This blog is where we share stories, announcements, and insights from around the iGEM community.
iGEMers continue to innovate and build upon the ideas and proofs of concept they tested in the competition. And to foster this innovation, iGEM is officially launching its own Entrepreneurship Program.
The Giant Jamboree is the culminating event of iGEM’s annual synthetic biology innovation competition for collegiate and high school students, and the largest synthetic biology innovation event in the world.
As the eve of the 2019 Giant Jamboree approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the continued evolution of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation.
As a young, confused, and gay teenage boy living in the Danish countryside, I had very few role models: people I could relate to and people who were like me.
If you have been following iGEM for a while, you’ve probably already heard about Ginkgo Bioworks,…
An Interview with David Lloyd to hear about his iGEM experience and how an iGEM project led him and his teammates to found FREDsense Technologies.
A synthetic biologist, community organizer, musician, and photographer, he currently serves at the Director of MIT Media Lab’s Community Biotechnology Initiative (CBI) which explores the interface between Biotechnology and Community.
Have you ever dreamed of going to space? Wondered what is it like to be in a zero gravity environment? Last summer, students from 4 universities across Canada were selected for an experience of a lifetime. They were chosen to design an experiment to test in zero gravity.
A conversation with Tom Knight on his Synthetic Biology journey at MIT, iGEM and Ginkgo Bioworks
MathWorks has been the oldest partners of the iGEM Competition and has enabled iGEM teams to learn and apply modeling techniques in their projects.
