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| - | Can simple biological systems be built from standard, interchangeable parts and operated in living cells? | + | 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? | |
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| - | The only way to answer the question is to test whether | + | <hr> |
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| + | The only way to answer the question is to test whether engineering biology can practically be done. | ||
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| + | The iGEM competition facilitates this providing a library of standardized parts to students, and asking them to design and build genetic machines with them. We call our parts ''BioBricks'', and we organize them in a [http://partsregistry.org Registry]. | ||
Our broader goals are: | Our broader goals are: | ||
| - | * To enable the systematic engineering of biology | + | * To enable the systematic engineering of biology |
| - | * To promote the open and transparent development of tools for engineering 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 |
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| + | What does iGEM stand for? | The people behind iGEM | Previous iGEM years | Contact us | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 11 August 2006
iGEM started with a 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 the question is to test whether engineering biology can practically be done.
The iGEM competition facilitates this providing a library of standardized parts to students, and asking them to design and build genetic machines with them. We call our parts BioBricks, and we organize them in a Registry.
Our broader goals are:
- 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
What does iGEM stand for? | The people behind iGEM | Previous iGEM years | Contact us
