Imagine closing of the session with full of intense brainstorming and ideation with a midnight discussion that sparks ideas but also the birth of a startup. That's exactly the unique experience offered at the iGEM Startups BioHackathon. 

This year, iGEM Startups highlights an iGEM alumna and female founder. Meet Dr. Lydia Mapstone, an alumna of iGEM Edinburgh OG in 2017 and the founder of BoobyBiome, a FemTech startup dedicated to developing an intact breast milk microbiome for babies.

Your ideas, your iGEM projects—these could become reality through VCL. If you're uncertain about diving into entrepreneurship or unsure about kickstarting a startup, VCL might hold the answers.

Are you constantly brewing synbio ideas and longing for like-minded discussions? Or perhaps you're eager to meet potential co-founders and delve into the realms of the synbio market? Or maybe you want to discover new career opportunities that lie ahead in 2024?

The first BioInnovation Fair at the iGEM 2023 Grand Jamboree provided a platform for startups, innovators, and industry leaders to explore the future landscape of synthetic biology.

The iGEM 2023 Grand Jamboree's Startup Showcase was a burst of energy, featuring 17 dynamic startups from around the world at the #WorldExpoSynBio. Judges, seasoned in the field, were impressed by the ventures' potential in shaping the future bioeconomy.

We believe that to change the world for the better, BioFounders need to be empowered globally. That’s why we are excited to announce the BioInnovation Fair at the iGEM 2023 Grand Jamboree! Please join us at this thrilling event where you’ll come together with synbio industries, media, startups, incubators, investors, and other stakeholders to connect, network, and forge game-changing deals.

With rapid advancements in science and technology, synthetic biology stands as a field that is continually redefining innovation in biology.  From July 12-14, 2023, SynBio Africa hosted the SBA 2.0 Synthetic Biology and Biosecurity Conference in Africa at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Sandra shares her report of the event

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.

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.

We invite you to meet the innovators who are shaping the future of the bioeconomy at iGEM EPIC’s Startup Showcase during the 2022 Grand Jamboree.

We invite you to launch your entrepreneurial journey with the iGEM EPIC Summer Bootcamp: a 3-day workshop that aims to train participants in the basics of entrepreneurship. This year’s EPIC Summer Bootcamp will be held on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of July from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC online on Zoom.

We had a truly amazing year - find out all about what EPIC has done and how we’ve helped foster a great ecosystem of biofounders from all around the world!

This year we sent Mélodie Dupré Chair of the iGEM Industry Network, (an After iGEM steering group who promote the effective communication between iGEMers & iGEM Industry Alumni) to represent the iGEM community and check out the worlds largest deeptech event - The Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2021! We caught up with Mélodie to learn more about her experiences!

The synthetic biology ecosystem is a multifaceted one, with many different stakeholders that all serve to contribute in many ways to create a thriving community. In these 2 reports, we showcase the breadth of the community, ranging from the various non-profits that serve to increase accessibility to underserved communities, to the many startups and partners that work together with EPIC all around the world. We hope you will have an enjoyable time reading through the reports.

Its been an intense and productive few months at iGEM EPIC! Check out our post to hear from our committee heads and get a glimpse of what we’ve done so far!

The EPIC Venture Creation Labs concluded on 30th April, with over 30 teams from more than 10 continents undergoing our flagship entrepreneurship bootcamp.

EPIC has successfully kicked-off our first event of the year, a Bio-Hackathon during the weekend, March 20-21, 2021, with around 160 biofounders participating globally.

We caught up with Sofia Sigal-Passeck, Co-Founder and CEO of Uniphage who are working on eradicating plant based bacterial diseases using combined power of bacteriophages and AI. Uniphage was part of iGEM EPIC’s 2020 program and Venture Creation Labs and we wanted to catch up on any updates since joining the community last year.

We caught up with Gregory Segala, founder of FluoSphera, who are overall winners of the Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) Startup Day ‘Go for it’ competition earlier this month on Feb 3rd! We caught up with Gregory to learn more about his experiences and to share his insights from his founder journey.

As iGEM EPIC matures into it’s 2nd year we welcome a new committee and new vision for EPIC V.2 in 2021. We caught up with Cheng Kai, iGEM EPIC Chair and Marjolein Crooijmans iGEM EPIC Co-Chair to learn more about their thoughts and visions for 2021.

This year Luna Eresta Jaya co-founder of Balita, (an iGEM EPIC start-up working to prevent child stunting and malnutrition through the bio-fortification of low-cost, traditional foods) was chosen to represent the iGEM EPIC at the world’s largest deeptech event Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2020.

As part of iGEM 2020 we want to encourage iGEMers to continue to innovate and build upon the ideas and proofs of concepts they tested in the competition. To support this iGEM’s official Entrepreneurship Program and Innovation community (EPIC) & it’s event partner Y combinator co-hosted the Startup Showcase 2020

We invite you to come and join us to Create, Grow & Inspire the next generation of iGEM BioFounders to work toward creating a more equitable, sustainable and safe future. As we expand our program to become more accessible to young scientists across the world…

This year Nerea Capon co-founder of Labiome, (an iGEM EPIC start-up) offering women’s healthcare solutions using vaginal microbiota sequencing, was chosen to represent the iGEM EPIC community and check out this industry leading conference! We caught up with Nerea to learn more about the latest developments from SynBioBeta 2020….

iGEM EPIC’s Fast-Track Program was a two week event that connected exceptional EPIC BioFounder teams with relevant investors, incubators and accelerators partners to help provide potential funding, lab-space, and start-up resources.

Synthetic Biology (SynBio) is a field that has global involvement and impact. However, differences between regions necessitate a better understanding of individual nuances to enable the fullest potential of SynBio. To highlight these regional differences, EPIC in Asia-Pacific (APAC) hosted a panel discussion….

Last week was iGEMs first ever Global Meetup and it was another showcase of all that this community has to offer! Nowhere else could you find such a wide range of passionate and talented speakers hosting sessions on everything from…

As we conclude the Fast Track Program of the 2020 EPIC VCL, we’d like to take this opportunity to reflect on the 2020 Americas Venture Creation Labs (VCL), as well as commemorate the special award recipients. .