The iGEM Community program started in 2017 as an effort to support alumni of the iGEM Competition. At the time it was named After iGEM.

Since the beginning of the program, it’s been a place iGEMers to come together to build and supporting the global synthetic biology community.

Over the years, we expanded from a team of just 5 Ambassadors in 2017 to over 200 members in 2022 - working together on topics important to our community. This growth and change helped us reinforce and expand our goal to support not just competition participants, but also welcome anyone interested in synthetic biology.