IISc’s much awaited event of the year, the Open Day, was held on 24 February 2024. People from all age groups, dominated by young, enthusiastic school students, from all over India stepped into the IISc campus to get a flavour of ongoing science and technological research.
Though still in the preliminary stages of finalising our idea, iGEM IISc took the opportunity to set up our own stall at the Open Day. The team leader Subhanan and the co-team leader Suvam held the stall and presented posters educating the general public about Synthetic Biology, as well as aptamers and their utility in ongoing research in theranostics for a wide repertoire of diseases.
The visitors were intrigued to learn about recent advances and what all has been achieved with Synthetic Biology, and were excited to hear about iGEM and the prospects it provides to students, particularly undergraduates, in solving real-world problems and giving shape to their ideas.
