Photo Credit: John Dean

Do you know any high school students that would be interested in hands-on learning in the lab by building with biology this summer? Do you want to help mentor students in the lab this summer while overseeing an incredible project? Come stop by BUGSS on Saturday March the 18th at 2pm! We will have applications for high school students on site. Please inquire if you would like to contribute to mentorship of these students this summer via slaun@bugssonline.org.

Want to learn more about the team. Check out these links to the articles published so far on our iGEM team Baltimore BioCrew. Technical.ly and The Sun. Here is a link to the Baltimore BioCrew's iGEM wiki page

During this session:

Students and mentors are asked to look over last years winning iGEM teams and determine what makes a "winning" Wiki Page, Poster, Presentation, and over Project. We will listing the best qualities or points for each so we can start on these right away and keep up with them throughout the summer. Even if you were not in the iGEM team last year please try to contribute! Here is the link to last years winners: http://2016.igem.org/Results

More on iGEM:

The International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition is an annual event open to undergraduates teams, high school students, and community labs like BUGSS from around the world. Explore the iGEM website: http://igem.org/About
It's kind of a big deal, with teams working all year to make their own genetic machines from existing and novel parts. Examples include a rainbow of pigmented bacteria, banana and wintergreen smelling bacteria, an arsenic biosensor, Bactoblood, and buoyant bacteria. Know any high school wiz kids who love science? This is a great opportunity to let their creativity flow and build a genetic device of their own design.

The team is looking for high school members as well as mentors!