iGEM - Team Site

Closed Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science Games Engineering Bachelor Master Project Thesis Games Research Lab

Background

iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) is an international competition for students in the field of synthetic biology. The basic idea is to utilise biological building blocks to alter the design and functionality of living organisms. Diverse ideas are presented by student teams from around the world at the iGEM Jamboree conference at the end of the year. For this year’s competition, natural scientists from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have come up with a promising project: The construction of new tissue for artificial muscles. To accomplish this, they want to join forces with students of the Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg. They are especially interested in the abilities of students of our department, who are creative computer scientists with a deep understanding of the human user in the centre of their designs.

Tasks

In this project, the joint-team aims at designing an outstanding interactive website that conveys the project idea, approaches and results. There are certain rules enforced by the iGEM competition regarding the design and contents that need to be fulfilled but they are reasonable and creativity, slick interactions and inspiring visuals could win the hearts of the synthetic biology community.

As a “Team Franken” both universities are planned to present together at the iGEM Jamboree and meet the forerunners of this new game-changing discipline. Upon successful completion, the attendance of the Jamboree will be sponsored for JMU students as well.

Wanted

One or more (!) open-minded, team-players from MCS or Games Engineering. Knowledge and skills in game / website design and development.

References

[1] iGEM Foundation iGEM Website. http://igem.org/Main_Page, April 2017.

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