Videos/Lecture Videos

What do we mean when we talk about synthetic biology based on standardized parts? How does assembly of BioBrick parts work?

We'll take a look at the RFC 10 BioBrick™ Plasmid Backbones, which you will likely be using during assembly.

A quick introduction to an alternative to 3A Assembly and its pros and cons.

Quality over quantity! Measuring your parts will help you better describe them and help others use them.

Reshma discusses an alternative perspective to how the Registry views ribsome binding site and protein coding sequences.

Putting together an iGEM Team? Here are some tips and advice on picking and refining a project idea.

How to send your parts to the Registry.

Use online gene databases to find a particular sequence.

Creating a basic part? Here's how you add it into the Registry.

Adding sequence and features information to your part on the Registry.

Use the Registry tools to add the composite part you've assembled.

iGEM Distribution Kits contain only enough DNA for transformations, so you'll be doing a lot of them!

Transformed your part up? Move on to miniprepping.

iGEM Distribution Kits now come with linearized plasmid backbones. Why are they included, and why should you use them?

Restriction digests are a common bench procedure but there are issues and ways to improve your protocol.

Tom talks about issues with ligations and how to increase their efficiency.