Reading University IGEM

iGEM has been running since 2003 and is an international competition which asks students to design and build genetic machines using a series of standardised parts ("BioBricks") to achieve their goals. iGEM stands for International Genetically Engineered Machine. This is the first year the University of Reading is competing in iGEM. The team is made up of a mix of undergraduate students from different disciplines including Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Systems Engineering, Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence.