A team of students from Tokyo Institute of Technology won the gold medal for the 10th consecutive year at the "iGEM World Congress", a research conference on synthetic biology.Of the 305 teams in the world, only Freyburg University and Tokyo Institute of Technology in Germany set this record.
According to the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the iGEM World Congress is a robocon in the field of synthetic biology, and by combining standardized gene parts called biobrick, a new artificial life system is designed and constructed, and the results are achieved. Doing a presentation.
Each team will present their content through websites, posters, and live presentations, as well as prepare genetic parts and safety initiatives.The examination will proceed by comprehensively judging them.
This year's tournament will be held in Boston, USA at the end of October, and 10 teams from around the world, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, Seika University in China, and Heidelburg University in Luprecht-Karl, Germany, will participate in 305 divisions and 10 new divisions. I competed.
From Tokyo Institute of Technology, a total of 3 people, including 17 members of the Faculty of Life Science and Technology, 4 members of the Faculty of Engineering, and 1 member of the Faculty of Science, including Mr. Kazunori Fujisawa, a 22rd year student in the Faculty of Life Science and Technology, formed a team and participated.In order to convey the importance of synthetic biology to society, the team compared the story of the fairy tale "Snow White" to the dying state and resurrection of Snow White with E. coli and won the gold medal.
