Humans' reform on nature has always been one part of its construction. Human practice is not only a question of making synthetic biology known to the world; it’s a human right for every person to know what is really going on. As iGEMers, we have the duty to make iGEM known and eliminate misunderstandings about the subject. As the only iGEM team in Shandong Province, OUC-China always puts great emphasis on making iGEM known to more people.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp December 2012 Scientific Research Camp
　　　February 2013 Brainstorming Winter Camp
　　　March 2013 Meeting with Dr. Wu Longfei in CAS
　　　Early April 2013 Visit from SCAU
　　　Late April 2013 Visit to Beijing and Tianjin
　　　May 2013 Tour of CAS
　　　July 2013 2nd Hands-on experience summer camp with Qingdao No.2 High School
　　　August 2013 3rd summer camp of Life science and technology
　　　September 7, 2013 Model iGEM in Beijing
　　　September 16, 2013 Seminar with Mr. Tong Zhe, Founder of One-man University
　　　

After last year’s OUC-China team came back from Boston, they organized a Camp aimed at potential 2013 iGEMers, with 12 iGEM direction members and 6 non-iGEM direction members. The camp members were divided into groups of three and assigned tasks every week. At the same time, the 2012 OUC-China iGEMers delivered lectures, resources, lab courses, sharing everything that they know about iGEM and scientific research. We tried out a new lab management system, which not only made a positive impact on our lab, but also on other neighbouring labs. The Scientific research camp told us about all the basics of iGEM and synthetic biology.

The 2013 iGEMers arrived on campus on February 22, ten days before the start of the spring semester. We were there because we needed time to get together in the winter holidays and discuss what we learned during the holidays.

　　　In those ten days, we got up early every morning and went for a run around the field, then signing our team song, Life in Full Bloom. We read papers and news, discussed ideas and studied past projects. On the last day, we invited professors to give advice on the ideas that we showed them.

　　　We met Dr.Wu Longfei by chance when he came to OUC to give a lecture. We did not know about him before. How excited we were when he started talking about MMB! After the lecture, we had a long chat, resulting in agreement for further cooperation. We arranged to meet in Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. At Chinese Academy of Sciences, we thoroughly explained our project to Dr.Wu Longfei and Dr.Xiao Tian. They were willing to provide us with the strain that we need, Magnetospirillum Magneticum AMB-1.

At the beginning of April this year, seven team members from team SCAU-China paid us a visit. It’s their first year in iGEM, so we invited last year’s iGEMers to give them lectures and answer their questions. Members of the two teams went hiking together, discussing their projects and exchanging their experiences. The visit established the basis for further cooperation.