Spring 2024 Recruitment

Apply to join iGEM at Berkeley

To learn more about the club, come to one of our infosessions on January 18 (Wheeler 202) and January 22 (Moffitt 103). For our full recruitment timeline and more, follow us on Instagram. If you have any questions, register for our Slack and drop it in the #ask-pls-anything channel. We look forward to meeting you!

***Please note that our earliest application deadline this semester is January 26, while our latest deadline is January 29.

Experimental team member pipetting.

Experimental & Ideation Teams

We have several wetlab engineering and computational biology teams, each dedicated to addressing a distinct biological research question. Our experimental teams continue work on well-defined projects, while our ideation teams focus on exploring novel research areas. Joining one of our project teams helps build your technical skillset, ability to work as a team, and passion in bioengineering research. Regardless of your experience level, check out our teams and consider applying to an Experimental or Ideation Team today before applications close on January 29 at 5:00 p.m.

Apply to Project Teams
Student presenting their work from the Design Challenge.

Foundations of Engineering Biology (DeCals)

This spring, we’re offering Foundations of Engineering Biology (FERB) II, a lab-based introduction to synthetic biology that guides you through a basic molecular cloning workflow.
The prerequisites for FERB II are any of the following: FERB I (Fall), BIO 1A, AP Biology, or knowledge of (synthetic) biology fundamentals.
Unfortunately, FERB II has limited space, so we encourage you to complete your application with thoughtfulness and care. The final application deadline is January 26 at 11:59 p.m. Learn more about our DeCals and read their full syllabi.

Apply to FERB
Student presenting their work from the Design Challenge.

External & Internal Relations Team (Eternals)

E-ternals is our combined External and Internal relations team. If you are a driven student with an affinity for both research science and the humanities, you're a great fit for Eternals.
We hope you'll join our team if you're interested in: hosting research events like the Cal Undergraduate Bioengineering Symposium (CUBS); graphic design and web development; forming partnerships with the biotech industry and academia; empowering underrepresented students with their first research opportunity; enhancing our growing community by organizing your own social events. Our interest form is due January 28 at 11:59 p.m.

Join Eternals
Student presenting their work from the Design Challenge.

Finance Team

Finance wants you! Do you love to spend money? You need to make the money first 😉 We are recruiting this semester and would love to take anyone. We will teach you how to network with business executives, write a research grant application, run funding initiatives, and manage a LOT of money (learn more about our finance team here). We require no applications, just a fun chat with us to get to know you. We hope you join us this semester! Please sign up for an interview before January 26.

Schedule Interview

Don't see the right role?

If you'd prefer a more relaxed commitment but would still like to be involved with our research community, we highly recommend that you fill out our General Membership form—it only takes 5 minutes (and we promise not to spam you)! Also, you can always email us at directors@igem.berkeley.edu if there's anything we can do to better support you.