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As a proud sponsor of iGEM 2019, we provide tools, resources and comprehensive support to iGEM teams looking to make their project a success. Have specific questions about your project? Our scientists are ready to help with anything.

Congratulations to all the teams at the 2019 iGEM Giant Jamboree!

We had a blast listening to your presentations, looking at your posters and meeting you. Here’s a recap of some of the top projects from this year's competition.
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2019 Giant Jamboree Scavenger Hunt Winner

The winner of our scavenger hunt and a 2020 Promega iGEM Grant Sponsorship was KU Leuven. The team will receive $2000 in products for next year’s competition. Thank you to all of the teams who participated in and completed the scavenger hunt!

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Featured Resources

YouTube

Check out our YouTube channel for helpful videos on cloning, common experiment setups and running gels.

Top Ten Tips for Successful PCR

Your PCR run can almost always be better. Optimizing your protocol and following these steps could save you time, energy and the embarrassment of having to start over.

Successful Ligation and Cloning of Your Insert

Now that you've amplified your insert, the next step is getting it in the right place. This blog offers tips for making that happen.

BioMath Calculators

From DNA molarity to temperatures, the BioMath Calculators are lifesavers when it comes to unit conversions.

Ask an Expert

Having issues with an experiment? Not sure which assay will give you the answer you’re looking for? Want to know more about a technique? Our Technical Support Scientists are here to help!
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Featured Webinars

Tips for Creating & Presenting Scientific Posters

Want your poster to stand out at the Giant Jamboree? Learn how you can make the most of your scientific poster presentation.

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Crash Course Q&A

Learn tips and tricks from Promega scientists about ligation, site-directed mutagenesis and cloning as they answer questions from iGEM teams.

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Advanced Techniques Q&A

Our panel of technical experts answer questions from iGEM teams about advanced techniques, including CRISPR.

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iGEM Ask the Experts Live Q&A Webinar Series

In this 3-part series, Promega scientists answer questions from iGEM teams and offer advice about ligation, transformation and transfection.

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Featured Blogs

A large gathering of iGEM young scientists at the 2018 Giant Jamboree

Automating Plasmid Purification

Learn how iGEM Marburg automated plasmid purification for their project, establishing a fast phototrophic organism as a synthetic biology chassis.
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Tips from an iGEM Judge

Want to impress the judges at the Giant Jamboree? An iGEM judge gives an insider's perspective about what she looks for and shares some tips to help you excel.
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Blending Art and Synthetic Biology

iGEM Stockholm's Synthetic Biology Art Exhibition showcased the creative ways iGEM teams and local artists interpreted synbio through artistic expression.
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Tiny Tag with a Big Impact

Three iGEM teams—Grenoble-Alpes, Sorbonne U Paris and MSP-Maastricht—used NanoLuc® technology to help create a synthetic biosensor, enable easier enzyme detection and reveal successful target binding.

2019 Promega iGEM Grant Winners

Congratulations to the ten Promega iGEM Grant Award Recipients! Head to our Instagram story to see Promega Chairman and CEO Bill Linton announcing the winners, or check out the blog below to learn more about their projects.

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UAlberta

"We aim to provide a comprehensive solution by developing an automated field diagnostic system specific to N. ceranae to work in tandem with the treatment we made last year."

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iGEM Bonn

"Our goal is to engineer plants to create ambient light through efficient naturally occurring bioluminescence systems."

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Cairo University

"Reducing the concentration of salts in the water, especially NaCl, is our main objective."

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MSP-Maastricht

"Team MSP aims to broaden the spectrum of surface receptors available by creating a synthetic genetic system which evolves new receptors capable of binding specific, user-defined molecular targets."

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Northern BC

"The 2019 Northern BC iGEM Team will address the overdose crisis from a harm reduction perspective, creating an opioid sensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can be used to test non-opioid recreational drugs for opioid contamination prior to consumption."

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NUS Singapore

"We plan to extend the exponential phase of bacteria by making them undergo a 'sleep-wake' cycle, controlling the nutrient uptake rate of the bacteria and so extending the overall protein production window."

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Sao-Carlos Brazil

"To produce food on a planet as extreme as Mars, we plan to apply synthetic biology tools to engineer a fermenting yeast that is able to amass melanin on its surface to become resistant to ultraviolet radiation."

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iGEM Sorbonne Université

"We want to create an alternative way of producing palm oil in a green alga named Chlamydomonas reinhardtii."

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Victoria Wellington

"Our goal is to produce a battery that is efficient, safe, and sustainable. Our contribution to renewable energy storage will be to improve an existing glycerol fuel cell."

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NYU Abu Dhabi

"The NYUAD iGEM team aims to create a multiplex, affordable, modular, and flexible wearable device that can simultaneously and rapidly screen for multiple food and viral pathogens."

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2018 Sponsored Teams

Edinburgh OG

Project Name: Valeris.ED: Bio-based and biodegradable thermoplastics production by Escherichia coli with heterologous polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).

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iGEM NYU Abu Dhabi

Project Name: Pathogene: A portable, low-cost, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip based device for rapid detection of multiple foodborne pathogens.

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Makerere Uganda

Project Name: Plastic biodegradation

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Manchester

Project Name: Man-Cheester: Development of Listeria monocytogenes biosensor for use in cheese starter cultures

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RDFZ China

Project Name: Xscape

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Stony Brook

Project Name: The Sucrose Factory

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Tacoma RAINmakers

Project Name: Ticket or Quit It: Protecting Families from Arsenic Contamination

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TecMonterrey GDL

Project Name: Lactobachill: A smart psychobiotic with anxiolytic and antidepressant properties

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UI Indonesia

Project Name: Finding Diphthy: Utilization of LuxAB-eYFT Resonance Energy Transfer System to Detect Diphtheria Toxin

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Unesp Brazil

Project Name: Hope: A framework to engineer living therapeutics

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