[BBF Standards] How to get the parts

[Randy Rettberg]

Dear Edmar,

I am the Director of the Registry of Standard BIological Parts at MIT  
and also the
Director of iGEM.  Here are some ways to participate in wet synthetic  
biology and
use the parts from the Registry.

We normally send the kit of parts to iGEM teams and to labs that are  
members
of the Registry. We occasionally send out samples to individuals.

iGEM is an exciting and powerful way to learn synthetic biology. You  
might want to start
a new team. You can put your name on the iGEM mailing lists at  
igem.org/2008, There might
be an iGEM team forming in  your school or your country without your  
knowledge.

We also encourage labs to join the Registry. Please have the lab  
leader contact me about setting
this up.

In 2007, we had quite a few high school students participating in  
iGEM teams. We even have one
high school lab that is a member of the Registry.

Perhaps you don't want the entire kit of 2000 parts, but rather just  
a starter kit with a few interesting
parts. If it were possible to reach a consensus on a small set of  
popular parts, we might be
able to distribute them more broadly.

What college and country are you from?

Thanks,
Randy Rettberg
MIT

On Feb 29, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Edmar Ferreira wrote:

> Hello everybody
>
> I was wondering if you could help me.
> I was thinking of start some research in synthetic biology,
> but how could I can get some biobricks to start ?
> The unique way is to participate in IGEM ? We don't have a team in  
> my college or even in my country !
> Some team can clone and redistribute those parts ?
> The price of synthesis are falling, however are too high to me,  
> even a simple system
> will cost thousands of dollars !!
> Anybody know where can I find data sheets for the biobricks ?
>
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