Development of international genetically engineered machine competition in China.

Xia Zhao; Shuguang LU; Jing Wang; Xiaomei HU; Xiancai Rao; Qiwen HU

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Development of international genetically engineered machine competition in China.

Author: Xia ZHAO ¹ ; Shuguang LU ¹ ; Jing WANG ¹ ; Xiaomei HU ¹ ; Xiancai RAO ¹ ; Qiwen HU ¹
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1. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: conference of China iGEMer community; iGEM; synthetic biology
MeSH: China; Genetic Engineering; Synthetic Biology
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2018;34(12):1915-1922
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Synthetic biology is a fast moving interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering. To educate the next generation of synthetic biology scientists, the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition was established. In the past eleven years, many Chinese teams have participated in this event, but no thorough review and analysis have been carried out. In this paper, we collected the data and information of the Chinese teams from the iGEM website and analyzed the number, distribution and performance of Chinese teams in iGEM competition. We also described contributions made by the Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC) organization. The contributions to China higher education made by the iGEM competition were also summarized. Finally, we proposed several suggestions for the development of the iGEM competition in China. We envision the iGEM competition will continue to promote the innovative education and cultivation of the next-generation synthetic biology scientists in China.