Instructional Videos

Workshop videos: '''Videos from the iGEM 2009 spring workshop @ MIT are available below for streaming and download, and higher quality downloads will follow shortly. You can also visit our 'iGEM channel @ blip.tv.''

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Welcome to IGEM 



 

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A short welcome and introduction to iGEM by Randy Rettberg



Introduction to Synthetic Biology 



 

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Tom Knight gives an introduction to parts based synthetic biology



Changes for iGEM 2009 </a>



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Randy Rettberg discusses the changes that have taken place for iGEM 2009, the requirements for the teams, and judging the competition



Promoters </a>



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Barry Canton discusses the promoter category of parts in the registry



Devices </a>



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Barry Canton discusses devices in the registry



Measurements </a>



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Barry Canton discusses the importance of measuring and documenting the parts on the registry

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Software Tools Track </a>

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Randy Rettberg discusses the software track for iGEM participants, as well as how software tools are integrated into the registry

<a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer01DrewEndyDefiningSyntheticBiology399.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258600 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/254077/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258600','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> Drew Endy: Defining Synthetic Biology </a> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer01DrewEndyDefiningSyntheticBiology399.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258600 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/254077/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258600','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> <img src="http://2007.igem.org/images/6/6d/IGEMExplainer_EndyQA1_DefineSB_screenshot.jpg" width="133" height="100" alt="" /> </a> <a href="http://igem.blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer01DrewEndyDefiningSyntheticBiology399.mov">screen</a> <a href="http://igem.blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer01DrewEndyDefiningSyntheticBiology948.mp4">ipod</a> "Make it easier to build things. Define the things you are building with by using standards. Hide biological complexity with abstraction."

<a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer02DrewEndyBelieveInSyntheticBiology355.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258502 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/253979/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258502','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> Drew Endy: Believe in Synthetic Biology </a> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer02DrewEndyBelieveInSyntheticBiology355.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258502 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/253979/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258502','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> <img src="http://2007.igem.org/images/e/e1/IGEMExplainer_EndyQA2_believer_screenshot.jpg" width="133" height="100" alt="" /> </a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer02DrewEndyBelieveInSyntheticBiology355.mov">screen</a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer02DrewEndyBelieveInSyntheticBiology361.mp4">ipod</a> "Why should you consider changing how you engineer biological systems from doing ad-hoc research to something that's a more scalable engineering framework?"

<a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer03DrewEndyWhatIsAStandardBiologicalPart197.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258904 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/254379/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258904','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> Drew Endy: What is a Standard Biological Part? </a> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer03DrewEndyWhatIsAStandardBiologicalPart197.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_258904 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/254379/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_258904','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> <img src="http://2007.igem.org/images/5/57/IGEMExplainer_EndyQA3_StandardBiologicalPart_screenshot.jpg" width="133" height="100" alt="" /> </a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer03DrewEndyWhatIsAStandardBiologicalPart197.mov">screen</a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-iGEMExplainer03DrewEndyWhatIsAStandardBiologicalPart485.mp4">ipod</a> "What does it mean to have a Standard Biological Part - for example, a BioBrick-standard biological part? Well, why would something like that be important?"

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Navigating the Registry

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Reshma and Randy discuss navigating through partsregistry.org

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Project Ideas </a>

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Reshma Shetty gives suggestions on how teams may want to come up with project ideas

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Standard Assembly </a>

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Reshma Shetty shows how parts on the registry are designed for standard assembly

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Making and Adding Parts </a>

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Reshma and Meagan show how to make and add parts to the registry

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Favorites and Shipping Parts </a>

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Meagan Lizarazo shows how to make your parts "Favorites" and ship them using the registry

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2009 Distribution, QC, and Sequencing

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Paul and Vinoo discuss an overview of the creation of the 2009 distribution and the quality control process. Randy discusses the sequencing tools on the registry.

<a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-SafetyInIGEM507.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_1988544 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/1978544/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_1988544','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> Safety in iGEM </a> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-SafetyInIGEM507.flv" onclick="window.popup_player_1988544 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/1978544/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_1988544','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;"> <img src="http://2009.igem.org/wiki/images/4/47/Safety_considerations_screenshot.jpg" width="133" height="100" alt="" /> </a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-SafetyInIGEM358.mp4">screen</a> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/IgemLabs-SafetyInIGEM358.mp4">ipod</a> "What safety precautions should my team be taking while participating in iGEM? Why is this important?"