Illinois team wins bronze at 2018 iGEM competition
The Illinois iGEM team won a bronze medal at the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their work on the relationship between lactic acid bacteria and baker’s yeast.
The iGEM competition brings together undergraduate students from across the world to present their research in synthetic biology and compete for prizes.
The Illinois team was made up of five undergraduate students: Pranathi Karumanchi, Ziyu Wang, Liam Healy, Amie Bott and Alexander Ruzicka.