1. Synthetic Biology, iGEM

2. 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

3. 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

4. iGEM

5. Drew Endy

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Apply for 2017 Aalto-Helsinki iGEM Team
Deadline - 29th January
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More information and instructions for application