SUNY Oneonta Student Team Wins Silver Medal in International Biology Competition

SUNY Oneonta's student team earned a silver medal at this year's International Genetically Engineered Machine Giant Jamboree (iGEM) for their project, "SNflaPs."

In this multidisciplinary competition, team members work together to create a solution to an everyday problem using the tools of synthetic biology. In addition to engineering, building, testing, and refining their system, teams must also consider the human and environmental aspects of their work and produce a promotional video, a 20-minute presentation, and a wiki documenting their work.

SUNY Oneonta's team worked to produce a field-deployable genetic testing system that can be used to support informed breeding on small dairy farms. They competed against 352 teams from over three dozen countries.

More details about synthetic biology, iGEM, and the SUNY Oneonta team can be found on the campus iGEM website. The team's project can be viewed on their 2021 iGEM competition wiki page.