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iGEM 2019 News
“Students go through the gears at the iGEM competition for engineering biology
Portland Press Publishing (2019)
iGEM reference: Features five 2018 iGEM teams as they share some of the highlights from their participation in the 2018 iGEM competition and the annual Jamboree in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more about the iGEM 2018 teams featured in this article:
iGEM Great Bay China
iGEM ETH Zurich
iGEM Leiden
iGEM William and Mary
iGEM Imperial
“Identification of a natural ligand of the hazel allergen Cor a 1
Nature Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 8714 (2019)
iGEM reference: Materials and Methods: To obtain Cor a 1.0102 and Cor a 1.0103, plasmids pET11a Cor a 1.0104 and pET11a Cor a 1.0101, respectively, were used as templates for site-directed mutagenesis according to the QuickChange Method Cornell iGEM 2012. Learn more about the iGEM 2012 Cornell team.
“Coding is going to become the new English”: researcher on hacking the data deluge
Elsevier May 2019
- iGEM reference: Molecular biologist Tim Treis at Heidelberg University (part of the iGEM 2015 Heidelberg team) talks about using technology to manage information and organize his research.
- iGEM reference: Nature Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 6942 (2019)
This project began with the 2013 Stanford-Brown iGEM Team and designed parts BBa_K1218026 and BBa_K1218022. See iGEM Registry.
Gene silencing based on RNA-guided catalytically inactive Cas9 (dCas9): a new tool for genetic engineering in Leptospira
Nature Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 1839 (2019)
- iGEM reference: Materials and Methods: The J23119 promoter nucleotide sequence was obtained from the BioBrick part BBa_J23119 (iGEM Registry of Standard Biological Parts). See iGEM Registry.
Increased speed of engineered human cell response
phys.org, January 2019
- iGEM reference: Researchers from the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia have developed a novel approach to regulate human cell response, endowing cells to respond to extracellular stimuli in minutes instead of hours. A project started by the iGEM 2016 Slovenian team, lead to a publication in the journal Nature Chemical Biology and continued work on the project as a Ph.D. student.
Students create probiotic to help honeybees fight deadly fungus
phys.org, January 2019
- iGEM reference: A team of iGEM 2018 University of Alberta students are hoping to market a probiotic they created to help honeybees ward off a fungal infection that has wiped out entire hives.
Genesis 2.0 - TRAILER
Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Award Winner
- iGEM reference: A film by the Oscar Nominated filmmaker Christian Frei featuring iGEM, iGEM 2017 Giant Jamboree and George Church
The engineering of living organisms could soon start changing everything
The Economist, April 4, 2019
- iGEM reference: Article features iGEM.
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