Team project descriptions will be due March 21! Be sure to update your team wiki with a brief description of the project your team will be working on this year.

For the complete Calendar of Events, click here.

New England Biolabs is offering free reagents to all iGEM HS teams. Check the iGEM HS Sponsors page for more information on who to contact.

Next Team Meeting is in Second Life. Please make an avatar in Second Life. I will post the address for the meeting. Use the address to teleport to the location for the meeting. At this meeting we will discuss how we are going to use Second Life for the jamboree. Get your students to develop an avatar. The meeting will be in April, and date and time will be announced on this wiki.

Looking for protocols or tutorials? New to wiki-editing? The Resource page has links to your favorite databases, tutorials, software tools, and protocols!

Click here, or see the "Online resources" link in the blue box to the right.

DNA distributions for the high school teams are now available! Distribution kit plates will be sent to teams on a rolling basis, as each team is approved.

Remember, high school teams will need by February 29:

• a team account on iGEM
• user accounts for every team member
• consent forms for every team member
• a principal consent form

Don't miss the Team Leader Meeting February 18th 6pm-8pm EST on Facebook! We will discuss the virtual jamboree, questions about registration and the competition, summer training sessions for synthetic biology, and feedback from this year. Here are some of the questions for the team leader meeting:

1. Feedback on the registration process for the 2012 iGEM HS season.

2. How are you establishing your teams? How are you developing your team project? Do you have any concerns about the competition?

3. Is your team looking at raising the funds to come to the jamboree or is your team wanting to virtually participate in the jamboree?

4. Do you have any questions about the format of the competition? What are your plans for the human practices section? Is your team going to do outreach into your community?

5. What input do you have an the parent consent forms and the school consent forms?

6. Are you interested in summer training for synthetic biology?

Consent forms for participating in the iGEM 2012 High School competition are available online!

Consent forms are required for all high school participants, including high school students, teachers, advisors, and faculty members (if your team will be using a university laboratory). Each team must also submit a principal consent form.

When all the forms have been completed, send the original hard copy to iGEM Headquarters at:

Meagan Lizarazo / iGEM

32 Vassar St., 32-314

Cambridge, MA 02139

Print out all your consent forms here!

iGEM 2012 HS team registration is now open!

Instructors: register your team today.

Students: get your team leader to register your team.

Be sure to read the requirements for participating in iGEM HS and remember to fill out and send in the required consent forms!

The deadline to register is February 29, 2012.