(08:57) SANTA CRUZ – A team of UC Santa Cruz students has launched a project that focuses on reducing the world’s carbon footprint. UCSC’s iGem team consists of over 25 biomolecular engineers, bio-chemists and bio-informaticians. The group is focusing on engineering a micro-organism to improve biofuel production. The team will be sharing their research at an iGem convention in Boston at the end of September. To learn more about the project, visit igem.soe.ucsc.edu . (S.G.)
