SMART Teams School Registration

SMART Teams is a program for students driven by their interest in diving deeper into biomolecular science. In SMART Teams, students research, develop, create, and present a 3D model that tells a structure-function story. Each SMART Team explores a molecular structure in Jmol, a molecular visualization program, then simplifies how the protein is visually displayed to highlight its key features. Teams then work with 3D Molecular Designs to 3D print the molecular structure so they can see the structure come to life. 

No SMART Team is complete without an advisor to guide the students on their molecular journey. Learn how to start a team and mentor them using provided materials. Start a SMART Team to drive students to engage with their inner curiosity! 

3D Molecular Designs supports SMART Teams with: 

• Support from 3DMD SMART Teams Coordinator    
• Guidance on designing the 3D model of the molecular structure researched by your team that's printed by 3DMD
• Access to resources to help guide teams through the process   
• The opportunity to take their team to the ASBMB Conference in Washington DC this spring

After registering for your team, you will receive an email with a form so we can learn more about you and your SMART Team.  

You can support more than one SMART Team, but if that team would also like an abstract, model and poster review, please include "Additional Team" in your order.

If you would like multiple copies of a model for a team, please include the “Additional Model” in your order. 

SMART Team Registration Fee - $750

• Access to the program for all teams in your school
• Abstract, model & poster review for 1 team
• 3D Printed model for 1 team
• ASBMB poster for 1 team (for the first 20 schools to register*)

Additional Teams Fee - $375

• Abstract, model & poster review for 1 additional team
• 3D Printed model for 1 additional team

Additional Copy of a Model - $250

• Receive additional copy of a team's model

*If not all 20 ASBMB poster slots are utilized by schools, then any remaining poster slots will be awarded to teams based on the quality of their abstracts. No additional fees will be charged to additional teams to attend if selected.

**Please note only one SMART Team per school can attend the ASBMB conference.  At ASBMB, SMART Teams present their structure at the undergraduate poster sessions. Teams can explore the rest of the conference and learn more about the latest research findings in the molecular life sciences.