UGA iGEM

Biology through an engineering mindset

Design, build, test, learn, iterate. We treat unexpected outcomes as information, not failure.

Our cycle

The team does not simply perform experiments and report results. The process is deliberate and iterative.

  1. 01
    Design
  2. 02
    Build
  3. 03
    Test
  4. 04
    Learn
  5. 05
    Iterate

In practice

  1. 01Identify a meaningful biological problem
  2. 02Develop a hypothesis or engineering concept
  3. 03Design a biological system or computational approach
  4. 04Build or implement the system
  5. 05Test its behavior
  6. 06Analyze the results
  7. 07Learn from unexpected outcomes
  8. 08Refine the design
  9. 09Iterate

This page describes philosophy only. It does not reveal experimental implementation, constructs, protocols, or unpublished strategy.