The iGEM competition: research-led teaching in microbiology
Nicholas V Coleman
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School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Building G08, Maze Crescent
University of Sydney
Darlington, NSW 2006, Australia
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Email: nicholas.coleman@sydney.edu.au
Microbiology Australia 37(2) 81-83 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA16028
Published: 18 April 2016
Abstract
The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) is a global science fair in synthetic biology (SynBio). The relatively new discipline of SynBio is distinguished from ‘genetic engineering’ in its more systematic approach, and its focus on understanding life via creation, rather than dissection1. Microbiology is central to SynBio, which usually relies on
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