Tag: iGEM

Missouri S&T student design teams gear up for competition

Posted by on April 25, 2022

Innovation doesn’t take a break. Missouri S&T student design teams are working on everything from rockets to underwater robotics, and are preparing to take their projects to regional, national and international competitions in the coming months.

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S&T students work to defeat invasive emerald ash borers

Posted by on October 22, 2018

A team of students from Missouri S&T are working to create ash trees that are genetically resistant to the invasive emerald ash borer.

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S&T student design teams are ready for competition

Posted by on March 20, 2018

Spring is student design season at Missouri S&T. At any given time during the semester you can see students constructing rockets, driving Formula-style cars around campus parking lots or floating concrete canoes on a local lake.

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Missouri S&T students clean up water through plant biology

Posted by on November 6, 2017

By designing a new protein for a common plant, Missouri University of Science and Technology students can identify contaminated groundwater in the environment and assure homeowners that their drinking water is clean from pollutants like industrial solvents.

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Missouri S&T students continue fight to eradicate bat disease

Posted by on October 21, 2016

White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in the United States, threatening to disrupt the country’s ecosystem. Since its introduction in the mid-2000s from Europe, the fungus has plagued the hibernating mosquito eaters.

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Learn more about biology at Missouri S&T’s BioBuilder workshops

Posted by on July 15, 2016

The local community and Missouri K-12 teachers can learn about the importance of synthetic biology and its role in our everyday lives by attending one of a series of hands-on, interactive summer workshop this July at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Missouri S&T iGEM team earns bronze medal

Posted by on September 30, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s chapter of iGEM, the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation, has earned a bronze medal at the iGEM 2015 Giant Jamboree, held Sept. 24-28 in Boston. The team earned the medal for its work to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats and threatens to disrupt the ecosystem.

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Missouri S&T student team battles disease in bats

Posted by on September 22, 2015

White-nose syndrome has plagued bat species throughout the United States since its introduction in 2006 from Europe. Millions have already died and the disease, caused by a fungus that preys on hibernating bats, threatens to disrupt the ecosystem. However, white-nose syndrome may be on the retreat thanks to a team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Ethics in science the focus of a series of events at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 6, 2014

New York Times’ bestselling book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” will be the focus of three different events in November at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Missouri S&T student team cleans up coal

Posted by on October 24, 2014

Burning coal gases may one day stop releasing nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere and instead produce essential fertilizer components thanks to research by a team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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