Gogec

@gogec.bsky.social

Global Open Genetic Engineering Competition. Working to improve accessibility to and opportunities for synbio research for students worldwide

Gogec 2025 continues today! We just heard from our teams in poster session A and look forward to hearing from more of then later today. Join us to take a look at some of these exciting projects 🤩🧬👀

Dr. Mario Escobar from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine will be joining us at Gogec this year to speak about 'Healing Hearts from Within: Harnessing Epigenetic Tools to Boost Mitochondrial Power'

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Our next featured speaker is Dr. Fayaz from the Manipal Institute of Technology who will be speaking about his lab's efforts towards understanding disease-causing mechanisms using systems and synthetic biology approaches

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Our next speaker to be featured at this year's Gogec is Dr. Jenny Molloy @jenny-molloy.bsky.social from the University of Cambridge who will be speaking about 'DNA Parts to Partnerships: how open source hardware and reagents accelerate synthetic biology in the global South'

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Presenting our full schedule for Gogec 2025! As always, we have an exciting range of projects and speakers lined up so be sure to tune in from 21st to 23rd February!

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A staple of Gogec, the future of synbio panel, will return this year featuring Li Chieh Lu, Kato Sebunya Emma, and Tae Seok Moon! Come check it out on the first day of Gogec 2025!

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The first speaker we are introducing is no stranger to Gogec! Returning for the 4th year, Dr. Tae Seok Moon, will be speaking about 'Systems and synthetic biology: constructing smart and programmable microbes and microbiota to address global problems'

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30 teams have registered for Gogec this year! We eagerly await the presentation of some fun and exciting synbio projects come 21st February! 👀🤩