Saturday,October27th8:30am–4:30pmSunday,October28th9:15am–11:30am

UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco

MissionBayCampusGenentechHall,ByersAuditorium17004thStreet,SanFranciscoCA

QuickGuide

Schedule.................................................................................................................................2

PresentationDetails...............................................................................................................3

Registration/Check-in.............................................................................................................3

Hotel......................................................................................................................................3

GettingtoBIOMOD................................................................................................................4

TransportationOptions..........................................................................................................5

OnceatUCSFCampus–GettingtoGenentechHall.................................................................5

BuildingSecurity.....................................................................................................................5

Meals.....................................................................................................................................6

Judging...................................................................................................................................6

AwardCategories...................................................................................................................8

SanFrancisco—PlacestoEat.................................................................................................9

OrganizerContactInfo..........................................................................................................10

DynamiclandExcursion.........................................................................................................10

2018BIOMODSponsors........................................................................................................11

BIOMODHistory...................................................................................................................12

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ScheduleFriday,October26th,20182:15pmto6:15pm •TeamRegistrationattheUniversityofCalifornia(bypriorarrangement) •60016thStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94058–GenentechHall •CheckinatSecurityonthe1stfloor.PresentyourvalidIDforavisitor’sbadge

•ProceedtotheDouglasLabonthe4thFloor–RoomS472(followthesigns!)•PickupyourBIOMODIDbadgeandt-shirt!•PracticeyourpresentationinaUCSFConferenceroom(bypriorarrangement)

Saturday,October27th,2018

07:30-07:45 MakeyourwaytoUCSFMissionBay—GenentechHall.07:45-8:30 Breakfastavailabletoallregisteredparticipants08:30–08:45 Welcome—OpeningRemarks08:45–09:00 TeamKANSAI09:00–09:15 Season09:15–09:30 TeamSendai09:30–09:45 NanoGear-NTU09:45–10:00 HUST-CHINA10:00–10:30 CoffeeBreak10:30–10:45 CrystallineEntity10:45–11:00 Biodesigners11:00–11:15 ATCGU11:15–11:30 TianjinU11:30–11:45 CheekyNanos11:45–12:00 YOKABIO12:00–12:15pm GroupPhoto12:15–13:30 Lunch13:30–13:45 Find'n'Bind13:45–14:00 NANO-JLU14:00–14:15 TeamHANDAI14:15–14:30 TeamTokyo14:30–14:45 NanoWolves14:45–15:00 NanoBioUANL15:00–15:30 RefreshmentBreak15:30–15:45 DNAliens15:45–16:00 Osteotarget16:00–16:15 UCalgary16:15–16:30 Wrapup16:30–17:00 Judgessubmitscores.

Sunday,October28th,2017

09:00-09:15 MakeyourwaytoUCSF,GenentechHall.9:15-10:00 Breakfastavailabletoallregisteredparticipants10:00-11:30 Awards&ClosingCeremony 11:30-12:30pm BoardofDirectorsMeeting(Shokat,Rothemund,Murata,Wickham,Douglas)12:00pm-3:00 Socialize+LunchatSparkSocial(RSVPRequired)

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PresentationDetailsAllteampresentationswilltakeplaceinByersAuditoriumintheGenentechHallbuildingontheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscoMissionBayCampus.TheTOTALtimeallottedtoeachteamis15minutes.Thisincludeslaptopsetup(1min),presentslides(10min),audiencequestions(~3min),andexitingthestage+buffertime(1min).Thetimelimitswillbestrictlyenforced,sorehearsinginadvanceisstronglyrecommendedtoavoidbeingcutoff.Theroomisequippedwithaprojectorandscreen.Pleaseremembertobringlaserpointers,converters,adapters,cables,etc.,asthesewillnotbeprovidedbyBIOMOD.Ifyouhaven’talreadydoneso,youmaysignupforapracticesessionhere:http://bit.ly/2PsA4eX. Practicesessionsarestrictlylimitedto30minutes.Thanksinadvanceforarrivingontime,andfinishinginthetimeallotted.

Registration/Check-inAllteamsarerequiredtocheck-inforBIOMODonFriday,October26thbetweenthehoursof14:15–18:15.RegistrationwillbelocatedintheDouglasLabattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscoMissionBayCampusinGenentechHall.Eachindividualwillberequiredtocheck-inwithavalidIDattheUCSFSecurityDeskonthe1stfloorofGenentechHall.Onceyoureceiveavisitor’sbadge,youmayproceedtothe4thFloorandofficesuiteS472.TogettotheDouglasLabofficesuite,taketheelevatordirectlybehindthesecuritydesktothe4thfloor.Whenyougetofftheelevatorwalktothecarpetedhallwayandproceedtotheright.Turnleftintothe2ndcorridormarked“S401-484”.Walkstraightdownthiscorridorandbeartowardtheright,enteringthecommonareamarkedS472.Proceedthroughthecommonarea,throughthedoubleglassdoorsandintotheS472officesuite.Allteammembersmustarrivetogetherasagroup.Atregistrationeachteamwillreceive:

• BIOMODID/Securitybadges(whichmustbewornatalltimeswhileonUCSFcampus)• Lyftvouchercodeworth$50fortransportationtoandfromUCSFcampus(forstudentuseonly).

ItisagoodideatodownloadtheLyftApponyoursmartphoneandsetupyouraccountbeforedepartingyourhomecountry

• Participationcertificates• LunchvouchersatSparkSocialforSundayclosinglunch(byRSVPonly)• 2018BIOMODt-shirts

HotelTheofficialhotelofBIOMOD2017istheMarriottMarquisindowntownSanFrancisco.Address:

780MissionStreet SanFrancisco,CA94103 Check-intimeisat4:00PM Telephone:(415)896-1600 Check-outtimeisat11:00AM

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WewouldliketoinformeveryonestayingattheMarriottthatseveralhotelsinSanFranciscoareinthemidstoflabornegotiationswiththecity’sHotelWorkersUnion,whichhasresultedinastrike.Guestswilllikelyseedemonstratorsandmayhearnoiseoutsideofthehotel.Hotelmanagementhasassuredusthatthehotelisfullyoperationalandtheyhaveheightenedtheirsecuritymeasuresduringthisstrike.Whenyouarriveatthehotel,pleaseletsecurityknowthatyouarechecking-inandyouwillbeescortedtothecheck-indeskinthelobby.Pleasebesuretoregisterallroomoccupantsduringthecheck-inprocess.Eachsubsequenttimeaguestentersthehotel,theywillbeaskedtoshowtheirroomkeyasnon-guestsarenotallowedinsidethehotelproperty.IntheUnitedStates,private-sectoremployeeshavealegallyprotectedrightundertheNationalLaborRelationsActtostrikeinordertogainbetterwages,benefits,orworkingconditionsandtheseworkerscannotbedischargedorotherwisedisciplinedfortakingsuchaction.ThisisnotanuncommonpracticeintheUS.MarriottMarquisMap:http://bit.ly/2Ez473R

GettingtoBIOMODLocation: UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco MissionBayCampus GenentechHall,ByersAuditoriumAddress: Near17004thStreet,SanFranciscoCA94158. (DirecttaxiorLyfttothisaddress,andthenwalkwestpastByersHalltoGenentechHall)

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TransportationOptionsFrom:MarriottMarquis(780MissionStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94103)To:theUCSFMissionBayCampus(17004thStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94158)

Lyft$8–$10(10minutes)FromanywhereinSanFranciscoandsurroundingareas.DownloadtheLyftapponyoursmartphoneandsetupanaccount.Useyourphonetoarrangequickcarservice.Thisappusesyoursmartphone’sGPStodetectyourlocationandconnectyouwiththeclosestavailabledriver.Youwillreceiveatextmessagewithaphotographofyourbackground-checkeddriverandtheircar,you’llbeabletotracktheirapproach,andgetatextmessagewhentheyarrive.Paymentcanbesplitamongpassengersandwillbesecurelychargedtothecreditcardonfile.Nocashwillchangehands.Usethestreetaddressof17004thStreet,SanFranciscoforeasiestaccesstoGenentechHall.LyftVouchersInanefforttofurtherhelpoffsetcostsforattendingBIOMOD,wearepleasedtoprovideeachteama$50vouchercodeforLyfttrips.TousethisvoucheryoumustdownloadtheLyftapponyoursmartphoneandsetupanaccount.Note:ifyouarenewLyftuser,youmayalsobeeligibleforotherpromotionalcreditsuponsettingupanewaccount.Visithttps://www.lyft.com/promo-coupon-code-free-ridesfordetails.Youmayusethevouchersforanytrippicking-upordropping-offwithin0.5milesoftheUCSFcampus,theMarriottMarquis,orSparkSocial.Taxi:$10–15(12min)UsethetaxistandattheMarriottMarquisandtakeataxitoUCSF.Usethestreetaddressof17004thStreet,SanFranciscoforeasiestaccesstoGenentechHall.

OnceatUCSFCampus–GettingtoGenentechHallOnceyouarriveonCampusfromthetaxidropoffareaon4thstreet,walkwestalongCampusWay,pastByersHall,totheentranceofGenentechHallindicatedonthemap.NotethatCampusWayisasidewalkpaththatisjustnorthofGenentechHallandsouthof“KoretQuad”(treesandgrass).EnterthebuildingatmainGenentechHallentrancebetweenthecircularstonestepsandtheByersHallentrance.HereisaMapofUCSFMissionBayCampus:https://www.dropbox.com/s/579hj3w64twg445/UCSF_Mission_Bay_Map.pdf?dl=0

BuildingSecurityTheGenentechHallbuildingatUCSFwillonlybeaccessiblethroughthemainGenentechHallentrance.YoumustbringIDforsecuritycheck-in,andyoumustwearyourBIOMODIDbadgeatalltimeswhileoncampus.

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Pleasenotethatthebuildingdoorswillnotbeunlockedbefore7:45amonSaturday,and8:30amonSunday.Pleasedonotarriveearly.

MealsSaturday: On-sitebreakfast,morningsnack,lunch,andafternoonrefreshmentswillbeprovided.Sunday: On-sitebreakfastwillbeprovided.LunchwillbeheldatSparkSocial(601MissionBayBlvd

North,SanFrancisco,CA–a5minutewalkfromcampus),immediatelyfollowingtheJamboree.PreviousRSVPrequired.

Ifyouhaveanyfoodallergiesthatwerenotnotedonyourregistration,pleaseletusknowimmediately.

JudgingOuraimistomaintainanopenandfairprocessforevaluatingeachteam'sperformance.Teamswillbescoredbyjudgesusingapointsystem.Thejudgingprocesswillhavetwostages:onlinecontent(worthupto75points)andlivepresentation(worthupto25points).Onlinecontentscoring

• Maximumcombinedscoreforonlinecontentis75points(=50pointsforwiki+25pointsforinternetvideo)

• Scoreswillbedeterminedbyarange-votingsystem.• Five(5)judgeswillberandomlyassignedtoeachteam.• Judgeswillevaluateeachprojectaccordingtoarubric(seebelow)andassignapointvaluein

eachcategory.• Highestandlowestjudges'totalscoresareexcludedtoremoveoutliers.• Threeremainingjudges'scoreswilleachweightedby1/3andcombinedtodeterminethetotal

scoresforeachcategory.

Website(upto50points)ProjectIdea(20points)

• Relevance:Hastheteammadeastrongcasethattheirprojectideaisscientificallyand/ortechnologicallyinteresting?(5points)

• Specification:Aretheprojectgoalswell-defined?(i.e.Doestheteamexplicitlystatewhatcriterianeedtobemetinordertoconsidertheprojectasuccess?)(5points)

• Feasibility:Wastheproposedsolutionfeasible?(i.e.WasitreasonabletoexpectthatthesolutioncouldbeimplementedbyaBIOMODteaminonesummer?)(5points)

• Merit:Istheproposedsolutionagoodone?Isitparticularlyelegantorinnovative?(5points)

ProjectDocumentation(20points)• Clarity:Istheprojectdescriptionwell-writtenandeasytounderstand?Doesitincludethe

backgroundandmotivationoftheproject,methods,results,anddiscussion?Arethefigureseasytounderstand?(10points)

• Transparency:Arealloftherawexperimentaldataandsourcefileseasilyaccessible?Woulditbestraightforwardtoattempttoreproducetheteam'sresults?(5points)

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• Layout:Istheteam'sprojectpagearrangedinaclearandlogicalfashion?(5points)

ProjectExecution(10points)• Execution:Didtheteamaccomplishwhattheysetouttodo?(10points)

YouTubevideo(upto25points)

• Overallimpact:Wasthevideointeresting?Didyouwanttowatchmorethanonce?(10points)• Clarity:Wastheprojectdescribedinasimpleandclearmannerthatcouldbeeasilyunderstood

byawideaudience?(10points)• Production:Wasthesoundandvideohighquality?Weretheimagesfocusedandscaled

properly?(5points)

Presentationscoring(upto25points)• Content:Weretheslidesclearandeasytounderstand?Didtheprojectnarrativehavealogical

flow,withclearlystatedgoalsandresults?(10points)• Delivery:Didthespeaker(s)giveawell-rehearsed,well-pacedpresentation?Didthespeaker(s)

engagewiththeaudienceandmaintaingoodeyecontact?(10points)• Impact:Wasthepresentationinteresting?fun?clever?memorable?(5points)

Judges• JudgeswereselectedfromapoolofBIOMODfacultymentorsandoutsideexperts.• Mentorswillnotevaluatetheirownteam.• The2018BIOMODJamboreeJudgesare:

AkinoriKuzuya MarcosdeDonatoCapoteAlexandreBaccouche MarioAlbertoGarcía-RamírezAliceWilliamson MasahiroTakinoueAmandaMusgrove MasamiHagiyaBirkaLalkens MaxAnikovskiyChenxiangLin OxanaKharissovaChristopherSnow PatrickYueChunxiHou PengWangDayongYang PhilipLukemanEdwardChern PhilipTinnefeldElisaFranco RalfJungmannFrancescoRicci RobertYung-LiangWangFrancisStewart SabaNojoumiGriselFierrosRomero SatoshiMurataHans-GeorgBraun ShelleyWickhamHenryHess Shin-IchiroNomuraHisashiTadakuma ShizhenWangHuangChao ShogoHamadaIbukiKawamata ShuwenGuanJeng-ShiungJan SzechengLoJinLiu TakashiNakakuki

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JorgenKjems Thorsten-LarsSchmidtJosephSchaeffer TuralAkselJunichiTaira VikramadityaYadavKalaumariMayoralPeña YanzhiXiaKeiFujiwara YiZhanKeisukeMorishima YibingHuangKenKomiya YonggangKeKishioOno Yu-FonChenLawrenceLee ZhangGeManishGupta

AwardCategoriesThefollowingprizeswillbeawarded:TopPrizes

• Grandprize=1sthighesttotalcombinedpointsfromwiki+video+presentation• 1strunnerup=2ndhighesttotalcombinedpointsfromwiki+video+presentation• 2ndrunnerup=3rdhighesttotalcombinedpointsfromwiki+video+presentation

Categoryawards

• BestWebsite=1stplace,2ndplace,3rdplace• BestYouTubeVideo=1stplace,2ndplace,3rdplace• BestPresentation=1stplace,2ndplace,3rdplace• AudienceFavorite=1stplace,2ndplace,3rdplace

Projectawards

• Bronze:Teamsatisfiedallminimumrequirementsforjudging(i.e.SubmittedacompleteProjectwikianduploadedaYouTubevideo)

• Silver:SatisfiedcriteriaforBronze,plusatleastonedevice(partofthesystem)intheteam'sdesignisworkedasexpected.

• Gold:SatisfiedcriteriaforSilver,andoverallpointscorefromWiki+YouTube+Jamboreepresentationareintop50%ofallteams.

SpecialAwards• The8thAnnualMolecularRoboticsAward(byMOLBOT,Japan)• AudienceChoiceAward–BestProject• BestTeamT-shirtAward

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SanFrancisco—PlacestoEatDowntown(neartheMarriottMarquis)Peet’sCoffee(773MarketStreet,between3rdand4thStreet)-Coffeecafechainofferingavarietyofcoffeedrinks&pastries.Opendailyfrom6:30AMto7:30PM.WestfieldCenter(865MarketStreet).Thislarge,shoppingcenteroffersmanyinternationaldiningoptionsinthelowerlevelfoodcourt,includingThai,Japanese,Chinese,Mexican,Korean,ItalianandAmericanfare.Hoursare10AMto8:30PMMondaythruSaturday;10AMto7PMonSundays.Metreon(135FourthStreet@MissionStreet).Largeshoppingcenterwithmanyrestaurantandentertainmentoptions,includingMexican,Burgers,Filipino,Thai,Vietnamese,Italian,aswellasicecream,dessertandcoffeeshops.Hoursare10:30AMto9:30PMdaily.UCSF/Campus(1-5minwalkfromUCSF)SparkSocial(601MissionBayBlvd.Northat4thStreet)—foodfromavarietyofgourmetfoodtrucks.$5-$15.Openweekdays11AMto3PMand5PMto9PM,Saturdays11AMto9PM,andSundays11AMto5PM.ParkLabGardens(13794thStreet,acrossfromSparkSocial)—miniaturegolfcourse(StagecoachGreens)withauniqueSanFranciscothemeandavarietyoffoodandbeveragetrucks.Opendailyfrom11AMto9PM.OdaRestaurant&Brewery(1500OwensStreetatNelsonRisingLane)–pizza,sandwiches,salads,freshbrewedbeer.$10-$20.SFKebab(55016thStreetat3rdStreet)–MediterraneanandMiddle-Easternfood.$8-$20PotreroHill(10–15minutewalkfromUCSF)Sunflower(288ConnecticutStreetat18th)—ExcellentVietnamesefood$8–12.Pera(145718thSt)–Mediterraneantapas,goodfood.$15–25.LiveSushi(200117thStreetatKansas)—Sushi$11–30.Dogpatch(10–15minwalkfromUCSF)Serpentine(24953rdStreet)—NewAmerican.Goodburgers.$12–30.MoshiMoshi(20923rdStreet,nearthecornerof18th)—Sushi/Japanese.StandardAmericanJapaneserestaurantfare.$15–20.

Mission(10mintaxiorLyftfromUCSF,orBARTfromdowntown@16thand24thStreet)TaqueriaVallarta(303324thStreet,nearHarrison)—Excellentstreettacos.$5–10.TaqueriasElFarolito(2779MissionStreet@24th)—Greatburritos.$8–12.LimónRotisserie(1001SouthVanNessor524Valencia)—AmazingPeruvianfood.$12–20.Yamo(340618thStreet@Mission)—Burmesefood.Holeinthewall,usuallyaline.$8–10.NamuGaji(499DoloresStreet@18th)—Koreanfusion.NexttoBi-RiteIceCream!$14–20.LaTaqueria(2889MissionStreet,near25th)–“BestBurritoinAmerica”Greattacos;Crowded.$10–15.…MANYothergreatoptionsonMissionStreet,ValenciaStreet,and24thStreet.

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OrganizerContactInfoRebeccaWheelercell:+1-650-438-2557email:rebecca@biomod.netShawnDouglascell:+1-617-935-7047email:shawn@biomod.net

DynamiclandExcursionWehavepartneredwithDynamiclandtooffertoursonMonday,October29th.Website:https://dynamicland.org/Toursignupform:http://bit.ly/2CCH4lX

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2018BIOMODSponsors

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BIOMODHistory

Over1400students,mentors,andjudgeshaveparticipatedsince2011.TheBIOMODcompetitionwasbegunatHarvardUniversitybytheWyssInstituteforBiologicallyInspiredEngineering,whichconductedthecompetitionduringtheyears2011to2015.Themissionofthecompetitionwastoinspireagenerationofstudentstolearntoengineerbiomoleculesatthenanometerscale.In2016,BIOMODFoundationassumedmanagementofthecompetition.From2011–2015,theleadeventscoordinatorattheWyssInstitutewasJermaineReid,whowasinstrumentalinmakingBIOMODasuccess.JermaineworkedcloselywithMaryTolikas(DirectorofOperations),alongwithAlisonReggio,MaryWozniak,andCaitlinWells.TheBIOMODwebsiteandCompetitionManagementSoftwarewereoriginallydevelopedbyKristianSt.GabrielandByronHinebaugh.TheBIOMODFoundationiscurrentlyrunbyitsboardofdirectors:ShawnDouglas(UCSF),SatoshiMurata(TohokuUniversity),PaulRothemund(Caltech),KevanShokat(UCSF),andShelleyWickham(UniversityofSydney)andissupportedbyRebeccaWheeler(leadorganizer),RobertPierce(legal),andRachelDulay(accounting).Thisyear,2018,marksthethirdtimethatBIOMODwillbehostedinCalifornia.