NU students will tackle the problem of oil bioremediation under the guidance of Professor Enrico Marsilli, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences. NU stories
In addition to intensive work at the lab, this year’s NU iGEM team is also actively working outside of it. The participants plan to build a sustainable dialogue with experts from various fields, as well as make their positive contributions to the development of society.
“We are planning a trip to an oil pollution cleanup site to better understand the oil spill problem. Also, we hope to solve the problem of the lack of educational material in the Kazakh language on the topic of synthetic biology. As part of this initiative, we want to create interactive posters for schoolchildren from rural areas,” said team leader Malika Vasilova.
The team started its work in early May and plans to implement the plans until October 2021, but it is in need of support.
“We have already paid the registration fee. These expenses were covered by NU, including the purchase of reagents. But we also need sponsorship to cover the operational costs associated with purchasing printed materials, as well as to create educational materials in the Kazakh language. So, we started a crowdfunding campaign through the GoFundMe platform,” said team member Arsen Orazbek
You can support the University’s team here.
Since 2014, NU teams have been participating in the iGEM competition year after year. As the only team not only from Kazakhstan, but from the entire Central Asian region, it has already won two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.
International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is the largest competition in synthetic biology. iGEM was founded in 2003 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today it unites more than 300 teams from more than 45 countries, bringing together 6,000 members around the world. The goal of the iGEM Competition is to inspire students to solve the acute problems of the 21st century through synthetic biology.
Nazarbayev University, 2022 graduate
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