Lethbridge High School iGEM Fund
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This is the sixth year for Lethbridge’s high school iGEM team. We are a dedicated and motivated group of 16 students that come from Winston Churchill High School, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, Chinook High School and Catholic Central High School who compete in the iGEM competition under the supervision of instructors and advisors at the University of Lethbridge.
iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) is an international synthetic biology competition that was started in 2004 by a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Every year, over 300 of high school and university student teams from around the world attempt to utilize synthetic biology to solve relevant issues. This is done by engineering microorganisms to perform new tasks. This results in organisms with new and relevant functions that can be employed in an attempt to tackle global issues and everyday problems alike. In addition to synthesizing new biological systems, iGEM teams program a wiki that contains all project data and can be used to reach out to the community and raise awareness for iGEM and the targeted issue that year.
In order for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team to complete its project and participate in the iGEM competition, a significant amount of external funding is required. Since this is an extracurricular activity, it is the team’s responsibility to stock the lab, cover all competition fees and associated expenditures, and make all travel arrangements to the international final competition. This is where we need your help. As an active member of our community, the Lethbridge iGEM team hopes that you can help us in our fundraising efforts with financial or in-kind donations. With your help, we can develop our project and send our team to the iGEM Jamboree. This Jamboree is a collection of thousands of students who are each a part of one of the 300+ iGEM teams. There, teams present their projects and a panel of judges evaluates the student's work. At the end of our presentation, team members speak about all the organizations and companies and individuals that sponsor us each year and describe the role that they play in making our pursuits possible.
Thank you!
iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) is an international synthetic biology competition that was started in 2004 by a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Every year, over 300 of high school and university student teams from around the world attempt to utilize synthetic biology to solve relevant issues. This is done by engineering microorganisms to perform new tasks. This results in organisms with new and relevant functions that can be employed in an attempt to tackle global issues and everyday problems alike. In addition to synthesizing new biological systems, iGEM teams program a wiki that contains all project data and can be used to reach out to the community and raise awareness for iGEM and the targeted issue that year.
In order for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team to complete its project and participate in the iGEM competition, a significant amount of external funding is required. Since this is an extracurricular activity, it is the team’s responsibility to stock the lab, cover all competition fees and associated expenditures, and make all travel arrangements to the international final competition. This is where we need your help. As an active member of our community, the Lethbridge iGEM team hopes that you can help us in our fundraising efforts with financial or in-kind donations. With your help, we can develop our project and send our team to the iGEM Jamboree. This Jamboree is a collection of thousands of students who are each a part of one of the 300+ iGEM teams. There, teams present their projects and a panel of judges evaluates the student's work. At the end of our presentation, team members speak about all the organizations and companies and individuals that sponsor us each year and describe the role that they play in making our pursuits possible.
Thank you!
Organizer
Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Organizer
Lethbridge, AB
