IGEM:MIT/2006
About
iGEM is the international genetically engineered machines competition. The objective of the competition is to design and build an engineered biological system using DNA. Systems will be constructed from standard biological parts. Although iGEM originated at MIT, this year, there are around 40 schools participating from around the world (see map). You can read more about the competition here.
The MIT iGEM team consists of 6 students working fulltime during summer 2006 on engineering a biological system. In addition, we have 5 graduate student advisors and 1 faculty advisor.
Past Projects
In 2004, students at UT, Austin built a strain of bacteria that could be used to take bacterial photographs. Here's one of the first pictures they took. Their work was published in Nature.
The Team
Students
Advisors
Email us: igem AT igem.mit.edu
Sponsorship
[[../Fundraising/pdf package | Sponsorship information]] is available for those interested in providing assistance to the MIT iGEM team (either financial or otherwise). We are currently planning our /Kickoff/ event, we hope you'll be able to join us!
Find out more
- [[../2005/|2005 MIT iGEM wiki]]
- Read more about engineering biology.
- Polka Dots: The MIT IAP class, a precursor to iGEM
Team Organization
Temporary links as we reorganize this page from recruiting to team information.