iGEM 2005 Invitation Supplement

Abstract

This document provides background material in support of the 2005 intercollegiate Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (aka iGEM). Herein, you can read quick summaries of earlier competitions and courses, obtain a general view of the work from both a technical and educational perspective, and read about our current understanding of how to engineering biology (e.g., PoPS, abstraction, and so on).