Synthetic Biology, iGEM

What is iGEM? An international competition in the field of synthetic biology Produce a genetically engineered machine that addresses a real world problem Student-driven research project: programming, human practices, hardware design, wet lab work, fundraising, business strategy development, public outreach, art & design, product development Finals in Boston, October Aalto-Helsinki - the only team representing Finland, 300 teams, 5400 participants

Aalto-Helsinki iGEM 2016 Team 10 students from Aalto and HY collaborated over the summer Interdisciplinary team: molecular biology, bioinformatics, mathematics, biotechnology, computer science Supervisors from Aalto and VTT

iGEM

Drew Endy

What is synthetic biology? Biology meets engineering Aim – make biology engineerable: designable, easy to modify Building new genes, metabolic pathways and biological systems The (genetic) modification of biological systems for practical purposes

Engineering in Synthetic Biology Use biological materials as building blocks Transition from the lab environment to real world conditions Design the hardware and infrastructure that utilizes biology Create tools that aid biological research

Continuous flow filter to remove heavy metals from factory waste pipes with engineered microbes (Cornell 2014)

The “BioPad” touch-screen interface using microfluidics and e The “BioPad” touch-screen interface using microfluidics and e.coli (EPFL 2014)

Microfluidics device with integrated electrodes (TU-Delft Leiden 2014)

A quad-copter made of biomaterials, including bacterial cellulose PCBs (Stanford/Brown/Spelman 2014)

bio(t)INK - a synthetic biology approach to bioprinting (LMU-TUM_Munich 2016)

Apply for 2017 Aalto-Helsinki iGEM Team Deadline - 29th January CV, Transcript, Application to rekry@aaltohelsinki.com More information and instructions for application http://www.aaltohelsinki.com/