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iGEM - The international Genetically Engineered Machine competition


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iGEM addresses the question: Can simple biological systems be built from standard, interchangeable parts and operated in living cells? Or is biology simply too complicated to be engineered in this way?


The only way to answer this is to actually try to engineer biological devices.

The iGEM competition facilitates this by providing a library of standardized parts (we call these parts BioBricks) to students, and asking them to design and build genetic machines with them. Of course, students are welcome to make their own BioBricks, too.

Information about BioBricks, and also some basic tools to manipulate them, are provided by the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, or simply, the Registry. This is a core resource for the iGEM program.

Beyond trying to answer the question about, our broader goals include:

  • To enable the systematic engineering of biology
  • To promote the open and transparent development of tools for engineering biology
  • And to help construct a society that can productively apply biological technology

So are we any closer to finding an answer to our question? Well, in just three years, iGEM teams have managed to partially or completely build a variety of systems, from biosensors to biological photographic film, so it's looking better that engineering biology is possible. More data will be presented at the 2006 Jamboree in November.


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