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Monsanto

LabCentral is a place for young biotech startups to rent out lab space while they grow. Eventually, these startups grow large enough to "graduate," leaving LabCentral and acquiring their own private labs. Our sponsor Phenomyx invited us to tour the space and see how these startup companies work day to day. In addition, we were given the opportunity to present our project and listen to presentations by other iGEM teams.

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While visiting Monsanto, we were given a presentation about what their work at that particular branch of Monsanto. We learned about the process of protein optimization and got a tour of their lab space. Their scientists are working on designing a protein to express in plants that would be toxic to certain species of insects. In addition, they were excited to hear about both BU iGEM teams projects, and both teams gave full presentations.