Taking our team (12 students & 2 advisors) cost us $60,000 USD PER YEAR to attend @iGEM. The registration fees are outrageous & create inequality especially now that corporations are allowed to compete vs students.
We switched to https://t.co/lw9zyM6tKe for 1/100th of the cost.
Recently met someone who said that their child's participation in iGEM — materials, going to the conference — was more than the cost of their entire college education in India.
When a Raspberry Pi Pico is 4 dollars, how can one convince brilliant young people to study #biology?
@iGEM_TAS is joining the BioBuilder (@SystemsSally) final assembly on 3/17! What a great educational resource to share syn bio research and ideas. Are you a high school team interested in sharing your syn bio research and ideas? Send us a msg and we can help you for next year!
BioBuilder (@SystemsSally) is looking for mentors for BioBuilder Club to support & guide high-school students as they develop projects applying biotechnology for the "Final Assembly" conference.
https://t.co/6YmtJ8BOp6
Absolutely over the moon with how well our UniversO project was received!
Gold, Top 10, 11 Nominations, Best Wiki, Model and SDG! Best of all? The iGEMers Prize! Thanks to everyone for voting us as your favorite HS Project! #iGEM2021@iGEM
Watch BioBuilder's @SystemsSally and our co-founder Zeke discuss careers in science ed and entrepreneurship in this great video conversation: https://t.co/JuNU09vQHB
Please help the 2021 TAS iGEM team fill in this short public survey to help the development of their project! They aim to tackle the blood shortage issue by converting blood types to universal donor blood.
https://t.co/9RT0J2Z5is
While the Leiden team plans on continuing their project as a startup, the 2020 High School Grand Prize winners @iGEM_TAS plans to publish their work.
It goes on to show how different teams take different "after" iGEM routes to continue making an impact.
https://t.co/2SNJOp3J0Q
Come check out @iGEM_TAS during the opening weekend! Also welcome our TAS _Taipei iGEM alum who is now an @iGEM ambassador for North America! So excited!
💥 4 Days til the Opening Weekend Festival! Highlights from the Day 1 lineup:
- Meet your Ambassadors @AfteriGEM
- How 2020 changed everything
- Engineering Biology: Design > Build > Test > Learn
- The Future of the Lab: DNA Synthesis and Automation
➡️https://t.co/PhQ8iezJgW