Hurricane Sandy has been a natural catastrophe with major flooding and outages in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC. While Boston is recovering well and Logan airport is open, many flights have been cancelled. We are concerned that some iGEM teams will be delayed or unable to attend the Jamboree.

We are trying to prepare alternative methods of participation for teams who are affected by Hurricane Sandy causing them to be delayed or miss the Jamboree altogether.

IF your travel plans have been affected, please let iGEM Headquarters know as soon as possible.

We are trying to prepare alternative methods of participation for teams whose travel plans were affected by Hurricane Sandy causing their flights to be delayed or cancelled altogether.

See the World Championship Jamboree contingency page for details.

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US on Monday October 29. The Boston area fared well with minor damage.

The World Championship Jamboree will proceed as scheduled.

However, the storm caused major damage in the New York and New Jersey area as well as the Washington DC area. This may affect your flights to Boston if you were scheduled to connect through any airports in those cities. We advise that you monitor your flight schedules and get in touch with your airline for updates.

Hurricane Sandy is hitting the east coast of the US, including the Boston area. However, the hurricane is scheduled to be be gone by the end of the week. As of right now, the Jamboree is still expected to proceed this weekend. We will continue to post updates if the status changes.

Note: Do be sure to monitor your flights, especially if they you are scheduled to connect in NYC or another city in the affected hurricane area (East Coast US).

Curious about your presentation time slot? The schedule of events for the World Championship Jamboree has been posted! A pdf is available for download, and a hard copy will be available in your registration packet!

The schedule for practice sessions has been posted! Be sure to sign up for a time slot if you'd like to practice your presentation on Friday November 2!

Be sure to register for the World Championship Jamboree by this Friday October 26 at 11:59PM Boston time! Team members must register by Friday. Pre-registration is highly recommended for all other attendees.

Remember to make any changes or updates to your team wikis by Friday October 26th as well! Wikis will be frozen at 11:59PM Boston time.

The complete Calendar of Events is available here.

Results for all the Regional Jamborees, including Americas East and Americas West are now posted!

Congratulations to all!!

We're looking for volunteers for the World Championship Jamboree! If you're a student interested in synthetic biology and want to experience the Jamboree for yourself, email us at registration (at) igem (dot) org!

Details about volunteer duties and other information can be found on the Volunteer page.

Registration for the World Championship Jamboree is now open!

See the Jamboree Attendance Fee page for instructions on how to register for the World Championship Jamboree.

Be sure to register by the October 26 deadline!

Note that iGEM 2012 teams that did not advance are invited to register as general participants.

All team wikis are now thawed! Wikis will be re-frozen on Friday October 26 at 11:59PM Boston time.

Results for the Regional Jamborees: Asia, Europe, and Latin America are now posted!

Congratulations to ALL the teams from these regions!

Team wikis for the Asia, Europe, and Latin America regions are now thawed! Teams from these regions can now make changes to their wikis, including editing text and uploading files.

Wikis will be re-frozen on Friday October 26 at 11:59PM Boston time.

iGEM Headquarters is on the road!

With three simultaneous Regional Jamborees one weekend and two simultaneous Regional Jamborees to follow, most of iGEM HQ is on the road at the events. We will be collecting stories, photos, feedback -- if you see us, give us your thoughts. Come say hello!

In the meantime, if you send an email to HQ, we thank you for your patience as we get back to you during this busy time.