Schaerli Lab

Bacterial Synthetic Biology

iGEM team 2025

A team of 13 UNIL bachelor and master (MLS) biology students is taking part at the iGEM competition 2025.

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iGEM team 2024

A team of 7 UNIL bachelor and master (MLS) biology students took part at the iGEM competition 2024 and went to the Jamboree in Paris to compete with 437 other teams around the world. The fantastic achievements of the team are:

-Winner of a Gold medal

-Nominated for "Best conservation project"

-Nominated for "Best wiki"

-Nominated for "Best presentation"

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iGEM team 2023

A team of 7 UNIL bachelor biology students took part at the iGEM competition 2023 and went to the Jamboree in Paris together with 400 other teams around the world. The fantastic achievements of the team are:

-Winner of a Gold medal

-Nominated for the "Best measurement" in the undergraduate category

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iGEM team 2022

A team of 14 UNIL bachelor biology students took part at the iGEM competition 2022. This year we all went to the Jamboree in Paris. The fantastic achievements of the team are:

-Winner of a Gold medal

-Nominated for the track award for the best Environment project

-Nominated for “Best Wiki”

-Nominated for “Best New Basic Part”

-In the top 10 overgrad teams

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iGEM team 2021

A team of ten UNIL bachelor biology students took part at the iGEM competition 2021. Their fantastic achievements are:

-Winner of a Gold medal

-Winner of the track award for the best Food and Nutrition project

-Nominated for “Best Hardware”

-Nominated for “Best Measurements”

-Nominated for “Best Composite Part”

-Nominated for “Best New Basic Part”

-In the top 10 overgraduate teams

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iGEM team 2020

A team composed of 12 UNIL students took part at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition 2020. Congratulations to the first UNIL iGEM team! Their fantastic achievements:

-Winner of a Gold medal

-Winner of the "Best Measurement" award

-Nominated for “Best Education”

-Nominated for “Best Composite Part”

-Nominated for “Best Part Collection”

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