Student-led
Students drive exploration, engineering, computation, human practices, outreach, and operations.
Student-built synthetic biology at UGA
We design, build, test, and iterate on hard biological questions as a student-led research team.
Current focus
Project PRISM
Research-driven. Student-owned. Interdisciplinary.
We use synthetic biology and interdisciplinary scientific thinking to investigate meaningful biological and biomedical problems, while building an environment where students develop as researchers, engineers, collaborators, and scientific communicators.
Interdisciplinary
Hard biological problems need people who approach the same question from different angles.
Ambitious and grounded
We aim for rigorous work and clear communication, without overclaiming what the science can do.
Project PRISM
A biomedical research direction worth watching
Project PRISM is our current research effort. At a high level, we are curious about why complex biological systems do not always respond the same way to related challenges. We work across computation and the lab in stages the team can honestly carry on its own, learning as we go rather than promising a finished story too early.
Public details stay intentionally limited while the science is still developing.
Design. Build. Test. Learn. Iterate.
We treat biology as an engineered system. Unexpected outcomes are information, not failure.
- 01Design
- 02Build
- 03Test
- 04Learn
- 05Iterate
Founding leadership
UGA iGEM is just getting started. These students are building the organization and Project PRISM from the ground up.
Founder & Captain
Tanmay Srivastava
Neuroscience and Psychology
Cofounder & Vice Captain
Maanit Kaushik
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research matters when people can engage with it
Human Practices and outreach are part of how we engineer, not side projects.
Join UGA iGEM
You do not need to already be an expert in synthetic biology. Curiosity and willingness to learn matter.