Innovation Anthology #340:
In November, university students from Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge will compete in Boston at the International Genetically Engineered Machines or iGEM Jamboree.
Using bacteria and a bit of genetic manipulation, these young scientists are sowing these seeds for tomorrow’s great innovations.
And Andrew Hessel of Singularity University in California is mentoring their ingenuity.
ANDREW HESSEL: There’s still very few academic and graduate programs in synthetic biology because the field is so new. And iGEM has been instrumental in growing the education environment for this. It’s learning by doing. So it gives the opportunity for students to do independent research with the latest tools and technologies and that’s very exciting for me. But I’m here to help the students because the bar keeps rising with this competition. Even though its only about seven years old, its hyper competitive. It’s on a world stage. And we want the Alberta students to have the best possible chances of success.
According to Andrew Hessel, when the teams present at iGEM, industry and investors will be there to scout out the next great plays for synthetic biology.
Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER
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