PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ashwin K. Jainarayanan
AU  - Anastasios Galanis
AU  - Amatullah Mustafa Nakara
AU  - Guilherme E. Kundlatsch
AU  - Roger Rubio-Sánchez
TI  - iGEM comes of age: trends in its research output
AID  - 10.1101/2021.01.21.424716
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2021.01.21.424716
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/22/2021.01.21.424716.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/22/2021.01.21.424716.full
AB  - The international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is an educational benchmark in synthetic biology. Eighteen years after its inception, it has also catalysed the infusion of synthetic biology with interdisciplinary fundamental and translational research as well as with inspired young scientists. Here, we communicate a quantitative analysis of compiled published work associated to iGEM projects, highlighting trends in their dissemination and versatility. As iGEM comes of age, we anticipate it will continue to revolutionise, alongside SynBio, several disciplines of science and industries through the development of synthetic biological systems towards a sustainable future.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.