Overview
To us, iGEM is not only a competition but also an
opportunity to communicate,cooperate and learn with other iGEMers.
This year,NWU-CHINA-A actively communicated with several teams to
help solve the problems of each other and build a good relationship
with these teams.
NPU-CHINA
https://2022.igem.wiki/npu-china/collaborations
Logo of NPU-CHINA
The 4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup
Our team hosted Northwestern China iGEM Meetup in
July. We invited them and received an enthusiastic response.This was
our first official meeting.
Photos of the NPU-CHINA
NPU-CHINA's presentation
Joint activities
During the free discussion at the Northwestern
China iGEM Meetup, we discussed with NPU-CHINA that we could host
some off-line activities related to synthetic biology and iGEM in
both schools because of our geographical advantage. In September, we hosted
hyperspace-time post office and charity sale with NPU-CHINA,
XJTU-China.
You can click there to know more about this.These two activities stimulated students ' interest in synthetic
biology and iGEM, and led the competition to a broader
platform.
NPU-CHINA's event photo
Our contribution for northwestern of China
This year our team proposed to supplement the northwestern part library, which is a gene
library jointly constructed by iGEMers from Shaanxi. NPU-CHINA was
willing to join in this work.You can click there to know more about this.
LZU-CHINA
https://2022.igem.wiki/lzu-china/collaborationss
Logo of LZU-CHINA
The 4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup
LZU-CHINA attended the 3rd Northwestern China iGEM Meetup hosted by us last year, and we
still invited them this year. They
were
also very
glad
to receive our invitation and looked
forward to further cooperation with us.
LZU-CHINA's presentation
The GUT ALLIANCE
After
the 4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup, we learned that LZU-CHINA 's project this year
was
also related to the intestine, so we launched a heated discussion online. Although we
were in two places, but this did not affect our enthusiasm. LZU-CHINA proposed that we could called together several teams who did intestinal related aspects this year to set up an organization to facilitate our communication and brainstorming to solve problems. So NWU-CHINA-A established the GUT ALLIANCE , and LZU-CHINA became one of them.You can click
You can click there to know more about this.
Modeling Exchange Conference
Due to the lack of students who
we
re good at mathematical models in our team this year, our modeling had
always been very weak. When we learned that LZU-CHINA had a digital module majoring in modeling, we asked them for help. On August 8, we held an online exchange meeting with
members of the LZU-CHINA mathematical modeling group.
According to the project content, we explained the
modeling direction to the two modeling students of LZU-CHINA and
discussed the feasibility of modeling.LZU-CHINA
’s
students suggested that we should look for a large number of relevant
literature, reference modeling method. They also shared their
references and a book on mathematical modeling - An introduction to
systems biology. This helped us a lot in modeling.
Meeting photos
iGEM Hangzhou Low Carbon Museum
In August, LZU-CHINA invited us to participate in the iGEM triple team ( LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD,
WS _ HZBIOX ) held a science popularization activity for children in
Hangzhou Low Carbon Science and Technology Museum.In this special project, we gave a brief description of synthetic biology and our project this year to children , and gained a good response.You can click
there to know more about this.
Activity photos
HS_China
https://2022.igem.wiki/hs-china/collaborations
Logo of HS_China
Zhu Junjie, the captain of HS _ China this year, is
the captain of our team in 2019 and the advisor of our team in 2020
/ 2021.He has made great contributions to the growth of our team.
Knowing that he was the captain of HS _ China this year, we looked
forward to working together at the beginning of the project.
First encounter
In the 4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup, we
invited Zhu Junjie as a guest to share his experience and
suggestions. At the meet up, he learned that our project was also
related to the intestine, and the team he led this year, HS _ China,
mainly used intestinal flora to treat lactose intolerance. So he
suggested that we could call for several teams this year to do
intestinal related aspects to set up an organization. So NWU-CHINA-A
established the
GUT ALLIANCE
, and HS _ China became one of them.
The GUT ALLIANCE
After the establishment of the
GUT ALLIANCE
, in order to popularize intestinal knowledge to
the public and help them establish the concept of protecting
intestinal health. NWU-CHINA-A, as the organizer, together with
HS_china, LZU-CHINA, WS-HZBIOX and NEU-CHINA, held a popular science
lecture on intestinal knowledge.
You can click there to know more about this.
Suicide switch
Although our chassis for this year 's project was probiotic, we still considered the issue
of bacterial leaks and came up with the idea of using a suicide switch.
Initially we wanted to use CRISPR-Cas9 technology to design a
blue-light-activated suicide switch, but because we were going to design
a portable intestinal microbleeds detector this year, this suicide
switch would not be suitable. In the exchange with HS _ China, they
suggested that we opt for another easy suicide switch, the knockout of
the dapA gene fragment from the EcN chromosome.You can click there to know more about this.
HZAU -China
https://2022.igem.wiki/hzau-china/collaborations
Logo of HZAU-China
Intestinal iGEMers Service Platform
During
CCiC, we learned that HZAU-China 's project this year was also related to probiotics, so we
invited them after we established the GUT ALLIANCE. During this period, HZAU-China
and NWU-CHINA-A
teamed up with other teams to set up the intestinal iGEMers service platform, which serves
as a medium for collecting problems in project experiments and
facilitates the iGEM teams doing intestinal-related projects this year
and in the future to solve problems. You can click there to know more about this.
Probiotics national policy
In the process of communicating with HZAU-China, they suggested that we check the national
laws and regulations related to probiotics, so that the whole project
could take into account more comprehensive issues. You can click there to know more about this.
SZPT-CHINA
https://2022.igem.wiki/szpt-china/collaborations
Logo of SZPT-CHINA
SZPT-CHINA is our partner for many years, and we maintain a close cooperative relationship
every year. This year, we h
ad
deep cooperation in experiment, human practice, education and so on. You can click
here for more information about our
collaboration
.
XJTU-China
https://2022.igem.wiki/xjtu-china/collaborations
Logo of XJTU-China
Because we
were
the first two teams to participate in iGEM in Shaanxi, China, the annual in-depth
cooperation
was
the tradition followed by each of our teams. In July 2022, we hosted the 4th Northwestern
China iGEM Meetup
.It was
our first encounter. Since the
meetup
, we began to communicate frequently. We helped them conceive the event, they also gave us
expression vectors,
o
ur two teams also
exchanged
each other this year 's souvenirs.You can click
there for more information about our collaboration.
It was encouragement and help between us that allowed us to make great
progress.Thanksvery much to every team.