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'''What
 is
 iGEM?
'''
'''What
 is
 iGEM?
'''
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The International 
Genetically 
Engineered 
Machine
 (iGEM) 
competition
 is 
the 
premiere
 undergraduate
 synthetic 
biology
competition, 
encouraging 
students 
around 
the 
world 
to 
develop
 novel 
applications
 for
 genetic 
engineering.The
  competition 
has 
grown 
from 
5 
universities 
in 
2004
 to 
over 
160 
universities 
in 
2011 
worldwide. 
This 
year 
iGEM 
will 
be
holding 
a 
regional
 competition
 for 
the 
Americas 
at 
the 
Institute 
for 
Biological 
Engineering 
in 
Indianapolis, 
where
 a
 portion 
of
 contestant 
universities
 will 
move 
on 
to 
the 
World
 Championship.
 The
 World 
Championship 
will 
be
 held 
at 
the
 Massachusetts 
Institute 
of 
Technology
 in 
November
2011.
 Projects
 are 
judged 
by 
their
 innovation 
and 
application 
of 
gene
 networks 
to 
form 
products 
with 
novel
 functions.
 Examples 
of
 past 
projects 
include
 a 
H.
 pylori
 vaccination
 candidate,
 bacteria
 that 
solve 
sudoku 
puzzles,
 heavy
 metal 
detection 
using 
E.
coli, 
and 
a 
waterborne 
parasite
 detection 
system. 
As
 ASU's 
inaugural 
team
 we 
plan 
to 
focus 
on 
NDM‐1 
acquired 
antibiotic 
resistance 
and 
the 
CRISPR‐Cas 
pathway.

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The International 
Genetically 
Engineered 
Machine
 (iGEM) 
competition
 is 
the 
premiere
 undergraduate
 synthetic 
biology
competition, 
encouraging 
students 
around 
the 
world 
to 
develop
 novel 
applications
 for
 genetic 
engineering. The
  competition 
has 
grown 
from 
5 
universities 
in 
2004
 to 
over 
160 
universities 
in 
2011 
worldwide. 
This 
year 
iGEM 
will 
be
holding 
a 
regional
 competition
 for 
the 
Americas 
at 
the 
Institute 
for 
Biological 
Engineering 
in 
Indianapolis, 
where
 a
 portion 
of
 contestant 
universities
 will 
move 
on 
to 
the 
World
 Championship.
 The
 World 
Championship 
will 
be
 held 
at 
the
 Massachusetts 
Institute 
of 
Technology
 in 
November
2011.
 Projects
 are 
judged 
by 
their
 innovation 
and 
application 
of 
gene
 networks 
to 
form 
products 
with 
novel
 functions.
 Examples 
of
 past 
projects 
include
 a 
H.
 pylori
 vaccination
 candidate,
 bacteria
 that 
solve 
sudoku 
puzzles,
 heavy
 metal 
detection 
using 
E.
coli, 
and 
a 
waterborne 
parasite
 detection 
system. 
As
 ASU's 
inaugural 
team
 we 
plan 
to 
focus 
on 
NDM‐1 
acquired 
antibiotic 
resistance 
and 
the 
CRISPR‐Cas 
pathway.

'''Global
 Challenge
'''
'''Global
 Challenge
'''

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