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1 June 2026

The international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition is the world’s largest-scale student competition in synthetic biology, attracting approximately 300 teams to participate each year. In the 2025 competition, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) won the gold medal with its “Genomic Integrated Bio-Brick Platform (GenOMe)” and was nominated for two special awards. GenOMe employs a standardized, modular design like LEGO bricks, supplemented by precise mathematical modeling for prediction, which dramatically increased the success rate of genome integration technology from 0.2% to 80%.

 

This means that the time required for culturing and screening microbial strains, which previously could last for six months to a year, will be reduced to a few weeks or even a few days in the future. This development demonstrates tremendous value for both commercial and clinical applications and has earned high praise from international reviewers...

 


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