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Beaker Hill: Synthetic Biology @ iGEM 2008 (Part 1)

Over the weekend, one of the most prestigious student research contests took place in the labyrinthine halls of MIT’s Stata Center. 2008 marked the fifth year of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition, in which 84 teams created anything they could think of, using the techniques of the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. Over the next three days, Bostonist will be giving everyone a crash course in this new biological frontier.

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By Matt Feltz on November 12, 2008 3:00 PM

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Week Around the -Ists

href="http://londonist.com/2008/01/6_years_on_amne.php">Amnesty International bringing Guantanamo Bay to the American embassy to raise the profile of the continuing campaign to close the detention center.

  • Seattlest reviewed J.J. Abrams' new camcorder monster movie.
  • DCist was relieved to hear that Stephen Colbert's portrait is finally hanging up in the National Portrait Gallery.
  • Austin was in shock after hearing about an Arlington stepfather who sodomized his stepson who sodomized his daughter.
  • Chicagoist healthily reported on week three of the smoking ban.
  • Houstonist saw a recent Rice University scientific creation, touted as "the darkest substance known to man."

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    By Staff on January 21, 2008 6:00 AM

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