A team of 3 Chem Eng. BTech/DD students 3 MSc Biotech students (one from Bioschool and 2 from Pune Univ.) participated in iGEM-2009 (international Genetically Engineered Machine competition) held at MIT USA. The team got a silver medal in the foundational advances category. The team designed multiple feedback loops using synthetic genetic circuits and demonstrated noise mitigation in such systems. A total of 105 teams participated world wide. The overall trophy was taken by Cambridge University UK. Preparations for the next iGEM are likely to start early that is immediately after the endsem exams. Interested students can get in touch with Prof. K V Venkatesh for participating in iGEM-2010. ‹ NASI Fellow Herdillia Award ›