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"G-Prize" To Recognize Innovation In Synthetic Biology

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 23, 2012 @03:02AM from the make-a-friend-win-a-prize dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The inaugural G-Prize contest, conceived and exclusively sponsored by Gen9, was launched to foster creative and innovative approaches for using synthetic DNA libraries to constructively advance industries such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biofuels and agriculture. Winners of the inaugural G-Prize will receive a free library of up to 500 GeneBits DNA constructs. Each GeneBits construct is a double-stranded gene fragment from 500 to 1,024 base-pairs in length, with error rates better than 1:2,500."

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SLASHVERTISEMENT by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-23 03:10 · Score: 2, Insightful

"Anonymous reader" my foot. I've got no problem with ads, but it pisses me off when they pose as genuine news; if Gen9 wants their press release covered, they should at least register an account...
Hmmm by SJHillman · 2012-07-23 03:15 · Score: 4, Funny

I thought the G-Prize was being offered up by women to find a certain mythical place...
1. Re:Hmmm by Neil_Brown · 2012-07-23 03:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Atlantis?
2. Re:Hmmm by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2012-07-23 06:35 · Score: 2
  
  Atlantis?
  Gee, finding that one is child's play by comparison.
  
  --
  Ezekiel 23:20
How about the "Shelly Prize"? by peter303 · 2012-07-23 03:35 · Score: 2

After the the author of Frankenstein, arguably the first novel in the science fiction genre.