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The Academia and Research topic aims to engage our community members who are either pursuing or want to pursue careers in academia. The iGEM Competition has served as a platform to advance the field of synthetic biology with interdisciplinary foundational and translational research, and we aim to continue generating this impact.This topic covers projects that can help you develop a better understanding of the field and its necessary transferable skills, and improve your knowledge of the recent research trends in synthetic biology through academia-related activities.
Projects
Academia & ResearchAI For SynBio
Merge AI with synthetic biology, providing a suite of educational resources, software tools and a collaborative platform to foster innovation, facilitate knowledge exchange, and support AI-driven solutions in synthetic biology.
Academia & ResearchSynBio For Rare Diseases
Spearhead community building efforts to accelerate solutions for rare diseases, driving technology innovation through biohackathon collaboration while also pressing for policy reform through patient advocacy that brings urgency to unlocking life-changing treatments.
Academia & ResearchSynBio In Space
Spark wonder in synthetic biology's potential for space by building a community to collaborate on the endless opportunities ahead. We aim to create resources for the iGEM Space Village and complement efforts from the iGEM Space Intiative.
Academia & Research
Education
Open Science & AccessibilityDemystifying The Publication Process
The project aims to create an interactive guide for iGEM teams seeking to publish their research. We will create high-quality videos to show the steps of the publication process, including editing, peer review, and submission. We will also create a comprehensive handbook to provide guidance to teams on how to navigate publication.
Bioart
Science CommunicationAcademia & ResearchiGEM Arts Gallery
The iGEM Arts Gallery aims to build an annual bioart exhibition to showcase artworks from around the world. We want to promote new and well-established artists and their creations which impacts a specific social-cultural theme integrating synthetic biology.
Academia & ResearchEducationScience CommunicationHigh School SynBio Summit
High School Synbio Summit aims to revitalize synthetic biology in high schools by incorporating high-school iGEM teams, alumni, and the general public through a collaborative project and bringing them together to share experiences, opportunities and resources.
Academia & ResearchBeyond Numbers
Beyond Numbers will be an online series aimed to provide you skills for good experimental design, enabling reproducibility, and generating meaningful and understandable data in order to help you build strong scientific foundations for your research career.
Academia & ResearchAcademia & Research Insights
Collecting insights from iGEMers to connect iGEM alumni with current members to assist with iGEM projects as well as to help our community members pursuing the field of Academia or Research beyond iGEM
EducationAcademia & ResearchPhoenix Project
We seek to create a group of enthusiastic iGEM Community PI's interested in creating a space to listen to and encourage members who have supported their teams at iGEM with so much effort and still have so much to contribute to the global synthetic biology community.
Academia & ResearchJournals: iGEM 2019 & 2020 Special Proceedings
We are excited to share the published papers from iGEMers through our collaboration with Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology in the special issue on The 2019 and 2020 iGEM Proceedings.
Academia & ResearchAcademic Publishing Workshops
Delivering workshops on the topics relevant for the preparation of publication-quality material, culminating in manuscripts for submission for peer-review.