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    <p>Since firstly taking part in iGEM in 2007, Peking iGEM has the tradition communicating with other teams in China. This activity strengthens Peking iGEM Team’ understanding of synthetic biology as well as this competition, deepens friendship with other teams, widens views towards the advanced fields of model biology.
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            <p>Peking iGEM Club was established in 2007 right after the born of Peking iGEM Team. As an academic society, Peking iGEM Club aims on developing academic ability of students, especially undergraduates. Education based on research is the main purpose of Peking iGEM Club, which is being accomplished by a variety of activities including academic lectures, experiments training, and journal clubs.</p>
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            <p>After several years’ development, Peking iGEM Club has been the talent resources of iGEM team. Most team members of Peking iGEM are also members of Peking iGEM Club. After iGEM Jamboree in November, Peking iGEM Club will hold several discussions reviewing this year’s competition, studying those fantastic ideas sparkling from students all over the world. Then, anyone who is interested in Wet Lab could take part in experiments training given by former experienced team members. Through these activities, iGEM team members could transfer their ideas into characteristic plans. To a greater extent, previous academic training can sow the seed of basic rules inside those who have just stepped in to academic world. Many former iGEM Club members now are still in the academia and doing research on advanced topics. iGEM Club is the first step they took in their academic life. Though iGEM Club is just in its infantile time, it gives an applied example transferring common students into professional researchers.</p>
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    <p>In later August, Peking iGEM 2014 visited several universities in China and paricipated in the First Central China iGEMers’ Meet Up.(Figure 1) And some universities went to us with their ideas and questions. During the trip, we visited SJTU, ZJU, and USTC. To these teams, we introduced our project “Ranger amongst Enemies”, especially introduced the modelling part.</p>
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            <p>iGEM Club is an academic society welcoming students from all majors. We believe that iGEM is far more than biology, even more than transitionally called sciences. Club members now include undergraduates studying in liberal arts like social science and history.</p>
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            <p>26th~27th, Sept, 2014, Peking iGEM Club recruited many new members. During this period, team members of Peking iGEM 2014 along with some volunteers were promoting iGEM and Synthetic biology to the whole campus. Next Peking iGEM Team will born from these new members just as those former ones.</p>
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    <p>19th, August, we arrived at ZJU (Zhejiang University). On the meeting, biosafety was the main topic. ZJU was doing experiments on <i>E.col</i>i genome, so they were seeking a comprehensive plan preventing leakage of modified gene. While we used an algae toxin Microcystin(MC) in our experiments, biosafety is a serious concern to us. Instrutor of ZJU iGEM was invited to join their discussion. (Figure 2)</p>
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            <p>Before the recruitment activity, we have done much to propaganda both iGEM Club and synthetic biology. A public page was further constructed(Named Peking University iGEM http://page.renren.com/601444914）in www.renren.com, an SNS with almost 300 million registered users.During the 2-day recruitment, hundreds of undergraduates and graduates came to our booth asking information about iGEM and synthetic biology.(Figure 2&3)</p>
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    <p>Next day, our team leaved for SJTU(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) in Shanghai. During this visit, undergraduates and instructors from Bio-X Center, just like our iGEM Club, introduced their project and iGEM Club. We made the consensus that it is probably better treating biology subject as a whole rather than divided it into many isolated topics. In feedback, a member from SJTU also joined our group discussion afterwards.(Figure 3)</p>
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    <p>USTC(University of Science and Techology of China) was the next school we visited. (Figure 4) 21st, August, we arrived at USTC in Hefei, Anhui Province. USTC Software provided us with their experiences of building biology softwares. And the possibility of establishing Peking Software iGEM Team was discussed.</p>
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    <p>Later, we participated in the First Central China iGEMers’ Meet Up in Wuhan with other ten teams. (Figure 4) Former iGEMer of Peking iGEM ZHANG Haoqian also showed up as a speaker and made a lecture. On this meet up, iGEMers summarized developing procedure of China iGEM teams. More than the presentations of each teams’ project, the future of synthetic biology in China was discussed actively.</p>
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    <p>What’s more, we provided BIT some experiment equipment in assistance of their projects and gave constructive suggestions on modeling to Beijing Normal University. Beijing Normal University firstly joined in iGEM competition, and they made a visit to us in later Sepetmber. We held a discussion and binding experiments, as an important improvement in our project, caught much attention. (Figure 5、6)</p>
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            <p>Some of them showed huge passion about future iGEM Competition and were willing to be a team member of future Peking iGEM team.Some students had heard about iGEM before but didn’t know what it really is. Therefore, we team members introduced what the competition is, what we did in labs everyday, and what we planned to accomplish.</p>
 
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    <p>Cross membrane protein INP was used as the scaffold of surface display system in two teams’ experiments. We compared displaying efficiency between INP and its variants including INPN, INPC. Peking iGEM 2014 helped them standardizing a BioBrick BBa_K1405002. As for microbes motility is another shared point in our projects, how to establish a proper model became the same concern.WANG Chenggong introduced Peking’s models, from the insight to the methods, and analysis results. Binding model was explained in detail. Later, they discussed Beijing Normal University’s project and WANG Chenggong gave some suggestions on constructing  a dynamic model of <i>E.coli</i> and peanut root system, which quantitatively simulates the process of engineered organism moving.</p>
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            <p>Synthetic biology is a newborn subject. Many students (even they are majoring in life sciences) don't know it, neither do a large proportion of teachers. However, synthetic biology gives us a new way looking at this world. First time we can design organisms with specific aims rather than screening desired ones from numerous candidates like Mendel (Austrian geneticist, 1822~1884) did with his peas. What's more, synthetic biology provides a platform not only for biology, but also for physics, chemistry, and computer sciences. Synthetic biology is more like a highly merged topic instead of those specific ones, questing for all kinds of skills.</p>
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    <p>For instance, Peking iGEM and OUC-China had pleasant communication experience in the past years. This time, we both used holin/endolysin system as an induction suicide system, we discussed experiment protocols and results for weeks. Peking iGEM later provided these two genes with their primers to OUC-China due to the difference between the genes we used. Also, OUC-China sent their gas vesicle plasmids to us and did a confirming test.</p>
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            <p>Peking iGEM Club welcomes student from all majors and every undergraduate can find his position here. We have a strong interest in promoting synthetic biology to the campus, even outside campus. We are willing to use ideas from synthetic biology and advanced technologies solving practical problems.</p>
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            <p>Building the link between labs and society is also an important mission for Peking iGEM Club. Every club member wants his work be understood by the world outside labs. In which way and to  what extent can citizens accept synthetic biology as a tool improving daily life nor a weapon threatening the world is the main problem in front of us. From iGEM competition, hundreds of shining ideas jumped out from undergraduates’ idea, some of them even have been put into application. Sadly, many great ideas are forgotten due to lack of acknowledgements. Peking iGEM has been building the bridge connecting lab and society, encouraging more and more people know that this world could be better with the help of synthetic biology. And we are transmitting the information that under appropriate supervision synthetic biology won’t be a harmful item.</p>
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Goals

Since firstly taking part in iGEM in 2007, Peking iGEM has the tradition communicating with other teams in China. This activity strengthens Peking iGEM Team’ understanding of synthetic biology as well as this competition, deepens friendship with other teams, widens views towards the advanced fields of model biology.

During this summer, Peking iGEM 2014 kept this tradition for the following purposes:

a. communicating experiments and modelling with other teams.

b. Investigating how synthetic biology as well as iGEM Competition spread in China.

c. Spreading the knowledge of algal bloom and promoting our project.

Trip

In later August, Peking iGEM 2014 visited several universities in China and paricipated in the First Central China iGEMers’ Meet Up.(Figure 1) And some universities went to us with their ideas and questions. During the trip, we visited SJTU, ZJU, and USTC. To these teams, we introduced our project “Ranger amongst Enemies”, especially introduced the modelling part.

Figure 1： WANG Chenggong was explaining our project in the Central China iGEM Meet Up

Zhejiang University

19th, August, we arrived at ZJU (Zhejiang University). On the meeting, biosafety was the main topic. ZJU was doing experiments on E.coli genome, so they were seeking a comprehensive plan preventing leakage of modified gene. While we used an algae toxin Microcystin(MC) in our experiments, biosafety is a serious concern to us. Instrutor of ZJU iGEM was invited to join their discussion. (Figure 2)

Figure 2: Group photo with iGEMers from ZJU

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Next day, our team leaved for SJTU(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) in Shanghai. During this visit, undergraduates and instructors from Bio-X Center, just like our iGEM Club, introduced their project and iGEM Club. We made the consensus that it is probably better treating biology subject as a whole rather than divided it into many isolated topics. In feedback, a member from SJTU also joined our group discussion afterwards.(Figure 3)

Figure 3: LIU Jialing(right end of the first row), iGEMer from SJTU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), joined our group meeting.

University of Science and Technology of China

USTC(University of Science and Techology of China) was the next school we visited. (Figure 4) 21st, August, we arrived at USTC in Hefei, Anhui Province. USTC Software provided us with their experiences of building biology softwares. And the possibility of establishing Peking Software iGEM Team was discussed.

Figure 4: LIU Shiyu was discussing project design with iGEMers in USTC (University of Science and Technology of China)

The First Central China iGEMers’ Meet Up

Later, we participated in the First Central China iGEMers’ Meet Up in Wuhan with other ten teams. (Figure 4) Former iGEMer of Peking iGEM ZHANG Haoqian also showed up as a speaker and made a lecture. On this meet up, iGEMers summarized developing procedure of China iGEM teams. More than the presentations of each teams’ project, the future of synthetic biology in China was discussed actively.

Helping Others

What’s more, we provided BIT some experiment equipment in assistance of their projects and gave constructive suggestions on modeling to Beijing Normal University. Beijing Normal University firstly joined in iGEM competition, and they made a visit to us in later Sepetmber. We held a discussion and binding experiments, as an important improvement in our project, caught much attention. (Figure 5、6)

Figure 5: Binding group and some members from Beijing Normal University iGEM Team.
Figure 6: WANG Chenggong was discussing model with some members from Beijing Normal University iGEM.

Cross membrane protein INP was used as the scaffold of surface display system in two teams’ experiments. We compared displaying efficiency between INP and its variants including INPN, INPC. Peking iGEM 2014 helped them standardizing a BioBrick BBa_K1405002. As for microbes motility is another shared point in our projects, how to establish a proper model became the same concern.WANG Chenggong introduced Peking’s models, from the insight to the methods, and analysis results. Binding model was explained in detail. Later, they discussed Beijing Normal University’s project and WANG Chenggong gave some suggestions on constructing a dynamic model of E.coli and peanut root system, which quantitatively simulates the process of engineered organism moving.

Team communication is an undeletable part of human practice. Tens of Meet Ups were held before the Giant Jamboree around the world. By communicating, teams exchange their ideas and problems.

For instance, Peking iGEM and OUC-China had pleasant communication experience in the past years. This time, we both used holin/endolysin system as an induction suicide system, we discussed experiment protocols and results for weeks. Peking iGEM later provided these two genes with their primers to OUC-China due to the difference between the genes we used. Also, OUC-China sent their gas vesicle plasmids to us and did a confirming test.

Some fresh iGEM teams received Peking’s assistance included advice on modeling, providing experiments equipment, and constructing a standardized BioBrick (BBa_K1405002).

It is 7 years after iGEM Competition was introduced to China. More and more universities even high schools established their iGEM teams. Synthetic biology as a novel tool has been improving our life, many ideas from iGEMers came into application. It is undeniable that team communication did a lot for this. China iGEM teams have been working together to promoting synthetic biology and iGEM Competition. Education based on research impelled passion from young undergraduates, some of them would surely become specialist in some areas. Peking iGEM believes that team communication is a key assay enhancing synthetic biology development.

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