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.

The dates and locations for the iGEM 2010 spring workshops have been finalized!

All team instructors are required to attend one of the following workshops:

• 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 -- TBD

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

The Oil Sands Initiative would like to extend an invitation to all iGEM teams, particularly those interested in Energy & Environment, to take advantage of their newly developed partner offer.

Find out more details about this opportunity on the Oil Sands Initiative page.

Deadline: May 1, 2010 & June 14, 2010.

Main registration for iGEM 2010 is over!

Over one hundred teams have registered to participate for iGEM 2010.

See the list of iGEM 2010 teams

If any teams still wish to participate in iGEM 2010, registration is still possible. Keep in mind that the team registration fee has increased to $2250 USD. Find out more on the iGEM 2010 Registration page.