Want to continue the iGEM fun throughout the summer?

Hold a regional meetup at your school and invite your local teams. In the past, teams have come together to build bridges, craft river-worthy boats, invent egg cushions, and other fun events.

To see what events are taking place this year, check out the Summer events page. And don't forget to tell us about your meetup!

Preliminary project descriptions are due on July 16.

See the project description page for more details.

The iGEM 2010 workshop season is over. Thank you to all those who participated and to the local organizers:

• The Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Alberta Innovates and the University of Calgary
• Genopole in Evry, France
• Tzu Chi University in Hualien, Taiwan

You can find presentation slides, links, tools, videos, and other resources on the Workshop page. If you took any photos of the workshops, please share them with us! Add them to the photos section of the Workshop page.

Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, has joined as an iGEM sponsoring partner. Autodesk will provide iGEM teams with Autodesk Maya® to help animate and simulate in 3D the cell structures used in their projects. To see more details on how to take advantage of the Autodesk offer, see the Autodesk sponsor page.

Registration is now open for the Europe workshop being held in Every (Paris), France and the dates for the Asia workshop have been finalized.

• US workshop: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois -- May 22-23
• Canada workshop: Calgary, Alberta -- May 29-30
• Europe workshop: Evry (Paris), France -- June 12-13
• Asia workshop: Hualien, Taiwan -- June 26-27

Find out more details about each workshop on the Workshops page.

The Spring 2010 DNA Distribution has begun shipping out to teams! All teams should receive their kits by the beginning of next week. We've made a few changes this year, so when you receive your kits please take a look at our 2010 guide on the Help page.

Important details:
• The distribution is shipped as (3) 384-well plates of dried DNA.
• The distribution does not contain the complete set of parts in the Registry. Instead it is made up of a smaller subset of high quality parts and some of the iGEM 2009 team favorite parts.
• Kits will be shipped via FedEX for US teams and via DHL for non-US teams.

GENEART has once again joined as an iGEM sponsoring partner. They will provide iGEM teams with low cost DNA synthesis. To see more details on how to take advantage of the GENEART offer, see the GENEART sponsor page.

The MathWorks, makers of MATLAB, have once again joined as an iGEM sponsoring partner. They will provide iGEM teams with MATLAB software licenses and a SimBiology Webinar. To see more details on how to take advantage of the MathWorks offer, see the MathWorks sponsor page.