The 2026 iGEM Competition season has started! 100+ teams have already registered to tackle global challenges with synthetic biology and advance the field. Want to join the biggest annual synthetic biology competition? Start your 2026 iGEM journey today! competition.igem.org/registration

How can high school students make a global impact? Join Janet Standeven, Director of High School at iGEM, for a virtual discussion that includes how iGEM enables authentic research experiences that prepare students to tackle real-world challenges. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Registration for the 2026 iGEM Competition is NOW OPEN! Imagine, design, build and test ideas that matter and help tackle real-world challenges using synthetic biology, together with teams worldwide. Early registration ends Feb 12. Register: competition.igem.org/registration

As 2025 comes to a close, iGEM sends thanks to the global iGEM community 💚 PIs, mentors, committees, judges, partners, sponsors & program participants: Your time & dedication made this a record-breaking year! This success belongs to you! Thank you for an incredible 2025!

Meet the Topic Coordinators for the 2025 iGEM × Frontiers Research Collection! These leaders will guide submissions across four key areas shaping the future of synthetic biology. We are excited to see what our community contributes this year. community.igem.org/journals/fro...

Calling all SynBio builders! iGEM is recruiting members for the Registry Steering Committee to guide the next era of the parts repository. Your expertise can shape how the global community designs, builds & shares biology. Apply Here: registry.igem.org/about/steeri...

Did you miss seeing the iGEM Competition Finalists present their innovative, award-winning projects on the Final Day of the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree?  Watch all 7 presentations now: 👉 iGEM Video Universe: video.igem.org/c/2025_jamboree/videos 👉 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@iGEMFoundation

🏆 Congratulations to Team GreatBay-SCIE, winner of the High School Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! Their project, “ArMOLDgeddon”, is a multi-enzyme mold remover, meant to be a safe and effective alternative to current options. Learn more: 2025.igem.wiki/greatbay-scie

🏆 Congratulations to Team Brno Czech Republic, winner of the Overgrad Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! Their project “NitroDuck” introduced a toolkit for 5X faster genetic engineering of duckweed, a promising new crop. Learn more: 2025.igem.wiki/brno-czech-republic

🏆 Congratulations to Team McGill, winner of the Undergrad Grand Prize in the 2025 iGEM Competition! They introduced “Cohera”, a synbio toolkit for the engineering of multicellular systems. Learn more: 2025.igem.wiki/mcgill

Applications are now open for the 2026 iGEM Ambassador Program! Promote iGEM and synthetic biology in your region, connect with alumni, recruit new iGEM Teams and help strengthen synbio communities around the world! Deadline: Nov 24, 2025. Apply: community.igem.org/recruitment/...

Congratulations to iGEM McGill and iGEM Brno for winning the undergraduate and overgraduate Grand Prize respectively.🏆 Looking forward to joining you at the Grand Jamboree next year! #iGEM2026

Relive the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree! It’s already been a week since 4600+ iGEMers gathered together in Paris to showcase their work to the world, and to discuss the future of synthetic biology. Now it’s time to relive the experience! Photos are out now: www.flickr.com/photos/igemh...

🩷 The 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree Volunteers 🩷 A special thank you to every volunteer who made the world’s largest gathering of synthetic biologists a truly grand experience! We couldn’t have done it without your dedication, energy and love for the SynBio community! igem.org

Learn how to publish your iGEM Projects! Frontiers is hosting Publishing Workshops for iGEM teams to help you turn your project into a peer-reviewed paper, from manuscript prep to peer review, plus Q&A! Register: Nov 13: igem-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Nov 14: igem-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

4600+ iGEMers all together in one photo at the largest synthetic biology event in the world! See if you can spot yourself in the 2025 iGEM From Above photo! The full-sized photo is available on our official Flickr account: https://bit.ly/igem-from-above

🌿 Today at #iGEM2025, Professor @slemaire75.bsky.social, Director of the Paris Biofoundry, shared his vision on how synthetic biology and innovation can drive a more sustainable future. Proud to see the Paris Biofoundry represented once again at iGEM! 💡 #SyntheticBiology #Innovation

🎉 dnes slavíme - česká věda boduje ve světě! Tým iGEM Brno se stal jedním ze dvou finalistů prestižní biotechnologické soutěže iGEM Grand Jamboree v Paříži. 🧵⬇️

I’m a mentor to the high school KhanLab-BayArea @iGEM. They made #engineeredlivingmaterials with advice from me @kelsey DeFrates @jingjieyeo.bsky.social @cheveran.bsky.social The team earned a Gold Medal and were nominated for a special award. Thanks to @NSF for supporting this broader impact.

That's one happy PI #iGEM @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

#Team NCState won Gold at the iGEM competition in Paris! #iGEM2025 Congratulations guys!! 😊😊 It was a pleause mentoring you :)

So proud of our UNILausanne iGEM team! 🏆🥇 Best Entrepreneurship, placed in the Top 10 Overgrad teams, won a Gold Medal, and were nominated for Best Education, Best Wiki, and Best Biomanufacturing Project. Incredible achievement! #iGEM @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social

We’re proud to share that Daniela Gomes, Débora Ferreira, and João Rainha, members of the Synbiomics team, served as judges at iGEM 2025 – The World Expo of Synthetic Biology, held October 28–31 at the Paris Convention Centre. #iGEM2025 #SyntheticBiology #Innovation

@igemhq.bsky.social and SB8 was unforgettable. Would love to supervise a team on flower design for the new art/design village 🎨🌹🧬

Just wrapped up the 2025 iGEM Jamboree in Paris, and my team won a gold medal and four nominations for their project to create sustainable materials on Mars! @urochester.bsky.social @igemhq.bsky.social

That’s a wrap on iGEM 2025, and we can confidently say the future of synthetic biology is looking bright! 🤩 Huge congratulations to all the teams for their hard work and success. @twistbioscience.com, @igemhq.bsky.social, @igemcommunity.bsky.social #iGEM2025

Lead the future of Synthetic Biology and empower your regional community. 2026 iGEM Community Recruitment is now open! - Become an iGEM Ambassador - Lead as a Project Head Deadline: Nov 24, 2025 (23:59 UTC) Apply here: community.igem.org/recruitment/2026

At the the iGEM BioInnovations Summit in Paris today, BIC will be highlighting the need for European political actions that strengthen the industrial dimension of the bioeconomy, leading to more growth.The event is organised by @igemhq.bsky.social

On October 29 at the @igemhq.bsky.social Responsibility Conference, Tessa Alexanian & Jake Beal announced the Sequence Biosecurity Risk Consortium — a global effort to standardize and strengthen biosecurity screening for synthetic DNA/RNA. Learn more: sbrc.bio #biosecurity #synbio

Day 1 of the iGEM Grand Jamboree is a wrap! The iGEM Community Program hosted sessions on storytelling, safety, art, and global SynBio collaboration, showing how creativity, communication and responsibility drive the future of synthetic biology. jamboree.igem.org

So cool to see @igemhq.bsky.social at the airport in Paris.

When the world needed billions of vaccine doses, science and collaboration delivered. At #iGEM2025, Adam Ritchie (Oxford’s Jenner Institute) shares how the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine scaled globally, followed by a Fireside Chat with Nadine Bongaerts (iGEM). jamboree.igem.org

From lab to market, biotech innovation is a marathon, not a sprint. At the BioInnovation Summit, leading investors from Forbion, HCVC & Mérieux Equity Partners share how long-term funding can unlock the next wave of bio-based industries. jamboree.igem.org/2025/program/bioinnovation-summit

From art&design to materials to meaning, learn more about how the iGEM Villages are redefining what we can build with biology. 🎨 Art & Design Join their sessions and shape the synthetic biology future: jamboree.igem.org #iGEM2025 #SynBio @igemhq.bsky.social

How does creativity shape science and how does science shape the stories we tell? At #iGEM2025 join sessions on: - Creativity, Science & Community with Carlos Alberto da Silveira Junior; - History of Publishing iGEM Projects with Dr. Sriram Kumar. jamboree.igem.org

From medicines to materials to meaning, learn more about how the iGEM Villages are redefining what we can build with biology. 💊 Therapeutics 🌿 Biomanufacturing 🎨 Art & Design Join their sessions and shape the synthetic biology future: jamboree.igem.org

The next chapter of CRISPR isn’t about discovery. It’s about delivery! At #iGEM2025, Ashley Jacobi (@idtdna.bsky.social) shares how the first mRNA-CRISPR therapeutic went from concept to clinic, followed by a Fireside Chat with Kristin Thompson (Mérieux Equity Partners). jamboree.igem.org

The iGEM Registry is evolving, and you can help shape what comes next! Join Fabio Maschi at the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree for a look at the new iGEM Registry 2.0, and share your ideas to power the future of open synthetic biology. jamboree.igem.org

Biotech is rewriting how we fight disease. Guillaume Horreard (En Carta Diagnostics) will deliver a talk entitled “Outsmart Diseases,” at the BioInnovation Summit, sharing how synthetic biology and smart diagnostics are transforming global health. jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule

Building the future of synthetic biology takes all of us, everywhere. Join the “SynBio Communities Around the World” sessions at the iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris, where global leaders share insights on collaboration, policy and innovation in synbio. jamboree.igem.org/tickets

Art and biology have always shared one question: What does it mean to create life? From fungi that thrive on body heat to living ceramics made with microbes, the Art & Design Exhibition at the iGEM Grand Jamboree blurs the line between creation and life. jamboree.igem.org

How do we build trusted and future-ready frameworks for biotech innovation? Hear from global policy leaders during the panel “Successful Policy & Regulatory Frameworks for BioInnovation,” during the BioInnovation Summit at the iGEM Grand Jamboree. jamboree.igem.org/2025/schedule

Is biology entering its “prompt” era? At the BioInnovation Summit, Dina Zielinski and Jonathan Baptista, will join Carolina Villa, to explore how AI is guiding cells and proteins to design new medicines, materials & more. jamboree.igem.org/2025/program/bioinnovation-summit

Inclusive governance is essential for the future of SynBio! On Oct 28, I'll be participating in the panel “Governance of #SyntheticBiology in the #GlobalSouth” at the 2025 iGEM Responsibility Conference, in Paris. #iGEM2025 @igemhq.bsky.social @igemcommunity.bsky.social

The #iGEM Grand Jamboree is just around the corner, and IDT is here to support the 400+ student teams from around the world! 🌎 We talked to several—find out what they’re saying about their projects and this year’s competition: https://idtb.io/bgttjy @igemhq.bsky.social @igemcommunity.bsky.social#iGEM

Biology is the most advanced, complex, and promising technology on our planet. Thus, we train the future leaders and researchers in Synthetic Biology. So we can engineer biology and provide a better world for tomorrow. @igemhq.bsky.social Thanks for this small film. video.igem.org/w/83jnAnhpuL...

🌟 We’re heading to the iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris! Come chat with us about your projects, learn how Twist’s synthetic DNA can accelerate innovation, and celebrate the spirit of @igemhq.bsky.social together. @twistbioscience.com @igemcommunity.bsky.social

Meet you next week in Paris! @igemhq.bsky.social

Who owns the code of life? From pharma’s looming patent cliff to AI-generated proteins testing IP boundaries, the rules of biotech innovation are changing. Join “Owning the Code of Life: From IP Pitfalls to Winning Strategies” at the BioInnovation Summit. jamboree.igem.org

How do we shape a global SynBio community built on shared standards, responsibility and trust? The "Building Synergy Across Borders" panel brings together leaders shaping the future of SynBio to explore how working together can drive global impact. jamboree.igem.org/tickets