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Stream of the International Genetically Engineered Machine org 🎓 @iGEMCommunity 🚀 @iGEMStartups
Worldwide! (Boston, Paris)
Joined February 2008
Calling all SynBio builders! iGEM is recruiting members for the Registry Steering Committee to guide the next era of the parts repository. Your expertise can shape how the global community designs, builds & shares biology. Apply Here: https://t.co/7d36hmWtmQ
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Help grow the future of synthetic biology! High School iGEM is looking for volunteers, students, alumni, PIs, industry and policy experts, to guide, mentor and inspire the next generation of SynBio innovators. Apply here: https://t.co/zF6ieDjFNT
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📰 @CBSNews and @60Minutes report on this year's iGEM competition, where students developed CRISPR based methods to detect and treat Lyme disease. Hoover Science Fellow @DrewEndy, an @iGEM co founder, explains why US leadership in biotechnology matters:
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To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
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Stony Brook’s iGEM team earned its fourth gold medal and its second in a row at the @iGEM global competition in Paris. Their undergraduate project explored a new synthetic biology strategy to disrupt HIV replication. More: https://t.co/D4uFgJozvy
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The 2025 Framer Awards are open. Compete in 10 categories for $100,000 in prizes. New to Framer? Start building today and join the designers creating the internet’s best websites.
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Incredible news!!! The @iGEMStartups team I mentored just won the biggest prize in synthetic biology — and it’s in Biomanufacturing! 🔥 So proud of Pomegranate Biomanufacturing and huge congrats to Kenzo Salazar & Arif Ansari 🎉 What made them win the grand prize? 1. Humility
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Represent the global iGEM community at the OECD’s high-level consultation on emerging biotechnologies! Your experience in responsible innovation makes your voice crucial. Register your interest before 23:59 UTC - Dec 1, 2025: https://t.co/eNFwHS2Mw4
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Did you miss seeing the iGEM Competition Finalists present their innovative, award-winning projects on the Final Day of the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree? Watch all 7 presentations now: 👉 iGEM Video Universe: https://t.co/XwQl6HB78b 👉 YouTube: https://t.co/n9nMSmtgqw
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🏆 Congratulations to Team GreatBay-SCIE, winner of the High School Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! Their project, “ArMOLDgeddon”, is a multi-enzyme mold remover, meant to be a safe and effective alternative to current options. Learn more: https://t.co/GQBffCLKhb
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🏆 Congratulations to @iGEM_Brno, winner of the Overgrad Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! Their project “NitroDuck” introduced a toolkit for 5X faster genetic engineering of duckweed, a promising new crop. Learn more: https://t.co/Kk6wmW2ChG
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Hear directly from our Ambassadors about why the iGEM Ambassador Program is a unique opportunity to lead, connect and strengthen SynBio communities around the world, and to grow both personally and professionally. Deadline: Nov 24, 2025. Apply: https://t.co/SwZLcYxOv6
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🏆 Congratulations to Team McGill, winner of the Undergrad Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! They introduced “Cohera”, a synbio toolkit for the engineering of multicellular systems. Learn more: https://t.co/E2Kx3HKBet
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That’s not a joke That’s 12,5% up in first hour That’s record sales That’s a huge momentum $NVDA $PLTR $meta $Amzn $SPY
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What if astronauts could build on Mars using the air around them? URochester’s Team PHAntom engineered bacteria to turn CO₂ into biodegradable plastics & fertilizer—earning gold at the global @iGEM and top honors of any US team! 🥇 #URochesterResearch #iGEM2025
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Relive the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree! It’s already been a week since 4600+ iGEMers gathered together in Paris to showcase their work to the world, and to discuss the future of synthetic biology. Now it’s time to relive the experience! Photos are out now: https://t.co/K0VQh6OZIl
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Lead the future of Synthetic Biology and empower your regional community. 2026 iGEM Community Recruitment is now open! - Become an iGEM Ambassador - Lead as a Project Head Deadline: Nov 24, 2025 (23:59 UTC) Apply here: https://t.co/2x3c9JvN9H
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🩷The 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree Volunteers🩷 A special thank you to every volunteer who made the world’s largest gathering of synthetic biologists a truly grand experience! We couldn’t have done it without your dedication & love for the SynBio community! https://t.co/Mc51fKGu95
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Learn how to publish your iGEM Projects! Frontiers is hosting Publishing Workshops for iGEM teams to help you turn your project into a peer-reviewed paper, from manuscript prep to peer review, plus Q&A! Register: Nov 13: https://t.co/bo2A7fDyzZ Nov 14: https://t.co/7aUKNm04Hl
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4600+ iGEMers all together in one photo at the largest synthetic biology event in the world! See if you can spot yourself in the 2025 iGEM From Above photo! The full-sized photo is available on our official Flickr account: https://t.co/Kx4fPoqlhn
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Many German iGEM teams have been a staple of the iGEM competition and were successful again in 2025🚀! Congratulations🎉! Seeing such creative projects from our community makes us proud and once again shows that Germany is a hotspot for SynBio research and entrepreneurship⚙️!
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@iGEM and SB8 was unforgettable. I’d love to supervise a team on flower design for the new art/ biodesign section 🎨 🧬 🌹
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