Synthetic biology’s scope spreads over multiple disciplines and sectors. The iGEM Competition has served as a primer for our community members to explore these frontiers, pursue careers and contribute to the global synthetic biology ecosystem through distinct topics of synthetic biology.

We welcome anyone passionate about synthetic biology to work on specialized topics and regional goals, enable the community to generate understanding and knowledge from around the world on opportunities and challenges of importance to all of us, and advance the synbio-related fields forward together.

Academia and Research

Education

Governance and Policy

Open Science and Accessibility

Industry

BioArt

Science Communication

Women in STEM (WiSTEM)

Engage with Topics

Lead & Build

If you want to lead or build a project in a particular topic, you can apply for the Project Head positions.

Contribute

If you want to contribute to an existing project, you can apply for open project member positions.

Participate

Explore our projects to find what’s useful for you and access that value.