iGEM 2020!

iGEM 2020: An exceptional year

This is not a normal year. Together, we are facing the biggest pandemic in the past 100 years. Based on your feedback, we are adapting the iGEM experience - we have examined each part of the competition to make it even better this year. This is iGEM in the time of a pandemic. It will be different but it will be worth it.

See the full announcement here

Take a look at some of the changes on our New for 2020 hub.

Add and Document Parts

Start adding and documenting your parts now! Your parts should be well characterized and measured, and follow the Registry's requirements.

Sample Submissions

iGEM teams do not need to send samples of their parts anymore. We encourage teams to focus on the design, modeling, characterization, and documentation of their parts!.

Update: Distribution Kit

As a result of the current pandemic, we will not be able to manufacture and ship our 2020 DNA Distribution Kits to teams and labs this year. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Featured Part

Metal Binding and Sensing Parts

Every year, a number of iGEM teams complete a variety of biosensors and bioremediation projects that involve metal-binding and metal-sensing. Their focus may be on several pollutants or just one. iGEM teams have worked with metals like nickel, mercury, lead, arsenic, copper, amongst others.

We've put together a collection of projects and DNA parts that are responsible for both metal binding and metal sensing.

DNA Synthesis Offer: IDT

IDT is once again generously offering 20 kb of DNA as gBlocks? Gene Fragments free of charge to each iGEM 2020 team! Click here to go to IDT's partner offers page for more info.

Update: Composite Parts

If you synthesized or used a different assembly system to create a composite part, you can now enter specific scars between subparts. If you have any issues with functionality, please contact hq (at) igem (dot) org.

Collections

We've updated the Registry part collections. Users can discover new parts and collections and build upon what previous iGEM teams and labs have achieved.

Registry Help

Before starting your projects, be sure to read through our help pages. If you can't find an answer to your question, contact hq (at) igem . org.

Useful help topics:

Catalog

The iGEM Registry has over 20,000 documented parts. The Catalog organizes many of these parts by part type, chassis, function, and more. Browse for parts through the Registry Catalog or use the search menu.

Protocols

Be sure to read through the Registry recommended protocols. They've been tested using the DNA Distribution Kit and BioBrick parts. See the Registry help pages for a list of protocols.