A career panel was set to inform and educate students and early career graduates to where they could head in the ecosystem. It was a great event to strengthen collaboration and community for not only the synthetic biology ecosystem but in Science.

Joe Brock and Brendan Kidd hosted the iGEM Ambassador, Cindy and Director of Communications, Abigail, to the Australasian SynBio Competition event in Canberra, ACT.

• We got a special shout out from the event organizers and many of the participating university teams were keen on joining the iGEM Competition next year! Cindy is working on a proposal for Leagues and also for submission to the Australian Government for support and investment.
• Cindy has been working for the past few months with Matt (Melb Uni), Joe and Brendan (ANU) to get it all sorted.
• She will be heading to Wellington, New Zealand, on October 15th-17th to establish connections and relationships and get everyone from both Australia and NZ on a call so we can all be aligned to how the synthetic biology community/economy should look like and what the next steps will be.

To find more information about the iGEM Ambassadors & Promoters for Asia & Oceania and regional synbio activities visit our Asia & Oceania webpage. Learn more about the Ambassador Program here.

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