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From 2012.igem.org

In the News

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The ASU iGEM team and our individual members have been featured in these news articles. Our activities are bringing more awareness of iGEM and Synthetic Biology to the Southwest.

	09.20.12 Student team wins gold in synthetic biology competition ASU News, Science & Tech. A team of Arizona State University undergraduates earned a gold medal and a spot in the international championship event for one of the world’s premiere student engineering and science competitions. In addition, the ASU team won the prestigious “Best Human Practices Advance” award.
	09.20.12 [http://www.statepress.com/2012/09/20/students-create-biosensor-to-detect-water-contamination Students create biosensor to detect water contamination] The State Press. ASU students are working to create a biosensor for use in developing countries that can detect disease-causing bacteria in water.
	09.14.12 [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_14/caredit.a1200103 Must a paper trail be paper?] Science Careers. Dr. Haynes shares her thoughts about how OpenWetWare notebooks enable open science.
	09.10.12 Students create low-cost biosensor to detect contaminated water in developing nations ASU News, Science & Tech. The ASU team started its research during the summer to prepare for the synthetic biology competition. Its goal is to create a user-friendly, DNA-based biosensor that can detect major pathogens. The low-cost device would be used in the field rather than in a laboratory.