Team

  • Hsu, Tzu-Tang: Team leader, Promotion video script writing, Selenocysteine producer
  • Chen, Zih-Han: Vice team leader, Promotion video script writing, Selenocysteine producer, Presenter
  • Huang, Yen-Jung: Wet team leader, Selenocysteine producer
  • Lin, Po-Hsun: Audiobook script writing, Promotion video script writing, Selenomelanin producer
  • Leu, Wen-Chi: Audiobook recording, Selenomelanin producer
  • Chen, Yu-Xuan: Audiobook recording, Selenomelanin producer, Presenter
  • Wang, Ching-Ya: Fortnightly writer, Wiki artist, Selenocysteine producer
  • Chuang, Yung-An: Selenocysteine producer, Wiki editor
  • Cheng, Yuan-Fang: Dry leader, Model constructor, Wiki editor
  • Chen, Yu-Chuan: Wiki editor, Talk show host, Presenter, ARS host, Workshop host
  • Chuan, Wen-Rui: Hardware developer, Fortnightly writer, Wiki artist
  • Liu, Han-Ting: Hardware developer
  • Chang, Tsung-Wei: Model constructor, Talk show host
  • Hsiao, Yu-Hsuan: HP leader, Software developer, in charge of Entrepreneurship, Main contact person, Promotion video script writing, Wiki artist, Presenter

Principal Investigators

Dr. I-Son Ng

  • Provided advice and insight on the project
  • Provided lab space, materials, and equipment
  • Provided mentorship
  • Provided advice on presentation, safety form
  • Provided valuable insights on the realization of mathematical representations and experiments design

Dr. Han-Ching Wang

  • Provided advice and insight on the project
  • Provided lab space, materials, and equipment
  • Provided mentorship
  • Provided advice on presentation and safety form
  • Provided advice on human practices

Dr. Masayuki Hashimoto

  • Provided advice and insight on the project
  • Provided lab space, materials and equipment
  • Provided mentorship
  • Provided advice on presentation and safety form

Dr. Yang Yi

  • Provided advice and insight on the project
  • Provided materials and equipment
  • Provided mentorship

Leslie Y-P Tsai

  • Provided advice and insight on the project
  • Provided advice on human practices and entrepreneurship
  • Provided mentorship
  • Provided space for workshop and discussion

Advisors

  • Cheng, Shu-Wen: Wet advisor (selenocysteine produce)
  • Hu, Ruei-En: Wet advisor (selenomelanin produce)
  • Lin, Yu-Chieh: Wet advisor (selenomelanin produce), Part design (pSB4KI-PTrc-melA, pET28a-melA, pSUI-PTrc-melA-B0015, pSB4KI-PTrc-melA-B0015, pSUI-PTrc-melA-B0015, pSUI-PTrc-melA(T-rich)-B0015)
  • Wang, Jian-Ci: Wet advisor (selenocysteine produce)
  • Novennus Liong: Dry advisor (hardware, software, wiki)

General Support

  • Su, Huey-Jen, president of National Cheng Kung University
  • Su, Fong-Chin, vice president of National Cheng Kung University
  • Chen, Yuh-Neu, vice president of National Cheng Kung University
  • Lee, Ching-Chang, vice president of National Cheng Kung University

Financial Support

National Cheng Kung University

Special Thanks

  • 2019 & 2021 NCKU Tainan iGEMers provided mentorship and helped with troubleshooting.
  • Dr. Yi-Min Chen, Professor of Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, NCKU, gave us feedback and consultation for our hardware device, provided HLB solid phase extraction operation, and also advice about our protocol for selenocysteine synthesis in vitro pathway.
  • Dr. Kuan-Ren Chen, Professor of Department of Physics, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our hardware device.
  • Dr. Ching-Gong Lin, Associate Professor of Department of Cosmetic Science, CNU, provided us feedback on our hardware device.
  • Dr. Clay C. C. Wang, Professor of Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC, shared his space biological experiment experience and provided suggestions on our project.
  • Dr. Chia-Hsien Hsu, Investigator lnstitute of Biomedical Engineering & Nanomedicine, NHRI, guided and advised us in both the design and fabrication of our microfluidic suspension drop chip, and provided feedbacks and suggestions on the combination of our UV test.
  • Dr. Didem Rodoplu, Post-doctoral Researcher of lnstitute of Biomedical Engineering & Nanomedicine, NHRI, discussed with us the feasibility of microfluidic suspension drop chips and the 3D cell culture status.
  • Dr. Wei-Chen Tu, Associate Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our hardware device.
  • Dr. Chih-Hsun Lin, Senior Research Scientist of lnstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, provided feedback and suggestions on space radiation experiments.
  • Gran Systems provided the latest information on the space industry.
  • Dr. Thou-Jen Whang, Professor of Department of Chemistry, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our project.
  • Dr. Bing-Jing Li, Associate Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our project.
  • Dr. Yuh-Lang Lee, Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our project.
  • Dr. Chih-Yu Chiang, Post-doctoral Researcher of lnstitute of Space and Plasma Science, NCKU, let us understand the plasma environment and took us on a tour of the second largest Space Plasma Operation Chamber in Asia.
  • Dr. Chi-Kuang Chao, Professor of Department of Space Science and Engineering, NCU, gave feedback and consultation for our project and shared with us his experience of space engineering experiments.
  • Dr. Shu-Hui Chen, Professor of Department of Chemistry, NCKU, provided opinions and advice on selenomelanin production and the whole project.
  • Dr. Chyuan-Chuan Wu, Assistant Professor of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, NCKU, provided information about amino acid purification methods.
  • Dr. Hsien-Hung Wei, Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU, discussed with us about modeling cell aggregation in the microfluidic chip.
  • Dr. Yi-Je Juang, Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and suggestions on different microfluidic chip fabrication methods and future optimization.
  • Song-Yu Lu, Research Student of Department of Engineering Science, NCKU, provided us feedback and suggestions on the medium exchange model.
  • Dr. Szu-I Yeh, Professor of Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, NCKU, provided feedback and suggestions on our microfluidic chip.
  • Dr. Tian-Shiang Yang, Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and suggestions on our hardware device and modeling work.
  • Kuan-Yi Kuo, Research Student of Department of Material Science and Engineering, NCKU, provided mentorship and suggestions for our models, software and troubleshooting
  • Abraham Tan, Research Student of Department of Physics, NCKU, provided feedback and suggestions on microgravity simulation of clinostat
  • Chuan-Jie Xiang, Research Student of Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU, provided feedback and suggestions on Taguchi methods.
  • Dr. Ying-Lan Chen, Professor of Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, NCKU, provided bench-top freeze dryer for selenocysteine synthesis tRNA pathway.
  • Dr. Tzung-Fang Guo, Professor of Department of Photonics, NCKU, provided feedback and consultation for our hardware device.
  • Yang-Ming Tsai, promotion video primary producer and director, Animation producer
Team
PI
Adivisors
General Support
Financial Support
Special Thanks