2 Robot and can collaborate on automatic protocols as well!
We wish you luck on your project and can’t wait to see you at the Jamboree!
Best wishes,
Stony Brook iGEM
10. Plate Reader for Inter-Lab
Team: CUNY_Kingsborough
Team Location: Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Contact Information: Jessica Zhao; zhaojay47 [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Hi there fellow iGEMers!
To complete the interlab study, we need to borrow a plate reader. (Ours broke)
Many Thanks!
Jessica
9. League of Superheroes
Team: RHIT
Team Location: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Contact Information: Emilie Deibel - deibelet [AT] rose-hulman.edu
Description:
Every iGEM project is changing the world. We want to recognize the SUPER abilities of all the iGEM teams by creating a league of superheroes made up of superheroes designed by each team based on their project. If your team is interested, please sign up by July 30th here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbQ60mINUxxWJgLJhW-ZLJBKEJU3KaJJgd1bfjR PEuzzwcvg/viewform?usp=sf_link) . All superheroes will be placed on a trading card, and each team will receive trading cards from all the teams that participated. What we need from you: Name of Team, Name of Superhero, Contact Info, “Home Base” for your superhero, the Superhero’s Mission, and any Special Powers that your Superhero has. If you have any questions or need help designing your superhero, feel free to email us.
8. Sharing FACS beads for Interlab
Team: Ruia-Mumbai
Team Location: Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, India
Contact Information: Anjali Vaidya, catechewingcoli [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Dear fellow iGEMers,
The Interlab study for this year's competition has an EXTRA credit component if teams are able to perform FACS analysis alongside the 96-well plate readings. The teams who perform the FACS will get a special mention in the resulting publication.
Although we have access to a FACS machine, we don't have the specific calibration beads that iGEM requires us to use.
Would any team be interested in splitting the cost of the Rainbow calibration beads (type RCP-30-5A or URCP-38-2K) with us? You only need a few drops to run the calibration so there should be more than enough left from the 5ml pack. Alternatively, if you have the beads and are willing to ship a small aliquot to us, we would be happy to officially list you as a collaborator for this part of the work.
Please let us know if your team is interested in such a collaboration for the FACS module of the Interlab study. Good luck to all team and we look forward to seeing you at the Jamboree!
Cheers,
Team Ruia-Mumbai
7. Survey To Fight Water Pollution
Team: IIT Kanpur
Team Location: IIT Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
India - 208016
Contact Information: Rishabh Jain, teamigemiitk2k18 [AT] gmail.com
Description:
To the iGEM Family out there,
We at IIT Kanpur, India, are trying to engineer a synthetic biology system to be able to profitably degrade Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate into Lauryl Alcohol. To be able to better contribute towards the environment through our project and achieve the dream of clean water bodies, we need your help.
We aim to collaborate with you, through exchange of knowledge which can be done easily by you filling out the following survey : https://goo.gl/forms/YwyxsR7y7ufGWCl13
We wish you success in your venture and hope this collaboration can become successful.
With love
Team IIT Kanpur
6. Engineered Probiotics Around the World
Team: Unesp Brazil
Team Location: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Unesp, Brazil
Contact Information: igem.unesp.aqa [AT] gmail.com
Description:
We're interested in learning about the legal and ethical issues of engineered probiotics in different parts of the world, so we're looking for teams from different countries to help us finding information about clinic trials, startups, researches and legal issues regarding genetically modified probiotics in their country. If you are interested, please contact us!
Also, if your team is also working with engineered probiotics, contact us too!
5. A Better Way to Build
Team: William & Mary
Team Location: William & Mary, United States
Contact Information: Ethan Jones email: igem [AT] wm.edu
Description:
Hey teams! Assembling genetic circuits takes time, and time is precious with Giant Jamboree coming up fast in October. To help future teams build circuits faster, part of our work this year is converting some of the most used and greatest basic parts into a form compatible with a new faster hybrid assembly method. We want your best 2018 part to be a part of this library for future teams to use! Please email us at igem [AT] wm.edu if you are interested in having your part in our library. We are happy to answer any of your questions and look forward to hearing from you!
Much love,
William & Mary
4. Fighting Stigma Against Synthetic Biology!
Team: Harvard
Team Location: Harvard University, United States
Contact Information: Jessica DeVilla, Aaron Hodges, Fay Huo, Nathan Sharp, Mark Meneses, and Tajrean Yeana.
Email: higemteam2018 [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Hi everyone,
Calling all iGEM teams! This year, Team Harvard wants to work with you all to end the stigma against synthetic biology. We’ve noticed that human contact with bacteria is frequently associated with negative consequences and as such, it is regarded as dangerous by the general public. As iGEM teams, we understand that genetically engineering bacteria is a largely untapped resource for positive change. Help us show the world the true potential of harnessing bacteria for use in therapeutics, diagnostics, the environment and more!
We plan to release a series of newsletters and articles to showcase all of the cool things teams are doing with bacteria for their projects. We’d love to feature your work in our series! If you’d like to participate, please email a description of your project and if possible, a photo to go along with it to higemteam2018 [AT] gmail.com. The more teams that we hear back from the better! Just a couple minutes of your time could make a big difference in our community.
We look forward to hearing from you and wish you all good luck with your projects!
Warm regards,
The 2018 Harvard iGEM Team
3. Dear Diary
Team: Linkoping Sweden
Team Location: Linköping University, Sweden
Contact Information: Marianne Gavelius, Alexandra Sandéhn and Johanna Granqvist. Mail: igem.linkoping [AT] gmail.com
Description:
Hi everyone!
We from team Linköping (Sweden) have a new idea for a collaboration. We would love it if your team would send us a letter (or an email) with a short text about what you are doing, fun stuff that is happening in and outside of the lab and/or quotes. If you want to it would be fun if you include some photos as well. The goal is to create a book/document from all of the stories that will be published on our facebook page, and home page. If you want to take part, please send your contribution to us before August 1st. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask!
Send the letter to:
LiU iGEM
Kårallen, Linköpings Universitet
581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
If you would rather email us: igem.linkoping [AT] gmail.com
Much love,
LiU iGEM 2018
https://www.facebook.com/LiuIgem/
2. Science Sketch
Team: iGEM NYU Abu Dhabi
Team Location: New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Contact Information: Laura Karpauskaite and Doovaraha Maheswarasarma, nyuad.igem [AT] nyu.edu
Description:
Dear iGEM Community,
This is a collaboration request to ALL iGEM teams! Join us in showcasing the wonderment of iGEM and synthetic biology by creating a science sketch of your team’s project or any major techniques/principles that your project is using.
Through the series of 1-3-minute sketches, we hope to promote public awareness of the iGEM competition as well as to show how synthetic biology can be utilized to solve problems facing mankind in an innovative manner!
The aim of the science sketches is to make a collaborative educational playlist with videos from teams all over the world, about their projects and/or the scientific principle behind their project. This playlist will be made public, so that any iGEM team can use it in their outreach activities, thus enabling all teams to spread the knowledge of synthetic biology to their communities.
It is preferable that we receive the video of the science sketches before the 20th of September, 2018. This would give us enough time to make the playlist and also show it in outreach events. Please make sure to add your team's name and your institution's name at the end or beginning of the video.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us! We have also created a detailed description of how to make a science sketch. Hope this helps!
Curious about what science sketches are like? Check out the science sketch that our team has created for iGEM! Here are two other examples, RPA, LAMP, for those considering making one for scientific principles/techniques.
Join us and have a lot of fun! Be creative!
We look forward to hearing from you!
Warm regards,
iGEM NYU Abu Dhabi 2018
1. Postcards
Team: Düsseldorf
Team Location: Heinrich-Heine University, Germany
Contact Information: igem[AT]hhu.de
Description:
Hey iGEM Teams,As we all know iGEM is not only about experiments and labwork but also about bringing the topic “synthetic biology” closer to the public. In order to do so the previous iGEM teams of the Heinrich-Heine-University of Duesseldorf created a project to promote synthetic biology in public using self-designed postcards. Each year a bunch of iGEM teams decided to join which is why the campaign was a huge success with a lot of beautiful and funny postcards as a result.
How does it work? Every participating team designs a postcard which shows an image related to synthetic biology (or your topic) on the front and a small informational text on the back. Afterwards each team’s postcards are exchanged with other iGEM-teams so that every team can collect postcards from all over the world. The received postcards can then be shared with people in the neighborhood, during public events etc.
If you want to check out the last year’s campaigns for inspiration, visit the wiki of Duesseldorf 2016 or the wiki of Duesseldorf-Cologne 2017
How to design your postcards:
Image related to your project or (synthetic) biology in general on the front
Small informational text on the back
Standard postcard format (A6; 14,8cm x 10,5cm)
If you are interested in joining us please let us know until the 15th of June, so we can figure out how many postcards each team should print and send. Please don't forget to include your address! Important: This is not the deadline for sending and designing the postcard!
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Much love,
iGEM Team Duesseldorf 2018
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