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Jan 14

Jan 14 Resilience and Learning Beyond Academic Research: Ari’s Story

Jan 8

Jan 8 From iGEM to Research and Development in Food Industry: Nathan Hawkins

Jan 1

Jan 1 Sheena Chan: Stories and Lesson From iGEM Competition and a PhD Journey

Dec 23

Dec 23 Thank you for making iGEM 2022 shine!

Abigail Sison

As we near the end of 2022, all of us at iGEM HQ wish to express our appreciation for the many people who have dedicated their time, talent, work, and support in helping ensure that the field of synthetic biology, and all of the power this technology holds, gets developed everywhere by everyone.

Dec 21

Dec 21 Building the first iGEM Gifu Team in Japan: Lessons from 2014

An interview with Moriyama Akihiro, the founder and leader of the first iGEM team from Gifu University in Japan.

Dec 16

Dec 16 Greta Holland: From a Master's in Biology to a Career in Venture Capital

Science is not always about research. Science involves investments and entrepreneurship to fuel the continuation and application of research and everything that is contained in it. Greta expressed both interests in research as well as the commercialization side which led her to a career in venture capital.

Dec 14

Dec 14 Bridging the Gap between Conservation and Synbio in Global Biodiversity Governance: iGEM Delegation to CBD COP15

Yuhan BAO

This past week, iGEM sent six delegates from the Biodiversity Youth Leadership Program to Montréal, Canada to participate in the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity by the United Nations. There, they will present and discuss existing and future approaches to tackling one of the greatest challenges of our planet.

Dec 9

Dec 9 The Story of Jellatech: A conversation with the CEO: Stephanie Michelsen

Emilija Radlinskaitė

I wanted to do entrepreneurship, but I hadn't really seen it in the synthetic biology and biotech space before, iGEM was a really good way for me to get to do those things, and I think it also was nice for me that it wasn't life or death in case it failed. It was just a student competition.

Dec 7

Dec 7 Synlogic Reflects on 2022 Grand Jamboree and How Synthetic Biology Can Transform Medicine

Guest User

We were invited to the Grand Jamboree by the iGEM Design League, who hosted our presentations. We discussed how synthetic biology has made our achievements possible. Sean's presentation, titled "Transforming Medicine Through Synthetic Biology: A Look at the Future of Synthetic Biology," discussed Synlogic's approach to producing our drugs and how our team applies genetic engineering to probiotics that are already well-understood (or well-characterized) by scientists.

Dec 2

Dec 2 Finding a Place in Synthetic Biology: From Uganda to Around the World

Youssef Abdelmaksoud

Erikan Baluku is currently a master's student at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Originally, he is from Uganda and has a background in medical technology which he studied as an undergraduate and that’s when he came to know about iGEM.

Nov 30

Nov 30 Once an iGEMer, now an entrepreneur

Marjolein Crooijmans

iGEM Blog, iGEM Startups

EPIC’s Startup Showcase featured the top 15 iGEM Startups, who pitched their ideas in front of an audience and panel of judges at the iGEM 2022 Grand Jamboree. Here are some highlights and insights from the winner and finalists.

Nov 26

Nov 26 Nuo pirmosios lietuviškos iGEM komandos iki Virusų tyrimų - pokalbis su Dr. Ingrida Olendraite

Emilija Radlinskaitė

Lietuviškos iGEM komandos kiekvienais metais skina aukščiausius laurus tarptautiniame sintetinės biologijos konkurse. O kaip iGEM atsirado Lietuvoje? Apie komandos kūrimo sėkmes ir nesėkmes kalbamės su Dr. Ingrida Olendraite, pirmosios iGEM komnados Lietuvoje vadove.

Nov 23

Nov 23 Changing the world for the better through iGEM entrepreneurship

Marjolein Crooijmans

iGEM Blog, iGEM Startups

The iGEM 2022 teams have done amazing work in translating their projects into commercially viable products and services that could change the lives of many people by improving health, or combatting climate change, or addressing many other important, urgent world problems.

Nov 22

Nov 22 Suhasini Iyer: "iGEM Led Me to Synthetic Biology"

Coming from an engineering background, Suhasini Iyer was introduced to the realm of synthetic biology through an email from her school, where she learnt about the iGEM Competition and chose to enroll.

Nov 16

Nov 16 Dr. Ingrida Olendraite: From Leading the First Lithuanian iGEM Team to Virology Research

Emilija Radlinskaitė

Starting a new iGEM team is a difficult process. Dr. Ingrida Olendraitė shares the struggles and highlights of being the first team in your country. Doctor also comments on science communication from experts point of view

Nov 16

Nov 16 Synthetic Biology Everywhere: Regional Synbio Ecosystems

iGEM Headquarters

Everyone in our community is working towards iGEM’s purpose to “make sure that the field of synthetic biology, and all of the power that this technology holds, gets developed everywhere by everyone”. At the 2022 Grand Jamboree, one of the Keynotes focused on iGEM’s purpose through a moderated discussion with panelists from four different regions of the world.

Nov 9

Nov 9 World Science Day for Peace and Development

Linda Kahl