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Engineering Biology in Cambridge

 
Photo of the first cohort of i-Teams students from the Hanoi Institute of Science and Technology. Below are logos for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, i-Teams, the Centre for Global Equality and the Hanoi Institute of Science and Technology

Image credit: Hanoi Institute of Science and Technology

Cambridge Development i-Teams are searching for early-stage engineering biology research projects with the potential to make a difference in people's lives.

Development i-Teams is an extra-curricular programme open to any Cambridge student which is run at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). Development i-Teams investigates the potential of cutting edge science and emerging technologies to enhance the wellbeing and economic development of low resource communities in developing countries. Teams of University of Cambridge students and post-doctoral researchers identify use cases in developing and emerging economies through discussion with sectoral experts and potential end-users. Findings generate new research projects and social enterprise projects and ventures supported in the CGE Cultivator.

Development i-Teams is run in partnership with the Centre for Global Equality, and is currently working on a two-year ASEAN i-Teams programme funded by the UK FCDO. A key focus of ASEAN i-Teams is the area of synthetic and engineering biology.

i-Teams is looking for research projects in the field of synthetic and engineering biology to investigate in the next round of applications, both in the Cambridge programme and in the ASEAN programme, specifically in Indonesia and Vietnam

Questions Development i-Teams can help you answer include:

  • What is the development need that this technology or product aims to address?
  • Is this appropriate for use in a development context, and if so, how, and in what geographies?
  • Can it be used to create or enhance good-quality low-cost products, that are affordable for ordinary people?
  • What are the best routes to market, and how does pricing affect these?
  • What is the best way to generate sustainable long-term impact? For example, via commercial organisations, social enterprises, international or local NGOs, charities or a combination of these?
  • Does the technology lend itself to a mixed approach, with customers in both the developed and the developing world?

If you are curious about the potential real-world applications of your research, please get in touch at coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk

Author Information

Coordinator and Events Manager
Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre
 
Amy Weatherup
i-Teams Programme Director
 
Director
Centre for Global Equality
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