Virginia United/2010

Welcome! The 2010 Virginia United iGEM team is a regional, multi-institutional team made of groups from Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia joined by students from Bluefield State College and Virginia State University. The team is preparing for a summer full of synthetic biology research and looking forward to participating in the 2010 International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition.

Background

 * Synthetic biology comic
 * Brief definition of synthetic biology
 * Life 2.0 Newsweek article
 * Scientific American's ''Engineering Life: Building a FAB for Biology
 * ETC Group's Introduction to Synthetic Biology manifesto
 * Drew Endy defining synthetic biology (video)