The University of Washington, one of OSLI’s eight sponsored university teams from around the world, won the grand prize in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) 2011 iGEM competition. The competition was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts from November 5-7, 2011. iGEM is the world’s foremost synthetic biology competition, where students are tasked with altering biological parts and […]

OSLI has sponsored eight university teams from around the world in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) 2011 iGEM, the world’s foremost synthetic biology competition. BioBuilder Blog (vimeo) For those new to the term, synthetic biology is the science of engineering using biological parts and systems, which turns out to be a lot like playing […]