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QGEM: Queen's iGEM Team

The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team at Queen's University is called QGEM, composed of a group of undergraduate students from Kingston, Canada.

We spent the summer in the lab working on the nematode worm C. elegans to create a bioremediation toolkit.

Meet the team , inspiring Faculty Advisors, or check out photos from the summer!

The iGEM Competition was started in 2004 at MIT as a way to get students actively involved in the exciting field of synthetic biology. More than a hundred teams from around the world enter each year, making it one of the world's largest undergraduate conferences.

The synthetic biology discipline incorporates elements of engineering and biological principals to solve real-world problems.

Find out more about this growing field here.

While digesting, ligating and transforming, our team made sure to have Theme Day Fridays, social outings and movie marathons. Our summer timeline gives a quick snapshot of our 2011 summer.

For the more hardcore science, take a look at our daily lab work or comprehensive protocols.