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iGEM | SynBio
iGEM | SynBio
The lab is no longer limited to fixed hours or physical space.
Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery.
Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree
jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule
Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery.
Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree
jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The lab is no longer limited to fixed hours or physical space.
Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery.
Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree
jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule
Automation, AI and software are enabling continuous discovery.
Explore what’s next at “24/7 Discovery: Visions for the Lab of the Future,” at the BioInnovation Summit-2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree
jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule
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You can't spell We're So Back without SB
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
You can't spell We're So Back without SB
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
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For the first time since 2017, SB.X is back!
Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris.
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris.
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
May 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For the first time since 2017, SB.X is back!
Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris.
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris.
jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...
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10+ open positions are up on our #SynBio Job Board for early, mid-career and late-career professionals!
Discover the jobs here:
community.igem.org/job-board
Discover the jobs here:
community.igem.org/job-board
April 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
10+ open positions are up on our #SynBio Job Board for early, mid-career and late-career professionals!
Discover the jobs here:
community.igem.org/job-board
Discover the jobs here:
community.igem.org/job-board
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Camila Quinonez’s journey from iGEM to synthetic biology and conservation shows how just one opportunity can spark a lifelong mission. From supporting startups to ecological conservation, she’s proving science and sustainability can go hand in hand.
Read her story:
blog.igem.org/blog/2023/11...
Read her story:
blog.igem.org/blog/2023/11...
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Camila Quinonez’s journey from iGEM to synthetic biology and conservation shows how just one opportunity can spark a lifelong mission. From supporting startups to ecological conservation, she’s proving science and sustainability can go hand in hand.
Read her story:
blog.igem.org/blog/2023/11...
Read her story:
blog.igem.org/blog/2023/11...
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Jarrod Shilts, iGEM Cambridge Instructor, has won a 2024 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for his research on how human cells connect.
We congratulate him on this incredible achievement and wish him all the best! 💚
community.igem.org/synbio-news
We congratulate him on this incredible achievement and wish him all the best! 💚
community.igem.org/synbio-news
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Jarrod Shilts, iGEM Cambridge Instructor, has won a 2024 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for his research on how human cells connect.
We congratulate him on this incredible achievement and wish him all the best! 💚
community.igem.org/synbio-news
We congratulate him on this incredible achievement and wish him all the best! 💚
community.igem.org/synbio-news
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My bio friends get triggered when Thiel suggests lack of progress in bio is a skill issue, and make arguments about physicists in the field and how technical we are. But what if it’s about a lack of non-technical skills, of imagination and conviction and…marketing? open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
On the "lack of progress" in biology
How is the "century of biology" going so far?
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My bio friends get triggered when Thiel suggests lack of progress in bio is a skill issue, and make arguments about physicists in the field and how technical we are. But what if it’s about a lack of non-technical skills, of imagination and conviction and…marketing? open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
One thing I’m pretty grateful for in the iGEM community is the access to inspiration.
Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive.
Thank you for your leadership 💚
Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive.
Thank you for your leadership 💚
Leadership in science was once a closed door for women. Now iGEMers are holding it open and building ladders for others. We're celebrating 10 leaders driving change in their communities, advancing synthetic biology, and mentoring the next generation of innovators.
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
March 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One thing I’m pretty grateful for in the iGEM community is the access to inspiration.
Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive.
Thank you for your leadership 💚
Getting to follow and learn from leaders worldwide who are advancing SynBio, empowering their communities, providing mentorship, ensuring that access is both open and inclusive.
Thank you for your leadership 💚
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Leadership in science was once a closed door for women. Now iGEMers are holding it open and building ladders for others. We're celebrating 10 leaders driving change in their communities, advancing synthetic biology, and mentoring the next generation of innovators.
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
March 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Leadership in science was once a closed door for women. Now iGEMers are holding it open and building ladders for others. We're celebrating 10 leaders driving change in their communities, advancing synthetic biology, and mentoring the next generation of innovators.
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...
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At the 61st Munich Security Conference, iGEMers helped shape the Biosecurity Rising Leaders’ Munich Security Conference Declaration, calling for stronger biosafety and biosecurity in global biotech. Their work bridges science & ethics, proving inclusivity secures humanity’s future.
shorturl.at/tR8Gq
shorturl.at/tR8Gq
A Declaration for Equitable Biosecurity: iGEMers Champion Global Biosecurity at the Munich Security Conference 2025 — iGEM Blog
Biosecurity Rising Leaders Munich Security Conference Declaration calls for urgent action to embed biosafety and biosecurity into the global life sciences ecosystem. Read about the Munich Security Con...
blog.igem.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At the 61st Munich Security Conference, iGEMers helped shape the Biosecurity Rising Leaders’ Munich Security Conference Declaration, calling for stronger biosafety and biosecurity in global biotech. Their work bridges science & ethics, proving inclusivity secures humanity’s future.
shorturl.at/tR8Gq
shorturl.at/tR8Gq
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The chromoproteins I used were developed by iGEM teams and available from Addgene. Only three of the strains are actually fluorescent. To learn more about the plasmids check out this blog in which I was interviewed about the streak plate challenge I do in my class. blog.addgene.org/streaking-fo...
Streaking for Single Colonies: The Streak Plate Challenge
Master the streak plate technique using a mixture of E. coli strains expressing a different chromoprotein.
blog.addgene.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The chromoproteins I used were developed by iGEM teams and available from Addgene. Only three of the strains are actually fluorescent. To learn more about the plasmids check out this blog in which I was interviewed about the streak plate challenge I do in my class. blog.addgene.org/streaking-fo...
Yhprum's law isn't talked about enough
January 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yhprum's law isn't talked about enough
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I did some blogging about branding of academic disciplines and what comes after synthetic
biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
Branding discipline
What's in a name?
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I did some blogging about branding of academic disciplines and what comes after synthetic
biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
biology. Scientists harbor some shame at the thought of caring about brands, but the distinctions between subfields matter to them, just not to anyone else open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
kinda crazy that we'll be experiencing 2025 for the first time
December 31, 2024 at 4:05 PM
kinda crazy that we'll be experiencing 2025 for the first time
Since mirror-life was recently in the news, thought I should cover a condition where the positions of internal organs such as the heart and lungs are reversed in the human body.
open.substack.com/pub/genesand...
open.substack.com/pub/genesand...
December 28, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Since mirror-life was recently in the news, thought I should cover a condition where the positions of internal organs such as the heart and lungs are reversed in the human body.
open.substack.com/pub/genesand...
open.substack.com/pub/genesand...
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You see a real generational divide in this thread about the impact of luck on scientific careers
Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants"
Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"
Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants"
Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"
What's the moment of luck that's had the biggest impact for your academic career? For me, it was how I wouldn't have gotten a PhD fellowship if it wasn't for the 1st-ranked person declining, which meant that I was awarded the fellowship as 2nd-ranked applicant. That was my last shot at a PhD.
December 12, 2024 at 11:09 PM
You see a real generational divide in this thread about the impact of luck on scientific careers
Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants"
Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"
Young people: "In 2012 I somehow managed to win a fellowship that rejects 99.99999% of applicants"
Old people: "In 1979 I crashed my surfboard into Sydney Brenner and ended up with full tenure"
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Was so fun to talk with @asterainstitute.bsky.social resident and @pioneerlabs.bsky.social founder @erika-alden.bsky.social! Read our convo if you want to be inspired about the future of life, bioengineering, and engineered life on Mars
asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...
asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...
"Let's go do that"
A conversation with Astera resident Erika Alden DeBenedictis
asterainstitute.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Was so fun to talk with @asterainstitute.bsky.social resident and @pioneerlabs.bsky.social founder @erika-alden.bsky.social! Read our convo if you want to be inspired about the future of life, bioengineering, and engineered life on Mars
asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...
asterainstitute.substack.com/p/lets-go-do...
Nothing comes closer to scientists coming up with Acronyms that stay
FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
December 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Nothing comes closer to scientists coming up with Acronyms that stay
FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
FART: Flavor Analysis and Recognition Transformer
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Using Synbio to create living optical devices: Engineered bacteria that self-assemble bioglass polysilicate coatings display enhanced light focusing
New paper out in @pnas.org that started from an iGEM Project: 2016 iGEM Delft team led by @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New paper out in @pnas.org that started from an iGEM Project: 2016 iGEM Delft team led by @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 13, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Using Synbio to create living optical devices: Engineered bacteria that self-assemble bioglass polysilicate coatings display enhanced light focusing
New paper out in @pnas.org that started from an iGEM Project: 2016 iGEM Delft team led by @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New paper out in @pnas.org that started from an iGEM Project: 2016 iGEM Delft team led by @meyerroc.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Our new paper is out in PNAS! We engineered bacteria to display enzymes that sea sponges use to mineralize their glass skeletons. These bacteria can self-assemble a bioglass coating around themselves, and focus light into bright, photonic nanojets.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Our new paper is out in PNAS! We engineered bacteria to display enzymes that sea sponges use to mineralize their glass skeletons. These bacteria can self-assemble a bioglass coating around themselves, and focus light into bright, photonic nanojets.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Story I made so far with @igemhq.bsky.social and looking forward for the future cool and cooler things to come in 2025!
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Story I made so far with @igemhq.bsky.social and looking forward for the future cool and cooler things to come in 2025!
that's just unfair but also predictable
December 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
that's just unfair but also predictable
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New positions are up on the synbio job board!
These positions are open for undergrads, masters, PhD, post-docs or individuals pursuing careers the synthetic biology industry.
Visit our website to learn more about these positions within the synbio & biotech ecosystem
community.igem.org/job-board
These positions are open for undergrads, masters, PhD, post-docs or individuals pursuing careers the synthetic biology industry.
Visit our website to learn more about these positions within the synbio & biotech ecosystem
community.igem.org/job-board
December 12, 2024 at 12:47 PM
New positions are up on the synbio job board!
These positions are open for undergrads, masters, PhD, post-docs or individuals pursuing careers the synthetic biology industry.
Visit our website to learn more about these positions within the synbio & biotech ecosystem
community.igem.org/job-board
These positions are open for undergrads, masters, PhD, post-docs or individuals pursuing careers the synthetic biology industry.
Visit our website to learn more about these positions within the synbio & biotech ecosystem
community.igem.org/job-board
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🚀 Applications for the iGEM Startups 2025 Committee are open!
Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups.
💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives
⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea...
#synbio
Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups.
💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives
⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea...
#synbio
December 10, 2024 at 7:49 PM
🚀 Applications for the iGEM Startups 2025 Committee are open!
Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups.
💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives
⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea...
#synbio
Be part of the team shaping the bioeconomy. Join us and drive innovation with visionary startups.
💼 Open roles: Venture Fellow, Marketing, Venture Analysts, Partnerships, Representatives
⏳ Apply by Dec 23: bit.ly/startups-tea...
#synbio