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Chinese team won silver medal in iGEM competition

Recently, the 10th International genetic engineering machine design competition of iGEM has come to an end. China has gained a lot in this competition. It not only won the silver medal, but also made bioscience take the lead in this competition.

Recently, a team of college students majoring in electronics developed a 'super plant' to fight against formaldehyde, and won the silver medal in the 10th International genetic engineering machine design competition (iGEM). They constructed a plant that can absorb and metabolize formaldehyde safely and efficiently by introducing the target gene that can metabolize formaldehyde into the model plant tobacco.

What is iGEM?

The international genetically engineered machine competition (iGEM) started in 2005 and is sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) every year. It is an international academic competition in the field of synthetic biology.

Cui Yasong and nine members of his team are senior students in the school of life science and technology of UESTC. Under the guidance of the tutor, they spent more than eight months on the project. "When the conditions are ripe, they will apply for a patent and then consider putting it into the market. '

It is reported that another team of the University of Electronic Science and technology has developed crispr-x, a convenient software that users can quickly find gene knockout splice sites on their mobile phones and computers. The team won the gold medal in the world finals, which has also become the only gold medal in Southwest China.