{"id":36215,"date":"2018-12-07T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=36215"},"modified":"2018-12-07T14:11:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:11:42","slug":"cardiff-university-students-win-prize-international-genetic-engineering-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/cardiff-university-students-win-prize-international-genetic-engineering-competition","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University Students win prize at international genetic engineering competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A team of Cardiff students awarded \u2018Best Plant Synthetic Biology Team\u2019 and gold medal at competition in Boston, USA.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36218\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36218\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/CardiffiGEMTeam-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36218\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/CardiffiGEMTeam-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff iGEM official team photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seven undergraduate students worked over summer on the project which aimed to reduce the impact of aphids as agricultural pests.<\/p>\n<p>The competition, called the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) aims to get students involved in using genetic engineering to resolve issues facing people and communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing to the iGEM conference was an amazing experience and it shows you the vastness of science and all the different things going on in the field of synthetic biology\u201d Ryan Coates, the student team leader said, \u201cWhat\u2019s even more impressive is that it is all student led, which means the students are carrying out the projects rather than big companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36224\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36224\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/CardiffiGEMBoston-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36224\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/CardiffiGEMBoston-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Team at the iGEM conference, in Boston, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the project, they presented their work at the iGEM conference in Boston, to judges and other student teams.<\/p>\n<p>The team won a gold medal for their work, and \u2018Best Plant Synthetic Biology\u2019 for their use of plants in the project.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have a Gold medal \ud83e\udd47 and this. We are happy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/igem2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#igem2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GiantJamboree?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GiantJamboree<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CjU956DXW\">pic.twitter.com\/5CjU956DXW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; iGEM Cardiff (@iGEM_Cardiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iGEM_Cardiff\/status\/1056637436426665984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>iGEM is the largest synthetic biology competition, over 365 teams from all over the world competed with a wide range of ideas and projects tackling issues such as antibiotic resistance, pollution, gene doping and much more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36229\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36229\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/iGEMfullconference-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36229\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/12\/iGEMfullconference-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> All 365 teams competing in the iGEM competition Photo taken by: iGEM Foundation and Justin Knight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only did the team have to work hard in the lab to win this prize, but spent time engaging with the public about their views on plant genetic engineering and speaking to beekeepers and farmers who would benefit from their product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScientists are so caught up in what theyre doing that they often don\u2019t communicate with the general public\u201d Ryan said \u201cBecause iGEM encourages that [communicating with public], more of the public, whether they know it&#8217;s synthetic biology or not, will be becoming more aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff iGEM\u2019s supervisor said of the win \u201cBecoming the first ever Cardiff team to win gold at the iGEM competition is an outstanding achievement, and it is testament to the hard work and commitment of everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff university undergraduate students win gold medal and plant synthetic biology award in world&#8217;s largest international synthetic biology competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":465,"featured_media":36263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[705],"class_list":["post-36215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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