iGEM comes of age: trends in its research output.
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Publication Date
2021-12Journal Title
Nat Biotechnol
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1087-0156
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Jainarayanan, A. K., Galanis, A., Sreejith, A., Suresh, S., Nakara, A. M., Kundlatsch, G. E., & Rubio-Sánchez, R. (2021). iGEM comes of age: trends in its research output.. Nat Biotechnol https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-01152-7
Abstract
The international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is an educational benchmark in synthetic biology. Eighteen years after its inception, it has also catalysed the infusion of synthetic biology with interdisciplinary fundamental and translational research as well as with inspired young scientists. Here, we communicate a quantitative analysis of compiled published work associated to iGEM projects, highlighting trends in their dissemination and versatility. As iGEM comes of age, we anticipate it will continue to revolutionise, alongside SynBio, several disciplines of science and industries through the development of synthetic biological systems towards a sustainable future.
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A.K.J. is supported by the Clarendon Fund, a SKP scholarship, Exeter College, and the Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP at the University of Oxford (UKRI-BBSRC Grant No. BB/M011224/1). R.R.S. acknowledges the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT, Grant No. 472427), Cambridge Trust, and the EPSRC CDT in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC, Grant No. EP/L015978/1).
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EPSRC (1949809)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L015978/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-01152-7
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330470
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