BioSCENTer @ iGEM 2013Welcome to the iGEM section of the BioSCENTer website!
iGEM 2013
The slides of the presentation on 15th May 2012 are available for download.
Read the invitation to iGEM 2013 by the coordinator, Johan Robben and download the poster here.
Successful previous editions
Since 2005, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Boston, USA, organizes the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition (http://ung.igem.org). In this competition, undergraduate students are introduced into the world of Synthetic Biology, which makes use of standard parts, called Biobricks, to build biological systems and operate them in living cells. Over the years, the iGEM competition has grown to one of the largest international gatherings on Synthetic Biology, with no less than 164 teams participating in this year’s edition!
The KULeuven has successfully participated in the iGEM competitions of 2008 and 2009, bringing home a golden medal in each year! To find out more on these previous KULeuven iGEM participations, we recommend you to check out the 2008 project "Dr. Coli" at http://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven, and the 2009 project "Essencia Coli" at http://2009.igem.org/Team:KULeuven.
This year, our university has once again entered this prestigious competition, with a team consisting of (bio-) engineers, (biomedical) scientists and – new this year – media developers. We developed a project called E.D.Frosti, an engineered bacterium that is able to induce or inhibit ice crystal formation upon demand. Our project is up and running, and during the summer, our team will perform lab work to create this organism, and test its functionality via in silico modeling as well as in vivo tests. Furthermore, other aspects of the project, such as safety, ethics and education will be addressed by our team. On October 1th – 2th, we will present our project at the European jamboree in Amsterdam, where we hope to qualify to go on to the world championship at MIT on November 5th – 7th.
Do you want to know more about our project? We invite you to take a look at our website at http://2011.igem.org/Team:KULeuven!
Best regards,
The 2011 KULeuven iGEM team
Best Collaboration Award BioSCENTer-Z33 (iGEM)
Download het filmpje (.mov, 100MB)
Benelux-biobricks naar iGEM-finale
De RU Groningen en de K.U.Leuven hebben de eindronde gehaald van iGEM 2011, het wereldkampioenschap synthetische biologie voor studenten. Met respectievelijk een tel- en een vriesbacterie bleven ze tijdens de Europese voorronde, afgelopen weekend in Amsterdam, het grootste deel van de concurrentie voor.
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Workshop en debat gemist?
Luister hier naar het Radio 1 interview
Bron: Radio 1
Studenten ontwikkelen ijsbacterie voor internationale competitie
Bekijk het filmpje van het journaal van VRT op 30 september om 13u.
Lego spelen met DNA
Dit jaar werden er ook kunstenaars betrokken in de iGEM-wedstrijd
Lees er hier alles over ...
For any further information, don’t hesitate to contact us: erwin.swinnen@bio.kuleuven.be (coordinator 2011 iGEM project) or joris.winderickx@bio.kuleuven.be (coordinator BioSCENter).
The presentation of the infosession of May 3rd are available for download.
