Team:Queens Canada

This summer, 19 students from Queen's University designed and implemented a genetic engineering project for the annual iGEM Competition. Meet the team, check out our project description or see our photos!

Achievements

✓ Have an amazing summer in the lab

✓ Use C. elegans as a multicellular chassis

✓ Fully characterize three parts in C. elegans

✓ Win a Gold Medal at iGEM Americas Jamboree

✓ Advance to World Championship Jamboree

Nemoremediation: Giving C. elegans a Bioremediation Toolkit

Photo Gallery

Newsfeed

2011 Partners

Click here to see our full list of generous sponsors.

Platinum

Queen's

Gold, Silver

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