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<p style="color: black; font-weight: none; text-align:left; font-size:120%;">Below are some resources that may come in handy as you're working on your projects for iGEM 2013 HS!</p>
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<strong>Wiki editing</strong>
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<li><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> has detailed instructions for wiki editing, including the following:</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting">General Formatting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images">Image Editing</a></li>
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<strong>Purchasing laboratory reagents and materials</strong>
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<li><a href="http://www.fishersci.com/">Fisher Scientific</a> offers a wide array of common laboratory materials and reagents</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html">Sigma Aldrich</a> offers many chemical compounds, including antibiotics</li>
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<strong>Databases and websites to explain concepts</strong>:
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help">Parts Registry Help page</a> is where you can find information about BioBrick Parts and how to use them</li>
<li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenWetWare</a> is a great source for protocols and other lab-related information</li>
<li><a href="http://compubiotic.sysdiag.cnrs.fr/CompubioticDB/">CompuBioTicDB</a> is a database of biological components for synthetic biology</li>
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<strong>Tutorials</strong>:
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<li><a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/pcr/">Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)</a> (University of Utah)</li>
<li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/20.109%28F10%29:_Mod_1_Day_1_DNA_engineering_using_PCR">Primer design and ordering</a> (OpenWetWare)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.biobuilder.org/activities/bioprimer-4.html">Ligation and plasmid construction</a> (BioBuilder)</li>
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<strong>Software tools</strong>:
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<li><a href="https://igem.org/FAQ">FAQ section</a> on iGEM.org answers questions about wiki-editing</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tinkercell.com/">TinkerCell</a> is a free "Computer-Aided Design software tool for Synthetic Biology"</li>
<li><a href="http://gentle.magnusmanske.de/">GENtle</a> is free software that allows users to edit DNA sequences, generate plasmid maps, and more</li>
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<strong>Protocols</strong>:
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Protocols/Competent_Cells">Making competent cells</a> (Registry)</li>
<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Protocols/Transformation">Competent cell transformation</a> (Registry)</li>
<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Protocols/Ligation">Ligation</a> (Registry)</li>
<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Protocols/Restriction_Digest">Restriction digest</a> (Registry)</li>
<li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/BioBuilding:_Synthetic_Biology_for_Students:_Lab_4">Transformation lab for students</a>
<li><a href="http://www.bio-rad.com/prd/en/US/adirect/biorad?ts=1&cmd=BRCatgProductDetail&vertical=LSE&catID=b61a28f7-2038-45d3-b305-faf55e8b536a&country=US&lang=en&javascriptDisabled=true">Ligation and Transformation module</a> (Bio-Rad)</li>
<li><a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~gietz/method.html">Yeast transformation</a> (University of Manitoba)</li>
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