International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:10:34 -0500

Are you interested in participating in an international competition surrounding new innovation in synthetic biology and genetic engineering?

International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is an international competition for students interested in:

Synthetic biology

Biotechnology

Interdisciplinary collaboration (Yes English and Computer Science majors are welcome!!)

iGEM runs three main programs:

iGEM Competition - an international competition for students interested in the field of synthetic biology

Labs Program - a program for academic labs to use the same resources as the competition teams

Registry of Standard Biological Parts - a growing collection of genetic parts use for building biological devices and systems.

The iGEM team at UMBC has participated in the competition before and traveled to Boston and won the Bronze prize!

For more information:

Check out this video: https://vimeo.com/119981367

Website: http://igem.org/About

Prior UMBC team: http://2015.igem.org/Team:UMBC-Maryland

If you are interested, please contact swath1@umbc.edu and come out to the interest meeting on

FEBRUARY 8th at 6pm in Biological Sciences 461.