FSU’s International Genetically Engineered Machine team wins silver medal in Paris for rare disease research
Florida State University’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team won a silver medal at an international research symposium in Paris for its work addressing a rare genetic disease.
Thirteen undergraduate students on the iGEM team presented their work at the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree: The World Expo of Synthetic Biology Nov. 2-5.
The team’s research focused on a therapeutic solution for a distressing body odor condition called trimethylaminuria (TMAU). Their work yielded promising results and will continue as a project within FSU’s new Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases.
Discovery Days: Competitive grant winners featured at President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence
Florida State University senior Rosalyn Wadsworth spent three weeks in Japan this summer studying the biological differences between inland and coastal inhabitants of a hunter-gatherer society known as the Jōmon.
Wadsworth’s research opportunity was made possible by her participation in FSU’s undergraduate research and honors programs. She presented her research Tuesday, Oct. 3, with about 45 other students at the President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, a collaboration between the Office of the President and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE).
Part of FSU’s weeklong Discovery Days celebration, the showcase was the culmination of the IDEA Grant, Tech Fellows and FSU International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) programs. It was a chance for students who were selected by those competitive grant applications to share their research and creative projects through poster and oral presentations.
FSU’s Undergraduate Research Symposium showcases nearly 600 students’ work
Nearly 600 Florida State University undergraduate researchers showcased their original research and creative works at the 23rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, one of the largest university-based symposia in the country.
In FSU’s only all-campus interdisciplinary undergraduate research showcase, hundreds of students from the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society, Honors in the Major Program, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) and more, showcased posters and delivered creative presentations in the new Student Union Ballrooms. It was the first in the university’s history where all posters were displayed at once.