Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) as a framework for teaching science focused courses for English language learners (ELLs)
Student motivation in higher education
University of Tokyo 2023 iGEM team - “SWIFT", improved system for gene circuit design, speed, and scalability.
University of Tokyo 2022 iGEM Team - biosecurity through an optogenetic passcode system.
University of Tokyo 2021 iGEM team - a synthetic biology-based bandage that can detect and treat bed sores .
University of Tokyo 2016 iGEM team - development of bacteria that can count the number of times it has divided!
University of Tokyo 2015 iGEM team - programming bacteria cells to form Turing Patterns.
Tokyo-NoKoGen 2014 iGEM team - bacteria-based cockroach extermination!
University of Minnesota 2014 iGEM team - development of E. coli for methyl-mercury removal from contaminated water.
University of Minnesoate 2013 iGEM team - development of P. pastoris for human insulin production.
The cost of scientific equipment presents a significant barrier for many people throughout the world. The DIY and open source movements provide an avenue to lower the costs, and thus lower the barrier of entry into science for many prospective scientists.
Teaching students how to build basic laboratory equipment can deepen their understanding of the lab-world around them by removing the black-box nature of the equipment.