iGEM: thinking big, creativity, community-building and great science!
by Konstantinos Vavitsas One of the events that mark the synthetic biology calendar every year is the iGEM Giant Jamboree. iGEM stands for International Genetically Engineered Machine competition....
View ArticleHarnessing bacteria to fight ocean pollution | Harvard John A. Paulson School...
0000-0003-0319-5416 More than five trillion tiny pieces of plastic are floating on the surface of the world’s oceans, threatening marine life and posing health hazards to humans. Bacteria could help...
View ArticleStudent teams take on synbio reproducibility problem
0000-0003-0319-5416Synthetic biology aims to engineer biological cells to perform many different useful functions, but before they can be used commercially or clinically they are extensively tested in...
View Article10 Years of PLOS Synbio Publications
0000-0003-0319-5416The PLOS Synbio Collection organizes the synthetic biology papers from across the PLOS family of journals into nine categories. The collection includes publications going back to...
View ArticleHelp students learn about scientific writing by participating in the online...
0000-0003-0319-5416Last year, students from eight schools in the United States and Canada participated in a highly successful online conference to publish original synthetic biology papers and artwork...
View ArticleWill crowdfunding get a synthetic biology win?
0000-0003-0319-5416From 2008 to 2014 the United States invested around $820 million in synthetic biology research. About 0.07% as much money went to synthetic biology projects through crowdfunding...
View ArticleGenemods June newsreel and new podcast
0000-0003-0319-5416The Synbio Newsreel is guest contributed by Isaac Larkin from the Northwestern University synthetic biology club called GeneMods. This post can be originally found as part of their...
View ArticleiGEM 2018: Two synbio teams from Greece are here to leave their mark
0000-0002-6828-1000iGEM workshop in Athens. I can be seen presenting in the blue shirt iGEM competition has attracted participants from all around the world, and Greece couldn’t be the exception. The...
View ArticleiGEM 2018: The grand prize winners share their experience
0000-0002-6828-1000 iGEM competitions are always exciting, and this year’s Jamboree was no exception. iGEM Marburg won the grand prize on the overgrad category with their project on making Vibrio...
View ArticleType II enzymes and no part shipment in iGEM 2019
0000-0002-6828-1000 In April, iGEM announced two major changes in this year’s competition: teams will no longer need to physically submit their parts; and parts can be compatible with assembly...
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