Category Archives: iGEM

Pausing and Reflecting on iGEM with former Students

Posted on 11/02/2021 by Chaitanya

A recently organized workshop at Pune university virtually invited me to speak about iGEM and synthetic biology. It was an opportunity for me to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a while- have a dialogue with some of … Continue reading →

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Field microscope

Posted on 14/11/2018 by Chaitanya

After collecting a small personal museum of microscopes (I don’t have a very big house, so there are limits to it), it was thrilling to complete a project with Yash (BS-MS 2018) and Prof. Rapol in Physics @iiserpune, where we … Continue reading →

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Post-publication review and PLOS’ experiment with the Synthetic Biology Collection

Posted on 28/10/2016 by Chaitanya

The iGEM 2015 synthetic biology contest was an important one for us. It marked our first attempt at putting together a project from IISER Pune. But beyond the novelty for us, many things were different this time around (#igem2015). First … Continue reading →

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iGEM

Posted on 26/07/2016 by Chaitanya

In 2015 we hosted an iGEM team form IISER Pune. The theme was Mycobacterium revelio- in the spirit of Harry and his revleaing charm. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is prevalent worldwide, but India tops the charts for prevalance. Our project aimed to … Continue reading →

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