1st GenoCon : From May 25, 2010 to September 30, 2010

•  Details of Schedule

・Participant should be aged of 15 or over as of April 1, 2010.

・Participant should participate in this contest on an individual basis.

【Category for High-school Students】

Participants for this category should be aged of 15 or over and not have graduated from high school (including an upper secondary course of a special training college, secondary vocational school, or the high-school section of a special education school).

【Category for Researchers】

Participants for this category should be over 15 years of age and already graduated from high school (including an upper secondary course of a special training college, secondary vocational school, or the high-school section of a special education school).

Participants design DNA sequences to improve plant physiology  using JavaScript programming and the published-genome data.

• Details of  Assignment

※Entry starts from May 25, 2010.

1. Create a RIKEN SciNetS account

　　　　　　　↓

2. Submit a registration form to enter the contest.

　　　　　　　↓

3. Access `My Page` and start programming there.

　　　　　　　↓

4. When you have finished programming and confirmed all the required items, select `Completed` from the pull-down status menu.

　　　　　　　↓

5. Entry will close at 0:00 on October 1, 2010. If you have not completed submission by that time, your submission will be invalid.

【Notice】

• Only submission that have been successfully `completed` will be reviewed.
• After deadline, all submissions including the incomplete entries will be open to the public.

1. JavaScript Program
   Please make sure the program was created and confirmed its capabilities by JavaScript editor on RIKEN SciNetS.
2. DNA sequences designed by the program （MAX 2,000 bases）
   Please register the designed DNA sequences in the program by use of a function called `SciNetS.DB.put()` of JavaScript@SciNeS. Please leave all files required for executing the program so that selectors can confirm if the program runs properly.
3. Report （Should contain the followings and be edited by Wiki Editor of RIKEN SciNetS.）
   
   • Program logic flows
   • Libraries used in the program
   • Source of the attached data files
   • What you wish to emphasize on your work

①Form Screening：Screening the submission that do not satisfy the requirements for reviews.

②Document Review：Screening the submissions based on scientific knowledge and their originality.

③Experimental Review：Submissions that pass the document review are to be experimented for verification.

④Final Review：Selection committee selects candidate submissions for Design Award , Idea Award and Program Award. Each category will have two awards based on the results of document review and experimental review. Also, submissions which are not candidates for the experimental review but show promise in their originality are planned to be selected for Best Idea Award and Good Idea Award. For award details, refer to  `Outlines of the Contest in the Terms and Conditions`.

More information will be released soon.

1. There is no participation fee but any expense incurred in connection with the entry to the contest must be borne by participants.
2. Please refrain from inquiring about the progress or results of each review.
3. After completion of form screening, submitted items (including designed DNA sequences, programs, and reports) are to be released from the RIKEN SciNetS website.
4. Copyrights of the submitted items belong to the participants who created those items. The license for those submitted items is set to Creative Commons Public License Attribution-Share Alike 2.1 Japan.
5. In the event that there is a claim that data used in the submitted items have caused some kind of third party infringement of rights or a claim is made for compensation for the damage, the organizers of this contest will not bear any responsibility and the participant against whom the claim is made should deal with such claims by themselves.
6. Participants who enter the contest shall agree with the Terms and Conditions of Participation in International Genome Design Contest.

• Terms and Conditions of Entry in International Genome Design Contest

For details of the handling of personal information, please see the section of `Handling of Personal Information` in the Terms and Conditions of Participation in International Genome Design Contest.