Friday, 19 May, 2017

iGEM: The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition

Munich team participates in iGEM 2017

 

The iGEM Competition is the premiere student team competition in Synthetic Biology. For over 10 years, iGEM has been encouraging students to work together to solve real-world challenges by building genetically engineered biological systems with standard, interchangeable parts. Student teams design, build and test their projects over the summer and gather to present their work and compete at the annual Jamboree.
Participation in the iGEM competition empowers teams to manage their own projects, advocate for their research and secure funding. Teams are also challenged to actively consider and address the safety, security and environmental implications of their work.

Aurore Dupin and Lukas Aufinger (both group of Prof. Fritz Simmel, TUM) have taken on responsibility for the current Munich iGEM team. This year's team consists of 17 students from LMU and TU Munich. Their goal is to create a novel paper-based microfluidic device for the detection of specific RNA sequences as a point-of-care testing (POCT).

iGEM team Munich website