Hello <<First name>>,
Welcome to the iGEM Community Newsletter. The Newsletter is home to synthetic biology news, events, opportunities and the latest advancements in synthetic biology research - from around the world. Not only that, here you'll also find out about updates & announcements from the world of iGEM. Let's Dive In!
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You're Invited to the World Expo of Synthetic Biology
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The iGEM Grand Jamboree brings together the synthetic biology industry, researchers, educators, investors, startups and policymakers in one place to help build a better world using synthetic biology.
Get your tickets now to join us this October at the 2024 Grand Jamboree in Paris.
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Join the 2024 iGEM Competition Mentorship Program
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- Are you an experienced iGEMer and do you want to mentor 2024 iGEM Competition teams? Become a Mentor
- Is your team participating in the iGEM Competition for the first time and do you need mentorship? - Register Your Team
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Connect with Your Local & Regional iGEM Ambassadors
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- Do you want to learn more about the iGEM Competition?
- Are you planning on building a team for the biggest annual synthetic biology competition and do you need help?
-Do you want to connect with your local or regional iGEM and synbio community?
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Join Community-Led Synthetic Biology Projects
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Build and Support the Synthetic Biology Community: Join the Projects
Take a look at over 15 projects dedicated to building and supporting the synbio ecosystem, in topics of academia & research, bioarts, education, governance & policy, industry, open science & accessibility, sci-comm & WiSTEM.
Discover these community-led projects and join them on the Projects Hub.
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Help us understand the current state of synthetic biology awareness in Africa!
SynthAfrica is a community-led project dedcicated to addressesing synthetic biology knowledge gaps in Africa. Your responses to the survey will help the community build tailored initiatives to benefit the African synthetic biology community.
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Discover iGEM Ambassadors are Supporting iGEM Teams & SynBio Community Around the World
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Take a look at the how participating in the iGEM Competition has influenced the careers of students from around the world, who went on to take distinct career routes, such as game development, education, and those supporting the synthetic biology industry. Access Here
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Do you want to share your event with the global synthetic biology community?
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SynBioBeta 2024 | 6-9 May, 2024
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SBA.3 International Synthetic Biology, and Biosecurity Conference in Africa | 17-9 June, 2024
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Plant Cell Atlas SynBio Hackathon | 14-15 August, 2024
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SynBio for Health & Sustainability | 20-21 October, 2024
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If your lab, startup, organization, project, research or your profile covered in the news, you can share it below!
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- Synthetic biology advances to generate $30B opportunity for Australia. (Australia)
- KAUST finds Chemical Alternatives for Agarwood Perfume Production using Synthetic Biology (Saudi Arabia)
- Concordia’s Genome Foundry and Bioprocessing Centre receives $5 million to boost Biomanufacturing (Canada)
- IIT Madras Partners with Vellon Space to Advance Biomanufacturing in Microgravity (India)
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SynBio Research Highlights
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DIB-BOT: An open-source hardware approach for high throughput droplet interface bilayer deposition Alexander F Mason (2024 - Pre-print)
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Systematic discovery of protein interaction interfaces using AlphaFold and experimental validation CY Lee et al (2024)

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Are you looking for iGEMers to hire?
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- Scientist, Molecular Biology/Synthetic Biology
- Regional Sales Managers
- Senior Technician (Research – Synthetic Biology and Genomics)
- Ellison Scholars Programme (Undergrad - Overgrad)
- Lab Manager
- Scientist Synthetic Biology
- Research Group Leader - Carbon Capture Technologies
- Scientist - Microbial Synthetic Biology
- Research Associate – Molecular Biology
- Assistant Professor - Synthetic Biologist
- Molecular Biology Production Manager
- Supervisor, Gene Manufacturing
- Research Assistant
- R&D Scientist (Laboratory)
- Master Thesis Internship in Splicing Regulation
- Co-founder (AI/ML for Transforming Crop Improvement)
- Research Assistant in Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation
- Co-founder (Accelerating Crop Lifecycle to Boost Farm Productivity)
- Co-founder
- Open Science Editor
- Sales Manager, SynBio
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This newsletter was made like any good PCR- the machine stopped midway through, and the team started over again, but those bands came out like a Picasso.
Waving from around the world,
The iGEM Community Newsletter Team on behalf of iGEM Community
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