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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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iGEM 2023 Teams Can Now Access Mentorship for the iGEM Competition
Are you participating or planning on participating in the 2023 iGEM Competition and is your team looking for mentorship to help you navigate through the iGEM Competition? Apply now to receive mentorship!
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Announcing our Partnership with Frontiers in Systems Biology for iGEM Special Collections
Currently accepting manuscripts on the following topics
- Diseases
- Use of Foundational Principles to Advance Systems and Synthetic Biology
- Systems Microbiology in Biomanufacturing, and Industrial Scale-Up
- Systems Biology Approaches for Bioremediation
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BridgeBio: Connecting the Synthetic Biology Industry and Community
BridgeBio aims to bring iGEMers and iGEM stakeholders, industrialists, and bio-founders closer together to benefit each other in different areas and strengthen iGEM and synthetic biology in their community.
Read blog here
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BridgeBio presents: Leading Ladies of SynBio
Dr. Aoife, President and CEO of Synlogic, joined us for our inaugural session Leading Ladies of SynBio series. The series will host women leaders from the synthetic biology to share insights from the industry, highlight what it goes into building teams, projects and products, and share advice for you!
More info here
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Global Synthetic Biology Landscape: Insights and Perspectives from Regional SynBio Communities
While the global synthetic biology landscape grows each year, regional communities play a vital role cultivating synbio ecosystems. Read their stories on our upcoming SynBio Alliance Blog Series, starting today with some highlights on the special issue on "Global Synthetic Biology Landscape" from Biotech Note.
Read blog here
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SynBio Governance and Policy Newsletter
The first edition of the SynBio Governance and Policy Newsletter (GAP Newsletter)! This newsletter will be issued monthly as a highlights or perspectives series. So, stay tuned and enjoy the governance and policy news digests we have prepared for you!
Read it here
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Join The New Project Groups:
- Demystifying The Publication Process
- iGEMx
- SynBio Canva: BioArts Competition
- High School SynBio Summit
- iGEM Arts Gallery
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Apply for the Mastering Science Communication Course
This course will equip you with the essential skills in writing, presentation, social media, illustration, and best practices needed to realize the full potential of your research. Grab this rare chance to learn from a broad range of experts in an interactive way! For more information, instructions and how to get a certificate after completing the course, visit our course webpage.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 VCL Demo Day by iGEM Startups: Concentri (APAC), Algaevity (EMEA), Cobiota (Americas), the first runner-up teams - Plantx (APAC), University of Oxford iGEM (EMEA), and Utero Diagnostics (Americas). Also a shoutout to Sweatoscape (APAC), Bactosoil (EMEA), and Metabolomi (Americas) for the Best Innovative Solution awards.
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iGEM at Conexão Biotec 2
The iGEM Ambassadors for Latin America Giulio Braatz and Luiza Hesketh attended the Conexão Biotec event held in in São Paulo at the STATE Innovation Center. The periodci event connects entrepreneurial people, industry professionals, researchers, scientists, students, and curious individuals interested in biolotechnology.
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Events from the Community
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Do you want to share your event with the global synthetic biology community? Send us an email at community@igem.org with the event information.
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Do you have News from your regional synbio ecosystem to share with the global synthetic biology community?
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Synthetic Biology Can Be Used to Help Plants Produce a Wide Range of Valuable Natural Products - GEN
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Drug Development For Neglected Tropical Diseases Is Finally Getting A Tool That Can Get The Job Done - Forbes
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SynBio Research Highlights
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Automated design of protein-binding riboswitches for sensing human biomarkers in a cell-free expression system Vezeau, G.E., Gadila, L.R. & Salis, H.M. (2023)
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Tradeoff between lag time and growth rate drives the plasmid acquisition cost
Ahmad, M., Prensky, H., Balestrieri, J. et al. (2023)
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Are you looking for iGEMers to hire?
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- Research Assistant- Metabolic Engineering
- Bioprocess Engineer-Microbial Lipids
- Post-doc in Synthetic Biology/ Microbiology/Genetic Engineering
- PhD position in Synthetic Biology/ Microbiology/Genetic Engineering
- Chair in Engineering Biology
- Program Coordinator – Global Health Policy
- PhD Fellowship - Digital Twin For The Optimization Of Bioprocesses
- PhD Fellowship - Modeling and Optimization of Biopesticides production
- Assay Development Scientist
- Process Chemist
- Senior Scientist
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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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