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iGEM comes of age: trends in its research output.

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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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3101 Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 31 Biological Sciences, Biotechnology

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Nat Biotechnol

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1087-0156
1546-1696

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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EPSRC (1949809)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L015978/1)
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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