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.