IGEM:The Citadel/Multimedia

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Video & Audio
Below you will find our favorite videos on synthetic biology, iGEM, and other interesting topics.

   
 * A quick how-to style film by the 2009 Southampton team. It covers what new teams can expect from iGEM, both the good and the bad.

   
 * It wouldn't be an emerging field without a few child prodigies on the scene. Gabriel See's work with the Washington University Team making a LEGO Liquid Handling Robot is mind-blowing, inspiring stuff.  There's also a hilarious moment 55 seconds into this Youtube video, when a reporter talks about Gabriel being able to understand "nucleotide sequences ... whatever they are".  You'll laugh and cry at the same time.


 * The Biobrick trophy-holding Cambridge 2009 Team developed a truly impressive project.  But what caught Mac Cowell's attention was the interesting application one artistic designer came up with for the project...

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 * Here's the 2008 iGEM competition being covered by PBS's News Hour. Quite good for a mainstream media report (feat. Randy Rettberg,  Pamela Silver, and Mac Cowell).

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 * This beautifully shot and edited video article centers on the legendary MIT professor (now at Stanford), Drew Endy.

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 * Eric Ma delivers a magnificent introduction to the field. He has a knack for avoiding talking over a newcomer's head and still conveying the power of synthetic biology.  His passion for iGEM is very infectious.  Eric was a member of the 2008 team from the University of British Columbia.

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 * This is the first part of a thought-provoking debate between Drew Endy and Jim Thomas on the ethics of synthetic biology. The whole talk is available at the Long Now Foundation's website.

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 * An animation of DNA transcription and translation. Rivaled in beauty only by Inner Life of a Cell.

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 * A supplemental video to a 2009 paper on bacterial timekeeping via quorum sensing. The link to this paper is available under the "Resources" tab.


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Press

 * Do-it-Youself Genetic Engineering is an outstanding article in The New York Times about an underdog team from City College San Francisco.

Interactive

 * | Biobuilder is the product of the MIT Working Group's goal of inspiring youth to take up science (and especially SynBio). The website is tailored to appeal to a young audience, but don't be surprised if you find yourself watching the videos a second time: they require an engaged mind!