iGEM NYU

04/23/2026

This Friday April 24th 1:00 - 4:00 pm, come visit iGEM to hear about our project about plastic degradation via a bacteria consortium!!

03/06/2026

At the BMES poster event, team members educated the NYU community about the issues with conventional methods of recycling PET plastic ♻️ and how bacteria 🧫 can be used to combat plastic pollution! Thank you for hosting! 💜

05/05/2025

Help us with our research on platic degradation and pollution by filling out the survey in our bio!!!

04/28/2025

Proud to announce that we were awarded 3rd place🥉for VIPs in the Tandon Research Excellence Exhibit for our current project Plastic Degradation via Bacterial Consortium! 🧫🌱

Special thanks to our P*s Professor Kim and Professor Levicky and our new 2025 team!🧑‍🔬🧪

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌱

We’re proud to share our ongoing project aimed to degraded plastic waste! Swipe to learn more about the plastic crisis and our project 🦠

What are you doing today to help our planet?🍀

02/04/2022

I hope everyone is having a great start to their semester! Just a reminder that NYU iGEM is recruiting! Take a look at the poster and sign up with the QR code or with this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJb_b6NoBc4W7yE5JkCsu3f90CpVa_-6M1kXPmSI6pa-iYcQ/viewform?pli=1

We look forward to hearing from you!

02/11/2020

We are excited to share that NYU iGEM has been selected as the 1st place winner of the 2019 NYU VIP Video Competition! We will be advancing to the VIP Northeast Regional Competition and representing NYU. The regional winner will advance to the International VIP Consortium Competition in Atlanta, GA in May 2020. Go NYU! 💜

12/04/2019

Hello everyone!

We at NYU iGEM hope you’ve enjoyed a restful Thanksgiving. In the spirit of Giving Tuesday please consider supporting our crowdfunding platform below.

Each donation will go directly towards registration fees, competition travel expenses, and lab materials so we are able to compete in next year’s iGEM competition.

In 2019, our team won a silver medal, so next year we'll be shooting for gold!

Help NYU Rising Violets raise $8,000 for the project: NYU iGEM. Your gift will make a difference!

11/14/2019

Thank you for your all your support this year. The iGEM team won a silver medal on our project this year :) Here are some snapshots of the team that weekend!

11/03/2019

Our last member post presentation!!!
Michelle is a senior studying Biomolecular Science. She is part of the gene 🧬 circuit team and social media team where she enjoys documenting the lab work with emojis 😂. Michelle joined iGEM because she enjoys working on student led projects that they come up with themselves! Fun fact: Michelle has an identical twin 👯‍♀️that iGEM members have mistaken her for in the hallway of Tandon! In her free time Michelle is currently training to run 🏃🏻‍♀️ a marathon with her siblings :)

10/29/2019

Member #7!

Malini is a senior majoring in Biomolecular Science. She is on the gene 🧬 circuitry team and primarily works in the wet lab. She joined the team because the experience of working on a project of interest in a mostly student-run lab 🔬 seemed like an amazing experience she wouldn’t have been able to find anywhere else. Outside of the lab, she is an Indian classical dancer 💃 and a student pilot 👩‍✈️.

10/25/2019

Member #6!
Neelam is a sophomore studying Chemistry 🧪 with minors in Computer Science 💻 and Spanish. She primarily works on the gene 🧬 circuit team while also contributing to the wiki design. Neelam joined iGEM to learn about synthetic biology applications and enjoys working with a student-led team of talented, like-minded individuals. In her free time, Neelam often hunts for new books📚 to read and new eateries 🍖🥘 to try around the city 🌃.