Awards for ETH iGEM Team at iGEM Giant Jamboree 2015

The ETH Zürich iGEM Team 2015 were awarded with “Best Model” and “Best Parts Collection” at the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition in Boston, MA.

The ETH Zürich iGEM Team 2015 were awarded with “Best Model” and “Best Parts Collection” at the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition in Boston, MA. Additionally the team was nominated for Best Health & Medicine Project, Best Wiki, Best Poster, and Best New Basic Part with their project “MicroBeacon - a microbial beacon for cancer detection”.

From September 24 to September 28, about than 2700 attendees participated in the largest synthetic biology event to date. The Giant Jamboree celebrates the hard work and dedication shown by the 280 multidisciplinary iGEM teams from all over the world. These high school and college students worked all summer long to tackle today's toughest problems using biology and engineering. This year, 259 teams came to Boston to present their projects, meet the other members of the iGEM community, and celebrate their hard work.

To learn more, please visit these pages:

external page ETH Zurich team's wiki

external page Official iGEM 2015 homepage with all the results

external page iGEM ETH Facebook photos

external page iGEM HQ on Flickr

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