1. The Premier Undergraduate Competition in Synthetic Biology Stanford iGEM

2. What is iGEM? I nternational G enetically E ngineered M achine competition –annual, worldwide tournament in synthetic biology held at MIT. –OBJECTIVE: design and build novel engineered biological systems using standardized DNA-based parts—synthetic biology

3. What can I do with synthetic biology? Emerging, multidisciplinary field of bioengineering. Design and build living organisms that behave as expected. Write DNA programs that do your bidding.

4. DNA is a machine language. TAATACGACTCACTAT AGGGAGACCTAGA 011101000101011 00110111000100 001000001

5. USE IT. iGEM 2007 artificial red blood cells synthetic organelle bacterial solar fuel cell electric field activated transcription factors lentivirus-delivered RNAi circuit for cancer detection and destruction

6. Sound cool? Join us. Stanford iGEM Team Recruitment 2008-2009: 6-12 undergraduate students and graduate student mentors All majors, all backgrounds, no research experience needed. Come to information session: Thursday, November 20 th 8 PM @ Old Union 216 Applications due December 1, 2008. Get a flyer for more information or email igem.stanford@gmail.com