Team:Peking/HumanPractice/Model iGEM
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Model iGEM
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In September 7th, the first Model iGEM was hosted by Peking iGEM. Focusing on inter-team communication, preparing for iGEM jamboree but not for prize, Model iGEM is a competition without competitiveness.
We believe, that interactions bring great insights. And we all think it’s a really unique, fantastic experience. We hope other iGEM teams are inspired to do the same, and Model iGEM will be continued to host in the years after.
Introduction
For several team members, it will be their first time to attend iGEM Asian Jamboree in this October. Model iGEM could be seen as a “drill” in advance, from presentation to poster. We want the competition to work like the Asian Jamboree as much as possible, in the meanwhile, promote the communication between teams.
However, it’s inappropriate and unnecessary to award any prize, for few teams have adequate time to get ready in early September.
Plans
Opening Ceremony
8:40 a.m. Opening Remarks by Dr. Chunbo Lou
Presentation Competition
9:15- 9:45 Pre of Peking
9:45- 10:15 Pre of BIT
10:15-10:45 Pre of Fudan
10:45-11:00 Tea break
11:00-11:30 Pre of NJU-China
11:30-12:00 Pre of Tianjin
12:00-12:30 Pre of OUC-China
Each team has 20 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for Q&A and another 5 minutes for team-switching during Presentation Competition.
Poster Competition
12:30-14:00 Lunch at posters
Closing Ceremony
14:30-15:30 Closing remarks by Haoqian Zhang
Team communication and group photo-taking
Snap shot
Concentrating on ideas from different teams, we really enjoyed our time. Strengths and weaknesses, we sometimes saw in ourselves and from others. Wonderful questions from audiences and judges pointed out how to improve and present our projects in the future, so does advice.
When they were visiting our lounge and lab, we introduced ourselves and our best friends, experiment apparatus to them. To provide visual sight, we described the equipment in an interesting way, such as letting them to observe the shape change of drop in Nanodrop.
We discussed their project, and guided them to try a primer design. Moreover, we recommended a circuit to them and described different RBS.
This was an opportunity to share our ideas about synthetic biology with them, including the application design and, the iGEM competition. We addressed the significant role public media and public choice played. But we had to admit the potential biosafety problems and limitation of genetically engineered bacteria. We played a little game with them, to race brainstorming various potential designs for biosafety. Obviously, they are encouraged by this interesting part and came up with several wonderful ideas. We hope they would popularize this game and, more importantly, safety ideas behind it. Then we may make another enormous stride in convincing people that synthetic biology is not as dangerous as they originally think.
We then introduced our project to them, including the serious environmental impacts of toxic aromatic compounds. It was the right time to emphasize the necessity of public concern and public scrutiny in environmental problems.
It was a part to offer direct help about their experiment. We introduced gel electrophoresis, four kinds of restrict enzyme and standard assembly. At last, we showed them how to use iGEM parts and provided iGEM parts E0840 B0015 J23100 J23106.