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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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言うまでもないことだが、研究するには物質面、情報面に関わらず相互に教えあい、助けあわなければならない。
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<p> Needless to say, in research, we have to cooperate with others materially and informationally. Otherwise, we cannot expect any development in our research, because working alone only leads us to a deadlock.  
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それでなければ研究の発展はありえない。
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This is also true to our iGEM activities.
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ひとりよがりで突き進んでもかならず行き詰まるからである。
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However, since iGEM is an organization by only undergraduates, it is difficult to collaborate with the exterior, compared with the general laboratories which have relation with academic meetings. Therefore we face some difficulties which arise when managing the laboratory only by undergraduates. Moreover, we often face difficulties caused by lack of sufficient experience.
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iGEMでももちろんそれはおなじである。
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Because of these special situations, it is difficult for iGEM teams to ask for help to other organizations. However, problems peculiar to iGEM teams are easy to be understood by other teams. Therefore, we iGEM teams have to connect with each other positively.
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でもiGEMは学部生だけの学生団体であるため 学会などとつながりをもつ一般のLabと比べて外部とのコラボレーションが難しく 学部生だけでラボを運営するということにより生じる独自の困難に直面することも多い。
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By asking other teams for help, we can smoothly carry out our research, and by helping out other teams, we can reconfirm some problems. Cooperating with other iGEM teams carrying the same problem leads to a hiring the quality of our research.</p>
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こういった特殊な事情によりiGEMは他の団体に助けをもとめることは難しい。
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やはりiGEMerの問題をよく理解できるのはiGEMerである。
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よってわれわれはiGEM同士で積極的に関係を持っていかねばならない。
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他のiGEMにたすけをもとめることで、より円滑に研究を進めることができ 他のiGEMをたすけることで自分たちも問題の再確認をすることができる。
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互いに共通の悩み、課題をもつiGEMerどうしがたすけあうことによって、スピーディーで質の高い研究を成すことができる<br>
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<p> Needless to say, in research, we have to cooperate with each other in material and informational way. Otherwise, we are not able to develop for good. This is because if we do our work alone, we are subject to complacency. Of course, this is true for iGEM team. However, it is difficult for iGEM teams in which students manage their laboratory on their own to make connections with other groups. Moreover, we often face difficulties caused by lack of sufficient experience. Problems peculiar to iGEM teams may be easy to be understood by other iGEM teams. Therefore, we iGEM teams have to connect each other positively. We can research smoothly thanks to other teams’ help and we can learn many precious things through helping other teams. If iGEM teams cooperate with each other, we can succeed in high-level project in short span.</p>
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==Support==
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iGEM has been developing and the number of the teams participating in iGEM has been increasing. There are new teams from many countries every year. The more teams in iGEM, the more viewpoints we get.
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By helping each other, we can get out of experimental difficulties and our projects can reach a higher degree of perfection.<br>
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However, managing a team by only undergraduates is not easy, because we have to operate the laboratories by ourselves regardless of our knowledge. So, newly joining is very difficult without other team’s help.
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Therefore, this year, iGEM Kyoto helped Biwako_Nagahama to establish their team, and succeeded in increasing the number of iGEM teams. We have helped this new team in the ways listed below.
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Needless to say, for researching, it is not concerned with materials and information, but we must teach and help each other. Without these cooperation, there cannot be no development of research. This is because it goes certainly stuck if we push on smugly. There cannot be no development of research.
 
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Of course, it is the same also at iGEM.
 
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However, since iGEM is an undergraduate student's organization, compared with general laboratories which have relation with academic societies, collaboration with the exterior is difficult, and iGEM often faces the original difficulty which arises by managing a laboratory only by an undergraduate student.
 
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Because of such special situations, it is difficult for iGEM to ask other organizations for help.After all, it is iGEMer that can understand the problem of iGEMer well. Therefore, we have to have a relation positively with other iGEM teams.
 
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By asking other iGEM teams for help, research can be advanced more smoothly. We can also reconfirm a problem by helping other iGEM teams.
 
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When iGEM teams which have a common trouble and a subject mutually help each other, speedy and high quality research can be accomplished
 
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Needless to say, in research, it is necessary to cooperate with each other not only materially but also informationally, or there can be no development in research, for the simple reason that if we work alone, we are subject to complacency. Of course, it is the same to iGEM teams. It is difficult for iGEM teams to cooperate with other groups in which students manage their laboratory on their own. Moreover, we often face difficulties caused by lack of sufficient experience. Problems peculiar to one iGEM team may be easy to understand for other iGEM teams. Therefore, we iGEM teams have to cooperate with each other positively. We can research smoothly thanks to other teams’ help and learn many precious things through helping other teams. If iGEM teams cooperate with each other, high-level project can succeed in short span.
 
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==たすける==
 
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iGEMは今まで発展し続け、チームの総数は指数関数的に増大し、多くの国、地域で新たなチームが毎年できてきている。チームの数が増大すれば、その分だけアイデアは広がり、互いに協力し合うことによって困難を乗り越えられ、結果の完成度は上がっていくだろう。<br>
 
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しかし、iGEMのTeamを運営するのは難しい。学部生がいきなり自分のラボもって自分たちだけで運営するんだから難しいのは当然である。
 
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だから他チームの協力がなくては新規参入は難しい。
 
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そこでKyotoはiGEM Biwako_Nagahamaの新規参入に協力し、仲間を増やすことに成功した。
 
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具体的にこんなことした。<br>
 
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iGEM has been developing. The number of the teams participating in iGEM has been increasing and new teams come into being in many countries and regions every year. The more people participate in iGEM, the more various viewpoints we get. By helping each other, we can get out of difficulties at experimentation and our projects can reach a high degree of perfection.<br>
 
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However, it is not easy to manage new teams. To manage iGEM team, we undergraduate students have to operate our own laboratory by ourselves regardless whether they know the way to manage. So newly joining is very difficult without other team’s help. Then iGEM Kyoto have helped Biwako_Nagahama to establish team and succeeded in increasing the number of iGEM team. To be concrete, we had done as given below for establishing iGEM Biwako_Nagahama.
 
===Explaining what is important to establish new iGEM team===
===Explaining what is important to establish new iGEM team===
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We explained what is important to establish new iGEM team to Biwako Nagahama team.<br>
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We explained what is important in order to establish new iGEM team to Biwako Nagahama.<br>
First, we stated what is necessary for managing their laboratory.<br>
First, we stated what is necessary for managing their laboratory.<br>
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Second, we taught them what Synthetic biology is like. Synthetic biology is an area of biological research and technology that combines biology and engineering. It is a little bit different from Biochemistry and Molecular biology. We gave them some technical knowledge required to iGEM.<br>
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Second, we taught them what Synthetic biology is like, and gave them some technical knowledge required for iGEM.<br>
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Finally, we instructed them about BioBrick, which is one of the most important purpose in iGEM. Bio Brick (i.e. standard biological parts) are DNA sequences of defined structure and function; they share a common interface and are designed to be composed and incorporated into living cells such as E. coli to construct new biological systems. By increasing gene registry, their research may be able to develop biology.
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Finally, we instructed them about BioBrick, which is one of the most important purposes in iGEM. By increasing gene registry, their research may lead to developing biology.
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[[File:Kyoto_bio.png]]
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*In the first place, what is synthetic biology primarily?
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*In management of a lab, what kind of thing is necessity?
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*What is characteristics of iGEM?
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*What is Biobrick?
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*What is value of increasing the number of registry of parts?
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→Thanks to this, we succeeded in helping them to establish a new iGEM team.
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===Holding study meeting to manage iGEM team===
===Holding study meeting to manage iGEM team===
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プロジェクトの立て方やWikiの編集の仕方、その他iGEMを運営するなかで必要になることを、これまでのKyotoチームの活動から得た経験をもとにして教えてあげた
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We taught them our knowledge from our experience, such as how to construct their project and to edit the wiki homepage, which is important in order to manage their iGEM team.  
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それだけでなく、プロジェクトについての意見交換をしてお互いにアドバイスも出し合った
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Furthermore, we discussed our projects with each other and exchanged advices. By lecturing them, we attained some new viewpoints on our project, and thanks to this discussion, we got a new point of view about our own project.
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意見交換をすることで、こちら側もプロジェクトについて新しい視点をとりいれられたし、再認識できたことも多々あった
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So, this study meeting was meaningful not only for Nagahama, but also for ourselves.
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Nagahamaだけでなくkyotoにとっても有意義な勉強会だった
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[[File:Kyoto_IMG_3268.jpg]]
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We showed our knowledge we had been got in our activities such as how to edit wiki homepage,and that is important to manage iGEM team.
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Furthermore, we and they discussed our and their projects and gave advice to each other.
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By lecturing them, we realized many things again and thanks to this discussion, we got a new point of view about our own project.<br>
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So, this study meeting was meaningful not only Nagahama but also Kyoto.
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We exchanged opinions, and advised about a project.
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→Not only their team but also ours got profits by exchanging views. This is one of the benefits of joining of new teams.
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===Editing wiki===
===Editing wiki===
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実験ができても、それをいかに発信していくかにもノウハウがいる
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Even if you have done some experiments and got a positive result, this does not make any sense, unless you express the results to the world.
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Wikiのデザインや編集の最も基礎的な部分の一部をになった。
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However, the way to express your achievements in iGEM is quite unique and difficult for a green hand. In order to express our achievements in iGEM, we have to make our own homepage. Therefore, we helped making the most basic wiki design frames for Nagahama. We understood what they wanted to edit, and showed them the methods. We also left some comments of the method to edit the page in their source. Thus, we helped the establishments and developments of a new team. Throughout this activity, we contributed to spreading Synthesis Biology.
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向こうの要望を叶える手段を実際に編集しつつ、提示した。
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[[File:Kyoto wikied.JPG]]
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その編集方法をソース内にコメントとしてのこした
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こうして新しいチームの発展に貢献
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When you have done experiments and got a positive result, that makes no sense, if you don't express to the world what you did. However, the way to express your achievements in iGEM is so unique and difficult for green hands that we helped them. In order to express our achievements in iGEM, we have to make Homepages. And so, we made the most basic wiki design frames. We understood what they wanted and showed the means which fulfilled their wishes. We also left the ways they needed as notes in sourses. Thus, we helped the establishments and developments of a new team. Due to this activity, We contributed to the spreading of the Synthesis Biology.
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<span style="font-size:26px">We helped a newly established team, Biwako Nagahama!!</span>
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==Link==
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Even if experiments succeed, they need know-how of sending it. We taught them the most basic part of edit and design of Wiki. We showed a means to fulfill their request by editing directly. We reserved the edit method as a comment in source. In this way, we contributed to development of a new team.
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==つながる==
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===iGEM JAPAN===
===iGEM JAPAN===
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iGEM teams in Japan are closely connected with. iGEM Japan held the All-Japan meeting twice a year and regional meeting once a year.  Then, we exchanged opinions about our project mutually. We also exchanged opinions about how to manage our teams. So we deepened our friendship. Addition to meeting directly, we connected with other iGEM teams by e-mail or SNS. And we made sure that we continue to relate with, and deepen our relationship in the future.
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iGEM teams in Japan have made efforts to connect with each other by establishing an organization called “iGEM Japan.” iGEM Japan is composed of several iGEM teams around Japan, and is closely connected with each other. iGEM Japan holds the All-Japan meeting twice a year, and a regional meeting once a year. This year, iGEM Japan held the All-Japan meeting in order to deepen our friendship and mutual understanding. In these meetings, we exchange opinions about our own projects and how to manage the teams. Moreover, in addition to these face to face meetings, we connected with other iGEM teams by e-mail or SNS. Such interactions have helped Kyoto and other team's projects as we have showed above. We’ve made sure that we’ll continue to relate with other teams, and deepen our relationship.
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[[File:iGEM-Japan.png|center]]<br>
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iGEM teams in Japan have made efforts to connect with each other by establishing an organization called “iGEM Japan.” iGEM Japan is composed of several iGEM teams around Japan. This year, iGEM Japan held the All-Japan meeting third times to deepen our friendship and mutual understanding. During these meetings, we closely exchanged opinions about our project and how to manage our teams. Moreover, Addition to these face to face meetings. we connected with other iGEM teams by e-mail or SNS.  
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Such interactions have helped Kyoto and other team's projects as we showed above.
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We made sure that we continue to relate with other teams, and deepen our relationship in the future.  
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===International Video Conference===
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国内だけでなく国際的に協調していくのももちろん大切だよね 文化の違う世界中の人々との交流を大事にすることにこそ本当に意味があるのだから
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It is important to cooperate not only with domestic teams but also with teams all over the world, because discussing problems with people with different point of views can improve our project. We participated in the video conference sponsored by Purdue, and exchanged opinions about the new standardization of biobricks. We hope these activities will contribute to iGEM.
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Purdue が主催したvideo conferenceに参加した
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It is important to cooperate not only with teams in Japan but with teams in the world. Discussing problems with people who have a different point of view will improve our project.  
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We attended the video conference promoted by Purdue and exchanged opinions about new standardization in Bio Blick.
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Of course, cooperating not only in domestic but also internationally is important, because respecting the exchange with people in the world where culture is different is just meaningful.
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We participated in video conference which Purdue sponsored. We exchanged opinions about the new standardization of Biobrick there.
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If you want to study something, you need many processes such as experiments and searching reference.
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iGEM Kyoto communicates with many other teams.By increasing companies, we can cooperate with them and can study.<br>
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KyotoがNagahamaを助けたように、Kyotoが他のチームに助けてもらうこともあった。
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[As we helped iGEM Biwako_Nagahama, we had been helped by other iGEM teams.]
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仲間がふえて相互に協力できるようになると、より優れた研究が出来るようになる。
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たとえば、iGEMは一年単位で結果を残さなければならない
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でも、合成生物学的な実験をするうえで、本当の実験に入るまでの時間はくっそ長い
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パーツのコンストラクションにかかる時間のせい
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NTU-Taiwanには、パーツのコンストラクションを手伝ってもらった
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このような提携が増えることで、よりスピーディな実験が行え、iGEMのレベルの向上につながるだろう
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=='''We cooperated with other iGEM teams in Japan!!'''==
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We were in partnership with Tokyo-tech and NTU-Taiwan.
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By partnership like this, the more you can make experiments more quickly, it will lead to the improvement of the level of the whole iGEM.
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iGEM Kyoto got other teams to help, as Kyoto helped iGEM Biwako_Nagahama.
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Whenever we carry out a study, we need many processes such as experiments and searching reference. iGEM Kyoto communicates with many other teams, and through this activity, we can cooperate with them and learn many things from each other.<br>
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If iGEM teams increase in number and we can cooperate mutually, it comes to be able to perform more outstanding research. For example, iGEM must get a result in only one year, but when conducting a molecular biology experiment, time until we actually start experiments is very long. This is the because of the time concerning the construction of parts. It is very good if we can cooperate each other in such a point.
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We tied up with NTU-Taiwan or Tokyo-tech. I got NTU-Taiwan to help the construction of parts. We had Tokyo-tech send parts to us. If such a tie-up increases, we can conduct more speedy experiments and it will lead to improvement in the level of iGEM.
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iGEM Kyoto had the help of other teams, as Kyoto helped iGEM Biwako_Nagahama. If iGEM teams increase in number and can cooperate mutually, we’ll be able to perform more outstanding researches.
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このように、iGEMでは、仲間を増やし、つながり、助け助けられることが大切だ。
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相互の協力のもとにiGEMが成り立っている。
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これからも毎年のようにつながりをもっていきたい。
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日常生活に役立つ、もしくは日常生活の経験に基づいた活動を積極的に行っていきたい。
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英訳案(改):In iGEM, it is important to add to companies, connect with them, help them and be helped by them. We are succeed in increasing the number of iGEMer, and teach iGEM Biwako_Nagahama how to manage iGEM team. Moreover, we meet directly other iGEM team in iGEM JAPAN, participate in International video conference, and cooperate with NTU-Taiwan and Tokyo-tech. iGEM is based on mutual cooperation. So, we want to connect with many people every year from now on. iGEM Kyoto also think it important that connection with daily lives because the arts and sciences are things based on the greed to want to make everyday life better. So, we would like to do actively activity based on experience of everyday life or help in everyday life. We conducted a "human practice" as part of its activities.
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For example, iGEM must get a result in only one year, but when conducting a molecular biology experiment, it takes a long time until we actually start the experiments. This is because concerning the construction of the parts takes time. Therefore, it is desirable for each team to cooperate in such points.
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We have been in partnership with Tokyo-tech and NTU-Taiwan. Team [[Team:NTU_Taiwan/index.html#Cooperation | NTU-Taiwan]] helped constructing our parts. We sent 13 parts to them.<br>
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And, we had the parts sent by team [[Team:Tokyo_Tech/More/Collaboration | Tokyo-tech]]. This is because we couldn’t make usable plasmid from the iGEM DNA Distribution Kit. Therefore, we asked team Tokyo-Tech for usable plasmid, [http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K193001  BBa_K193001], which was registered by them in 2009. <br>
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By these partnerships, we can perform more speedy experiments, and this will lead to improving the whole level of iGEM.
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We succeeded in increasing the number of iGEMers, and to teach iGEM Biwako_Nagahama how to manage their team.
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Moreover, we actually met other iGEM teams in iGEM JAPAN, participated in an International video conference, and cooperated with NTU-Taiwan and Tokyo-tech. iGEM is based on mutual cooperation, so we would like to continue connecting with many teams every year. iGEM Kyoto also respects connections with everyday life, because science is based on the greed to make everyday life better. We conducted our "[[Team:Kyoto/Humanpractice| human practice]]" as part of its activities.
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Introduction

Needless to say, in research, we have to cooperate with others materially and informationally. Otherwise, we cannot expect any development in our research, because working alone only leads us to a deadlock. This is also true to our iGEM activities. However, since iGEM is an organization by only undergraduates, it is difficult to collaborate with the exterior, compared with the general laboratories which have relation with academic meetings. Therefore we face some difficulties which arise when managing the laboratory only by undergraduates. Moreover, we often face difficulties caused by lack of sufficient experience. Because of these special situations, it is difficult for iGEM teams to ask for help to other organizations. However, problems peculiar to iGEM teams are easy to be understood by other teams. Therefore, we iGEM teams have to connect with each other positively. By asking other teams for help, we can smoothly carry out our research, and by helping out other teams, we can reconfirm some problems. Cooperating with other iGEM teams carrying the same problem leads to a hiring the quality of our research.

Support

iGEM has been developing and the number of the teams participating in iGEM has been increasing. There are new teams from many countries every year. The more teams in iGEM, the more viewpoints we get. By helping each other, we can get out of experimental difficulties and our projects can reach a higher degree of perfection.
However, managing a team by only undergraduates is not easy, because we have to operate the laboratories by ourselves regardless of our knowledge. So, newly joining is very difficult without other team’s help. Therefore, this year, iGEM Kyoto helped Biwako_Nagahama to establish their team, and succeeded in increasing the number of iGEM teams. We have helped this new team in the ways listed below.

Explaining what is important to establish new iGEM team

We explained what is important in order to establish new iGEM team to Biwako Nagahama.
First, we stated what is necessary for managing their laboratory.
Second, we taught them what Synthetic biology is like, and gave them some technical knowledge required for iGEM.
Finally, we instructed them about BioBrick, which is one of the most important purposes in iGEM. By increasing gene registry, their research may lead to developing biology. Kyoto bio.png

Holding study meeting to manage iGEM team

We taught them our knowledge from our experience, such as how to construct their project and to edit the wiki homepage, which is important in order to manage their iGEM team. Furthermore, we discussed our projects with each other and exchanged advices. By lecturing them, we attained some new viewpoints on our project, and thanks to this discussion, we got a new point of view about our own project. So, this study meeting was meaningful not only for Nagahama, but also for ourselves. Kyoto IMG 3268.jpg

Editing wiki

Even if you have done some experiments and got a positive result, this does not make any sense, unless you express the results to the world. However, the way to express your achievements in iGEM is quite unique and difficult for a green hand. In order to express our achievements in iGEM, we have to make our own homepage. Therefore, we helped making the most basic wiki design frames for Nagahama. We understood what they wanted to edit, and showed them the methods. We also left some comments of the method to edit the page in their source. Thus, we helped the establishments and developments of a new team. Throughout this activity, we contributed to spreading Synthesis Biology. Kyoto wikied.JPG

We helped a newly established team, Biwako Nagahama!!

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iGEM JAPAN

iGEM teams in Japan have made efforts to connect with each other by establishing an organization called “iGEM Japan.” iGEM Japan is composed of several iGEM teams around Japan, and is closely connected with each other. iGEM Japan holds the All-Japan meeting twice a year, and a regional meeting once a year. This year, iGEM Japan held the All-Japan meeting in order to deepen our friendship and mutual understanding. In these meetings, we exchange opinions about our own projects and how to manage the teams. Moreover, in addition to these face to face meetings, we connected with other iGEM teams by e-mail or SNS. Such interactions have helped Kyoto and other team's projects as we have showed above. We’ve made sure that we’ll continue to relate with other teams, and deepen our relationship.

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International Video Conference

It is important to cooperate not only with domestic teams but also with teams all over the world, because discussing problems with people with different point of views can improve our project. We participated in the video conference sponsored by Purdue, and exchanged opinions about the new standardization of biobricks. We hope these activities will contribute to iGEM.

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We cooperated with other iGEM teams in Japan!!

Assistance

Whenever we carry out a study, we need many processes such as experiments and searching reference. iGEM Kyoto communicates with many other teams, and through this activity, we can cooperate with them and learn many things from each other.

iGEM Kyoto had the help of other teams, as Kyoto helped iGEM Biwako_Nagahama. If iGEM teams increase in number and can cooperate mutually, we’ll be able to perform more outstanding researches.

For example, iGEM must get a result in only one year, but when conducting a molecular biology experiment, it takes a long time until we actually start the experiments. This is because concerning the construction of the parts takes time. Therefore, it is desirable for each team to cooperate in such points.

We have been in partnership with Tokyo-tech and NTU-Taiwan. Team NTU-Taiwan helped constructing our parts. We sent 13 parts to them.
And, we had the parts sent by team Tokyo-tech. This is because we couldn’t make usable plasmid from the iGEM DNA Distribution Kit. Therefore, we asked team Tokyo-Tech for usable plasmid, [http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K193001 BBa_K193001], which was registered by them in 2009.
By these partnerships, we can perform more speedy experiments, and this will lead to improving the whole level of iGEM.

Conclusion

In iGEM activities, it is important to add partners, connect with them, and cooperate by helping each other. In short, iGEM is realized on the basis of mutual communication. We succeeded in increasing the number of iGEMers, and to teach iGEM Biwako_Nagahama how to manage their team. Moreover, we actually met other iGEM teams in iGEM JAPAN, participated in an International video conference, and cooperated with NTU-Taiwan and Tokyo-tech. iGEM is based on mutual cooperation, so we would like to continue connecting with many teams every year. iGEM Kyoto also respects connections with everyday life, because science is based on the greed to make everyday life better. We conducted our " human practice" as part of its activities.

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