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The iGEM Competition

Manuel PorcarJuli Peretó

subject

Competition (economics)EngineeringSynthetic biologybusiness.industryInternational Genetically Engineered MachineWorld championshipRegistry of Standard Biological PartsEngineering ethicsbusinessSynthetic construct

description

The international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition is a well-known example of synthetic biology and a workbench for the development of heterodox, multidisciplinary and frontier work made by undergraduate students. We review the origin, organization and structure of the competition; we describe how an iGEM team can be set in place, and briefly summarize some of the main milestones and challenges of a competition that is only one decade old. We discuss the links of the competition with the Registry of Standard Biological Parts and the flagship role of iGEM as a very trench of the synthetic biology revolution.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9382-7_6