Fun with genetic engineering: Why letting students tinker with microorganisms is good for education and society

January 15, 2014

Elaborate competitions to build the best robot or design cages to protect falling eggs have been a rite of passage for generations of engineering students. Today, there’s a new contest with the same creativity and competitive spirit, but vastly more sophisticated projects–like mixing-and-matching bits of DNA to create new microorganisms that produce biofuels or costly medicines. (Huffington Post)