P A R T N E R S H T P
Partnership
--Synbio and Art
CAFA_China & BNSC_China (ONCE)
CAFA_China & BNSC_China (ONCE)
Art is a wonderful way to communicate, and it can be conveyed through all senses. Earlier this year, we got in touch with ONCE to create and discuss bio-art together. The two teams hit it off, hoping to learn from each other and jointly promote bio-art to better promote science and technology to build a better world. CAFA_China had insufficient knowledge of synthetic biology, so ONCE introduced CAFA_China to basic theories of modern biology and routine experimental procedures in the laboratory. ONCE has a lot of experience in iGEM tournaments and gave us a lot of advice on how to prepare for the tournament. This provides a good basis for our understanding of the iGEM competition and synthetic biology. We spent a lot of time discussing the best way to present bio-art. First, we considered what should be presented. In considering this problem, ONCE introduced CAFA_China into many concepts and techniques of synthetic biology, including central laws, genetic circuits, metabolic engineering, directed evolution, biosecurity, and various other elements. In the process, the CAFA_China team members learned more about what synthetic biology looks like, and were eventually intrigued by the concept of a suicide switch and decided to make the bacterial suicide switch the centerpiece of their work. In this process, what ONCE does is to sort out and introduce the content of synthetic biology, while CAFA finalizes the content of the project. ONCE team members provided important advice on how to present the concept of a UV-induced bacterial suicide switch. ONCE was responsible for establishing the mathematical model to provide the data basis for the audience interaction part of the installation, while the Central Academy of Fine Arts was responsible for the engineering design of the interactive part of the installation. This process is the most exciting. This summer, our two teams got together in Shanghai and had a very memorable time together. In the short time we've been together, we've discussed science and art, past and future, and imagined the changes synthetic biology and art will bring to the world. We built a great friendship and accomplished amazing things.
CAFA_China & Tsinghua
Tsinghua is a very experienced and practical team with strong strength and background in the field of synthetic biology. CAFA_China participated in iGEM competition for the first time, and received a lot of help from Tsinghua. The first cooperation was the production of popular science pop-up books. CAFA_China was responsible for the visual and creative design of pop-up books as Tsinghua provided accurate and professional knowledge sorting and materials for CAFA_China, which provided important support for us to complete popular science pop-up books. Because of the smooth cooperation of the first time, we continue to promote the TAP Synbio Art workshop. we plan to develop an exhibition scheme for the synthetic biology project and work together on the offline exhibition. During the workshop, we invited artists, curators and scholars in the field of bio-art to communicate with each other. The communication with Tsinghua University in this process also enriched the perspective of the bio-art field. At the same time, many professional views and opinions put forward by Tsinghua are very worthy of learning and reference from CAFA_China. Because our team lacks experience in the field of synthetic biology, Tsinghua has provided a lot of help for us to understand and learn more about synthetic biology. At the same time, in the implementation and practice of the exhibition, Tsinghua was also very creative and put forward a lot of interesting ideas and plans. We are very happy to work with such a team, which is willing and committed to building a bridge between science and art, and produced many attractive ideas and results.
CAFA_China & Peking
We cooperated on the TAP Synbio Art workshop with Peking University and Tsinghua together.We plan to develop an exhibition scheme for the synthetic biology project and work together on the offline exhibition. During the workshop, we invited artists, curators and scholars in the field of bio-art to communicate with each other. During the communication, we found the thinking differences between art students and science students.We produced many interesting ideas by sharing our experiences. We learned a lot of professional knowledge.We also shared our plan to provide them with ideas, and helped Peking University and Tsinghua University to improve theirs. In the cooperation, We all gained a more open perspective towards bio-art and revisited the relationship between technology and art.
XJTLU-CHINA and other teams
We had a meeting: Biosafety Handbook，with XJTLU-CHINA、CFCA、FAFU、GXU、NFLS、NJU 、NPU etc. We discuss biosafety, experimental methods as well as the respective projects. We also participated in the CCIC , discussed HP with many teams. We got advice from other teams and by drawing on their experience we improved our HP program.Through ccic, NEU's team came to us and expressed an interest in our "kill switch."We introduced them to our project and invited them to participate in our workshop. The NEU further studied the kill switch in yeast (fungi), which also provides us with new ideas. In the future we also want to expand the research on fungal aspects of kill switch and work with them.