A message from them below:
Since 2004, students from all over the world have been innovating with cutting-edge genetic engineering materials and travelling to MIT to present their work at iGEM, the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. We young men and women of Synthetic Biology at the University of Central Florida plan to be the first team to ever represent the state of Florida at iGEM 2016. As budding scientists, an opportunity to do some serious research that is seriously cool is what we dream of. Your contribution will help us register as a team by March 31st, which will get us the tools and materials we need to develop our project over the summer. Further contributions will go toward actually sending us to MIT for the competition in October.
We can only raise so much money ourselves through T-shirt sales and member support, so we are reaching out for help. We want more students (especially Knights!) to get interested in pursuing science in Florida. Our club is a mixture of people studying Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, and more. Uniting our unique interests and knowledge is a key strength of our team. Since most of us are undergraduates, opportunities to design and lead your own project are especially exciting. Attending this competition will mean we get to meet students from all kinds of backgrounds and disciplines. Not only that, but we will have the chance to talk with the people who make a living by doing the things we think are awesome.
If you would like to be a part of this experience with us, we would be very grateful. Any contribution, whether it’s donating or sharing our story, helps us get that much closer to our goal of being the first team from a Florida university to ever compete at iGEM. From all of us at Synthetic Biology at UCF, thank you!
Click here to make a contribution to their campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/senducftoigem