DBT iBEC Indian Biological Engineering Competition PRE-iGEM 2018

Organisation : Department of Biotechnology
Contest Name : iBEC Indian Biological Engineering Competition PRE iGEM 2018
Applicable For : Students
Registration Last Date : February 10, 2018
Website : https://dbtindia.gov.in/
Application Form : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/32060-Form.pdf

DBT India iBEC PRE-iGEM

This competition is to encourage and support student teams from India to participate in the world-wide synthetic biology competition, the iGEM [international Genetically Engineered Machine]

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Who Can Apply?

The concepts may be received from undergraduate and postgraduate students with a mentor from the same Institution. The team of students applying from a particular institute would be encouraged, though not mandatory.

Competition Details

** Research Concepts invited to build genetically engineered systems using standard interchangeable parts (promoters, terminators, plasmid backbone, reporter elements etc.) and operate them in living system.
** The cells so produced should exhibit novel and salient properties for potential applications.

Application Criteria

** Maximum of 10 member team, including a mentor with credible experience
** Proposal based on pre-existing iGEM parts.

Broad Parameters

Broad Parameters That Define A Certain Work As ‘Synthetic Biology’
Inclusion Criteria :
Rational design of biological components that include construction of standard parts (DNA, RNA, Protein), devices (modules e.g. operon, transcription factor complex) and circuits (pathways/networks).
Exclusion Criteria :
Standard molecular biology studies that do not map to the rational design approach

Selection Criteria

** Non-obviousness and potential applications emerging from the proposed concept of the engineered systems
** Rational design of biological components that include construction of standard parts (DNA, RNA, Protein), devices (modules e.g. operon, transcription factor complex) and circuits (pathways/networks).
** Standards molecular biology studies that do not map to the rational design approach will not be selected

Upto five selected teams will be supported to register their research idea for submission to the iGEM competition

Shortlisting Process

Teams will be invited to submit full proposals. Due consideration will be given to the extent of non-obviousness and potential applications emerging from the proposed work.

Registration Form

You have to fill the following details,
General Information :
1. Date of submission
2. Instructor/Team Leader (name, address, email, phone)
3. Student Team (max team size: 5)

Research Proposal :
4. Title of the project
5. Aim
6. Potential application (it is expected that the work will be pursued till a certain technological endpoint)
7. Technical details
a. Materials (list the pre-existing iGEM parts used, use of iGEM parts is mandatory)
b. Method (with supporting figures, attached separately)
c. Preliminary results (with supporting figures, attached separately)
d. Experiments planned(till theiGEM competition)
8. Does the project involve the use of humans, animals or biohazardous materials? Yes / No (If yes, attach the Certificate of Approval)

Contact Details

For further information and enquiries, please contact :
Dr. Sangita M. Kasture
Joint Director / Scientist ‘E’,
Department of Biotechnology
email: sangita.kasture [AT] nic.in