iGEM is a synthetic biology competition in which groups of students from around the world build biological devices from standardized genetic parts. Students choose their own projects, perform experiments, and travel to regional and international competitions to present their results.
This competition a rare opportunity to take part in team-based, student-driven research, and allows undergraduates to engage with the growing synthetic biology community. CIDAR has been involved in iGEM since 2011.
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Many of CIDAR's iGEM efforts are part of STEM Pathways and the NSF Living Computing Project. Please click on the icons below for more.
Team Year: 2011
Team Name: BU Wellesley Software
Team Size: 19 students, 6 mentors
Website: http://2011.igem.org/Team:BU_Wellesley_Software
Team Awards: Gold Medal, Best Software
Team Year: 2012
Team Name: BU iGEM - MoClo
Team Year: 2013
Team Name: BU iGEM - MoClo 2
Team Size: 5 students, 4 mentors
Website: http://2013.igem.org/Team:BostonU
Team Awards: Gold Medal
Team Year: 2014
Team Name: Project Chimera
Team Size: 3 students, 2 mentors
Website: http://2014.igem.org/Team:BostonU
Team Awards: Gold Medal
Team Year: 2016
Team Name: Gemini
Team Size: 5 students, 5 mentors
Website: http://2016.igem.org/Team:BostonU
Team Awards: Gold medal,
Nominated for Top Foundational Advancement Team, Best Basic Part, and Best Part Collection
Team Year: 2016
Team Name: Neptune
Team Members: 6 students, 6 mentors
Website: http://2016.igem.org/Team:BostonU_HW
Team Awards: Gold medal, Nominated for Best Applied Design and Best Software Tool
Team Year: 2017
Team Name: MuFluidics
Team Size: 6 students, 2 mentors
Website: http://2017.igem.org/Team:BostonU
Team Awards: Silver Medal
Team Year: 2017
Team Name: MARS
Team Size: 3 students, 5 mentors
Website: http://2017.igem.org/Team:BostonU_HW
Team Awards: Gold Medal, Best Hardware
Team Year: 2018
Team Name: Project Leo
Team Size: 3 students, 2 mentors
Website: https://2018.igem.org/Team:BostonU
Team Awards: Silver Medal
Team Year: 2018
Team Name: Terra
Team Size: 4 students, 6 mentors
Website: http://2018.igem.org/Team:BostonU_HW
Team Awards: Gold Medal, Nominated for the Best Software Tool and Best Hardware awards
Team Year: 2022
Team Name: Aquamatic Technologies
Team Size: 5 students, 3 mentors Website:
https://2022.igem.wiki/bostonu-hw/
Team Awards: Gold Medal, Nominated for Best Environment Project
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Team Year: 2023
Team Name: APUS (The Automated Plug and Playable Microfluidic System)
Team Size: 5 students, 3 mentors Website:
https://2023.igem.wiki/bostonu-hw/
Team Awards: Silver Medal, Nominated for Best Software Tool
