VLAG Graduate School

VLAG forms a community of research within the Biobased, Biomolecular, Chemical, and Food and Nutrition Sciences. It is a partnership between Wageningen University, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen Food Safety Research, NIZO food research, and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). VLAG is committed to contribute to the development of young researchers.

Centre for Living Technologies

The Centre for Living Technologies is an alliance of Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and University Medical Centre Utrecht. The Centre for Living Technologies functions as a platform that stimulates breakthrough research in the field of synthetic biology. Their aim is to contribute to technical advances in the life sciences.

Middelhoven Fund

The Middelhoven Fund was founded by Wout Middelhoven to help microbial students finance their international adventures. This gives them the opportunity to build an international network in the field of biology. In our case, they helped us visit the Grand Jamboree in Paris!

Novya Biotech

Novya Biotech is revolutionising yeast engineering with precision fermentation for a sustainable future. By leveraging yeast’s sexual reproduction cycle and integrating CRISPR-Cas technology, their proprietary platform enables precise, modular genetic modifications that can be stacked exponentially faster than traditional methods.

Kadans Science Partner

Kadans Science Partner aims to connect people to tackle global challenges. In all of Europe, they built a strong network of renowned researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators active in Life Sciences & Health, Agri & Food, Chemistry & Energy, and High Tech Systems & Materials. They invest in and develop specialised facilities that enables researchers to make an impact on the world.

SnapGene

SnapGene is the molecular cloning tool used by researchers worldwide. Because of the free licenses supplied to our iGEM team, we were able to rapidly design our constructs without any difficulties!

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is a leader in the development and manufacture of products for research and diagnostic life sciences. As one of the world’s largest suppliers of custom nucleic acids, IDT serves academic research, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical development communities with products that support applications including next generation sequencing (NGS), gene amplification, SNP detection, expression profiling, gene quantification, and synthetic biology. Platform-independent NGS products are available in addition to DNA and RNA oligonucleotides, qPCR assays, siRNA duplexes, gBlocks Gene Fragments for gene construction, and custom gene synthesis.

Twist Bioscience

Twist Bioscience works in service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, by using Twist’s synthetic DNA tools, their customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. The faster their customers succeed, the better for all of us, and Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate their efforts.

GenScript

GenScript is a global leader in gene synthesis and life science services, dedicated to accelerating innovation in healthcare and biotechnology. Founded in 2002 in New Jersey, GenScript provides high-quality genes, peptides, proteins, and antibodies to support life science research, translational medicine, and early-stage drug development. As the largest gene provider since 2008, GenScript has consistently supported iGEM since 2009. We are committed to empowering synthetic biology innovation by delivering fast, reliable, and cost-effective DNA synthesis solutions to researchers around the world.

Wageningen University

And last but not least, we would not have been able to achieve the amazing results we did without the support from our university! With direct support from the Agrotechnology and Food Sciences department, the Laboratory of Microbiology, the Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, the Bioprocess Engineering chair, and the study programmes of Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Biobased Sciences, we were able to make tailored coatings for tomorrow’s crops!