Gold Medal for UoG at iGEM
Published: 7 November 2014
A team of Glasgow University students have won the gold medal at this year’s iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition in the USA.
A team of Glasgow University students have won a prestigious gold medal at this year’s iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition held in Boston USA.
The competition involved student teams from 32 countries and 245 universities, each designing and carrying out their own project over the summer. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the competition.
The Glasgow team included ten undergraduate students from biological sciences and engineering, and was supported by Dr Sean Colloms and Dr Julien Reboud.
The iGEM is the premiere undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Student teams are given a kit of biological parts and are tasked with using these parts and new parts of their own design to build biological systems and operate them in living cells.
The Gold medal was awarded to the GU team following an excellent oral presentation by the students in Boston, as well as assessment of their project results, online wiki, and public engagement activities.
First published: 7 November 2014
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