Join the Okanagan iGEM Competitive Team in computational activities, building plasmids and simulating restriction digests at our upcoming Workshop! 🧬

Come learn about the fundamentals of plasmid design and simulate molecular biology techniques using software and hands-on activities!

The Plasmid Design Workshop will take place on Sunday, March 3rd from 2:00 - 4:00 PM in SCI 396.

Join the Okanagan iGEM Competitive Team in hands-on activities in biomimicryand get inspired by nature at our upcoming Workshop! 🧬

Come learn about applying nature's design to engineered technologies!

The Biomimicry Workshop will take place on Sunday, February 18th from 2:00 - 3:30 PM in SCI 396.

Join the Okanagan iGEM Competitive Team in exploring concepts of molecular biology and genetic engineering at our upcoming Workshop! 🧬

Learn about how we can use nature and biology to redesign life itself!

The Intro to SynBio Workshop will take place on Sunday, February 11th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM in SCI 396.

Have you ever wanted to paint with microbes? 🦠

Join the Okanagan iGEM Club hands-on in decorating agar plates with fluorescent bacteria at our upcoming Lab Workshop! 🧬

You will get the chance to come into the Lab, create your own bioart masterpiece and learn about the basics of microbiology, genetic engineering as well as the history of fluorescent proteins! 🎨

The Bioart Lab Workshop will take place on Friday, November 17th from 12:00 - 1:30 PM in SCI 326.

Prior lab experience is not required for this Workshop. Open to all students, regardless of year or major! Just bring your own clean labcoat! 🥼

Want to gain research opportunities and work in a lab? 🥼 Gain software, hardware, and biological modeling experience? ⚙️ Outreach coordination and network with industry and academia? 👥 Develop skills in management and fundraising?💲 Earn international awards and international connections?🎖️

Okanagan iGEM is recruiting for the 2024 OGEM Competitive Team and Junior Club Executive positions!

If you are interested in learning more about the OGEM Competitive Team, Club Executive openings, or both, join us at our upcoming Info Session happening Friday, November 10th at 5:30 PM in FIP 138!📍Hear from Team Alumni and Club Executives and bring your questions for a Q&A! 🙋‍♀️

iGEM is different from other research positions as students are given the opportunity to direct their own research, work in a unique team environment, gain leadership experience and international recognition for their projects! Explore the unique scientific and societal applications of synthetic biology! 🌍 

Come learn about Okanagan iGEM's 2023 synthetic biology research project, ImmuniBee!

This year's research project, ImmuniBee, plans to be the first vaccine for honey bees against the deadly disease, deformed wing virus (DWV).

The Open House will feature Team Members from our various subgroups such as Wet Lab, Dry Lab, Human Practices, Wiki and Finance! All together, these subgroups work collectively to develop a comprehensive, well-rounded research project.

At the event, we will be presenting in detail our project and answer any of your questions! Come learn how you can get involved in student-directed research projects like this one!

Mark your calendars for this Friday, September 15th from 5:30 to 6:30PM in SCI 396. Our Team will send out an email reminder closer to the Open House!

Join UBCO iGEM Tuesday, January 17th from 3:30 - 5:00 PM in ART 104 to learn about URA opportunities with Chemistry Department faculty members, hosted by Dr. Isaac Li! 

We will be showcasing the following at this panel:

• Dr. Isaac Li  -  Mechanobiology, Molecular Machines, Biophysics

• Dr. Thuy Dang  –   Plant and Natural Product Biochemistry

• Dr. Fred Menard  –  Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology

• Dr. Robert Szilagyi  –  Computational Chemistry

Learn more about getting involved in research on campus and summer URA opportunities!

Come to learn about the different ways in which biology can inspire design! From structures to behaviours, evolution has already solved many problems and we can learn so much from it. If you are interested in design, engineering, art, or biology, this event is for you! 

Looking for research experience? Being able to work on a world-changing technology and participate in a world class competition with the opportunity to present your project in Paris?

We are recruiting UBCO's first iGEM team to represent our campus in the biggest synthetic biology competition in the world! Join us this upcoming Saturday to learn more about synbio, the competition, and how to be part of the team. We will provide a Q&A session at the end to get you ready to apply for this new challenge. 

If you would like to learn together in a group about biotech and synbio while getting experience presenting a research project and reading article, this is a great opportunity for you!

Take a guided journey to read and analyze scientific journal articles. Learn how to interpret figures and data. Explore interesting papers in the realm of biotechnology and more!

First paper:

Construction, expression, purification and antigenicity of recombinant Campylobacter jejuni flagellar proteins, by Yeh et al.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501312001383

Come join us to hear some testimonies from upper-year students from the majors of Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular biology! Ask questions and learn from other majors to make a good decision on which major to declare. This event is specially aimed at 1st and 2nd year students that were affected by online classes. Please fill the form even if you are unable to attend as your input will be used to tailor the event and make the recording available later!

Interested in glowing trees? Saving endangered species? Improving global health? What about coding life itself?

We will present the club's team, our goals and future activities as well as providing a general view about these topics and how they are changing our world!

Have you ever wanted to paint with microbes? 🦠 

Join the Okanagan iGEM Club hands-on in decorating agar plates with fluorescent bacteria at our upcoming Lab Workshop! 

You will get the chance to come into the Lab, create your own bioart masterpiece and learn about the basics of microbiology, genetic engineering as well as the history of fluorescent proteins! 🎨 

The Bioart Lab Workshop will take place on Friday, November 17th from 12:00 - 1:30 PM in SCI 326. 

Prior lab experience is not required for this Workshop. Open to all students, regardless of year or major! Just bring your own clean labcoat! 🥼

Seats are limited for this Lab Workshop. To sign-up, register at the QPay link in our bio! We hope to see you there! 🤩