iGEM UT Knoxville
Biotechnology - Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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iGEM UT Knoxville Details
iGEM, or the International Genetically Engineering Machine, is an organization the facilitates undergraduate research in synthetic biology. Developed at MIT in 2003, iGEM has grown to include 300+ international teams that research applied biology and present their results at an annual jamboree. UT-Knoxville has sent their team for the past two years presenting a novel biodegradation pathway expressed in E.coli.iGEM-Knoxville 2018 is returning to participate for a third year. We intend to expand the scope of synthetic biology by designing and developing another undergraduate research project through the summer and into the fall. iGEM is a highly collaborative team, and calls upon various members to partake in project, design, laboratory wet work, community outreach, and academic presentation. In the winter and spring, we collect an interdisciplinary team of approximately 10-20 members and equip them with the necessary skills to think and work independently. Additionally, this time is spent on fundraising efforts. As the summer approaches, a project is decided- and the bulk of the lab work occurs over the summer. The fall is spent collecting our results and preparing the presentations for the coming iGEM Jamboree (November).
