Keywords
In 2013, iGEM published an annual review which included team highlights, statistics, and stories. This year, we're looking at new ways to capture information on team projects so that the iGEM community can easily see what teams have worked on. 2015 Teams already submit a title and abstract, but we will also be collecting keywords. Since this is a new experiment for iGEM, we're keeping it informal. Submitting keywords is not a requirement.
iGEM teams from previous years may also submit keywords for their projects, but please check with your team members before submitting.
Submit 5 Keywords
If your team would like to submit keywords on behalf of your project, please send your 5 (or fewer) keywords in an email to keywords (at) igem (dot) org with the subject as "Your Team Name - Year - Keywords".
Keyword recommendations
Keywords are often required when publishing an article in scientific journals. Keywords can be used for indexing or searching, and offer a way for potential readers to identify if a piece of research is relevant to their interests.
You should use keywords that are useful and informative about your project. Our recommendation is to select five words that highlight your project's contribution to the synthetic biology community. Please avoid sentences or long strings of words for a single keyword.
- Avoid generic/redundant keywords. Some examples include...
- Synthetic Biology
- iGEM
- science
- country or region
- track (e.g. Foundational Advance, Hardware)
- Use specific keywords that relate to your project. Some examples include...
- quorum sensing
- toolkit
- cancer
- probiotics
- bioinformatics
- biosensor
- Type IIS
- microfluidics
- chassis (e.g. B. subtilis, E. coli, M. polymorpha)
We've received a keywords from these teams so far:
| Team Name | K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | K5 | K6 | K7 |
| Aachen | methanol | glycogen | bioreactor | tubefront | DIY | ||
| Aalto-Helsinki | propane | cellulose | modeling | amphiphilic protein | biofuel | ||
| ANU-Canberra | CRY2 | CIB1 | optogenetics | Cre-recombinase | biosynthesis | ||
| BGU_Israel | cancer | CRISPR | cancer-specific promoters | hTERT | survivin | ||
| Birkbeck | Lambda bacteriophage | Modular lambda chassis | Diagnostic tool | Directed evolution | Modular construction | ||
| Bordeaux | Grapvine | Downy mildew (Plasmapora viticola) | Ellicitor | Curdlan | E. coli | ||
| Cambridge-JIC | Open-Source | 3D-Printable | Low-cost | Fluorescence | Microscope | ||
| China_Tongji | C.elegans | Optogenetics | Channelrhodopsin | DIY Light Source | Locomotion Controlling | ||
| CityU_HK | Cell lysis | Lactose intolerance | Lysis Cassette | Probiotic E. coli | |||
| Consort_Alberta | E. coli | Oil | Contamination | Detection | Xylene | ||
| Cork_Ireland | Diagnostic tool | E.coli | Detector | Fluorescent readout | Pathogen detection | ||
| Czech_Republic | IODs | clone-free assembly | CTCs | diagnostics | orthogonal signalling | ||
| Dundee | Forensic Science | C.S.I | Body Fluid Detector | Chromate Detector | Fingerprint Ageing Device | ||
| Edinburgh | Paper-based | harm-reduction | biosensor | illicit | drugs | ||
| FAFU-CHINA | Honeybees | Chinese Sacbrood Virus | RNA-interference | CSBV.Silencer | |||
| Freiburg | diagnostics | microarray | cell-free | label-free | real-time | ||
| Fudan | circRNA | back-splicing | device | sponge | oncomiRs | ||
| Georgia_State | Mambalgin | Cannabidiol | Manufacturing | Biologics | Transgenic Plants | ||
| Gifu | Circular mRNA | Long chain protein | |||||
| HAFS-Korea | T.reesei | E.coli | Food vs Fuel Debate | ||||
| HFUT-China | web | recommendation | search | simulation | information | ||
| HZAU-China | Mixed-Reality | Oscillator | Bidirectional coupling | Interface hardware | Optical regulation | ||
| IIT_Kharagpur | food spoilage | quorum sensing | whole cell biosensor | E.Coli | Lycopene | ||
| ITB_INDONESIA | biosurfactant | rhamnolipid | Enhanced oil recovery | E. coli | |||
| Kent | Amyloid | Nanowire | Conductive | Self-assembly | Brownian Dynamics | ||
| Lambert_GA | Chitin deacetylase | Bidirectional promoters | Chitosan | Chitin | High School | Killer Red | |
| Macquarie_Australia | Chlorophyll | Photosystem II | Photosynthesis | Biohydrogen | E. coli | ||
| Mingdao | Fire retardant protein | SR protein | SRPK | Data mining | |||
| Nagahama | MEP pathway | Metabolic Engineering | Terpene | Food preservation method | Food Problem | ||
| NAIT_Edmonton | Silver Staining | SDS-PAGE | Colorimetric Assay | Reporter Motifs | Proteomics | ||
| Nankai | chronic inflammation | hydrogel | γ—PGA | metabolic toggle switch | metabolic engineering | ||
| NYU_Shanghai | Synthesized | Music | Interactive | Random | Sound | ||
| OUC-China | ferritin | magnetism | temperature sensitive | intein | T7 RNA Polymerase | ||
| Pretoria_UP | Recombinase | Inverter | Gene regulation | Lox/cre | Gene switch | ||
| Purdue | Biofuels | Lignin | Enzymatic Pretreatment | Biomass | S. cerevisiae | ||
| SCUT-China | cardiovascular diseases | gene therapy | sGC | PDE5A | cGMP | ||
| SJTU-BioX-Shanghai | halorhodopsin | cyanobacteria | seawater | light | biodesalination | ||
| SJTU-Software | bioinformatics | database | device construction | biobrick evaluation | web-server | ||
| Sydney_Australia | mycobacterium | ethylene | pseudomonas | epoxides | Golden Gate cloning | strange nature | writing competition |
| SZU_China | AND GATE | UAA Othogonal system | Bladder Cancer | ||||
| Tec-Chihuahua | Nanotechnology | Carbon nanotubes | Mature Oocyte | Transfection | Efficiency | ||
| TecCEM | Aptamer | DNAbot | DNA origami | lead | nanobiotechnology | ||
| TecCEM_HS | biofilter | bioremediation | sodium dodecyl sulfate | alkyl sulfatase | ferritin | ||
| Technion_Israel | 3D-printing | B. subtilis | Baldness | Enzymatic reaction | Microbiome | ||
| Tokyo-NoKoGen | Termite | G3DH | Pesticide | Metabolic pathway | |||
| TrinityCollegeDublin | Artemisinin | Malaria | DBR2 | ALDH1 | Academy | ||
| TU_Eindhoven | Biosensor | Aptamer | Outer Membrane Protein | Click Chemistry | Modular | ||
| UAM_Poznan | sugar induced promoters | CPEC assembly | expression system | cellular RNA polymerase | sfGFP | ||
| UCL | Human Microbiome | Gut microbiota | Gut-brain axis | Psychobiotics | Mental health | ||
| USTC | Interference | Permeability | Accuracy | Efficiency | |||
| USTC-Software | Boolean logic | Stochastic Simulation | Gene network | ||||
| Vanderbilt | Mutation | Stability | Evolution | Bioinformatics | Optimization | ||
| WashU_StLouis | nitrogen fixation | refactoring | CRISPR | flux balance analysis | |||
| Westminster | Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 | Mtr pathway | Electric current | Nanowires | Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) | ||
| William_and_Mary | Measurement | Noise | Promoters | Transcription | Stochasticity | ||
| WLC-Milwaukee | bacteriophage | TolC | phage therapy | antibiotic resistance | efflux pump | ||
| ZJU-China | termite control tool | Bacteria Carrier | From nature for nature | multi-functional device | poly cards |