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We're getting the word out about iGEM and synthetic biology!

"This is what I always wanted biology to be!" - Quote from a Brown student at the UTRA Symposium

iGEM Regional Meetup

On August 18th, the Brown iGEM Team was proud to host the iGEM East Coast Meetup.

Lots of enthusiastic attendees, including the iGEM teams from MIT, McGill (Canada), Cold Spring Harbor, Boston University, as well as Mac Cowell from the Registry!

The teams started out with an icebreaker led by Mac, the infamous egg drop competition. Each team was given a trash bag, a few straws and toothpicks, and a roll of tape. A couple survived!

Each school then gave a short presentation about their progress through the summer. It was great talking with other teams about similar experiences, like problems with protocols, contamination, and the joy of Biobricks.

Then we headed out to dinner and a night on the town!

High Schoolers

Outreach with Highschoolers

Over the summer, the Brown iGEM Team met up with two groups of highschoolers who were taking summer classes at Brown. The students had lots of great questions, and even ideas for future iGEM projects!

July 30, 2007 Deepa and Tito gave a presentation to Brown Summer students and discussed the applications of synthetic biology

July 3, 2007 The iGEM Team met up with Jody Hall's Biotechnology class on July 3rd. Afterwards we toured the lab and discussed the ethics of synthetic biology.

UTRA Summer Symposium

Undergraduate Research Symposium

On August 4th, 2007, the Brown iGEM Team presented their research at the Brown University UTRA Symposium. We met lots of interested summer researchers and professors.

People loved the Biobricks concept, "This is what I always wanted biology to be!". The Lead Sensor and Tri-Stable switch received a lot of attention!

Brown Student Activities Fair

Brown iGEM Pamphlet

On September 6th, 2007, the Brown iGEM Team appeared that the Brown Activities Fair. We gave out slick pamphlets which described "What is iGEM?", "the Registry of Standard Biological Parts", "Synthetic Biology", and "iGEM Projects of the Past".

We met dozens of undergraduates and packed our mailing list with future synthetic biologists!

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 [[Image:BrowniGEMMeetup.jpg|thumb|left|iGEM Regional Meetup]]On August 18th, the Brown iGEM Team was proud to host the iGEM East Coast Meetup.
-Lots of enthusiastic attendees, including the iGEM teams from MIT, McGill (Canada) Cold Spring Harbor, Boston University, as well as Mac Cowell from the Registry!
+Lots of enthusiastic attendees, including the iGEM teams from MIT, McGill (Canada), Cold Spring Harbor, Boston University, as well as Mac Cowell from the Registry!
 The teams started out with an icebreaker led by Mac, the infamous egg drop competition. Each team was given a trash bag, a few straws and toothpicks, and a roll of tape. A couple survived!

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