Global Open Genetic Engineering Competition @GogecConference
The Accessible Synthetic Biology Competition gogecconference.org Joined May 2021-
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Big congratulations to our winner and runners up for the experimental category!
Big congratulations to our winner and runners up for our proposal category!
Big congratulations to our winner and runner up for the computational category!
Congrats to winners of individual prizes!
Gogec2026 has concluded and do we have some winners! These teams have respectively met the criteria for being awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze
Day 2 of #Gogec2026 is happening now! Be sure to tune in to catch the final results and awards! 🧬🤩
Our Future of Synthetic Biology panel will be starting in approximately two hours! Be sure to join us for this fan favorite event 🔮🧬
I will be joining other panelists (@Moon_Synth_Bio , #MarioEscobar & @alex_ditzel ) to discuss the Future of Synbio at the 2026 Global Open Genetic Engineering competition @GogecConference . Today at 16:30UTC|17:30CET| 7:30PM East African Time. gogecconference.org/conference
Gogec 2026 starts tomorrow! Check out our schedule below:
The projects for #Gogec2026 are up on our website now! Come take a look at what our participants have been building 🤩 gogecconference.org/projects2026
Gogec is turning five! Still completely free to participate Join us for our 5th Gogec from February 21-22! 🤩
Less than a week left till registration closes! 👀⏰
Gogec 2026 is open for both team and judge registration! 🤩 As always, participation is completely free. Sign up below ⬇️ Teams tally.so/r/mYlYN5 Judges tally.so/r/n9jvbY
Gogec is at #SEED2025 in Houston! Message us to meet up with us at the conference and learn more about how you can get involved in making synbio more accessible! 🤩🌍
Congratulations to the best experimental project at Gogec 2025, IISER TVM @tvmiiser
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