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　Sunnymorning Organic Farm is located on the boundary of Hsinchu and Miaoli in Taiwan, about a 40 minute distance from NCTU. "Due to the diversity of crops in the farm, hundreds of moths are attracted to the opening flashlight during summer evening", said the owner, amusingly. Thus, they are struggling hard by harmful insect problems. Because traditional organic farming methods do not allow using any pesticides, which will eventually harm the soil, they have developed many kinds of methods to reduce the number of harmful insects in their farm.

　They introduced many common insect-capturing tools to us, such as adhesive tool for catching moths and flies, also Full-net pheromone insect-capturing tools, etc. In addition, they also provided many treasured comments and advices for us to improve our project and device. This led a deeper consideration of our future testings and the problems we might encounter with the potential use of our device.

　We appreciate Sunnymorning organic farm with huge gratitude, for they are willing to help us out on testing our device, along with capturing our target female moths, which is a very critical portion of our project, and also letting us evaluate the number of female moths needed in order to test the basic effects of our PBAN. We gained a lot afte cooperation with Sunnymorning. First of all, we began overwhelming with our project and with the process during capture. Second, we were got the advices and enthusiasm from farmer. Most importantly, we took a great leap forward and had accomplished some of the most significant progress in our project!

NCHU-Visit

Dinning Together in Feng Wu

Experience Sharing of Capturing Bloodsucking Flies in The Farm:
　Dr. Tzeng told us livestock farmers used to borrow insect light traps from them to capture Bloodsucking Flies. To our surprise, light traps can capture even thousands of insects in just one night. Additionally, they also had some cooperation program with livestock farmers. At that time, they used many interesting approaches, such as altering light's color and intensity, to test the behavior of Bloodsucking Flies. This experience sharing provided us with some basic methods in testing insect behavior.

Discussion about Ecological Equilibrium Problem of Our Project：
　Since ecological equilibrium might become the main issue that we will face in our project, Dr. Tzeng mentioned a fundamental question of why human kept on farming. Dr. Tzeng highlighted the importance of human survival, which is a special view point. Although farming is harmful to our environment, we should not regard the destruction of environment as a problem. Instead, we have to keep planting crop in order to produce enough food to survive.

Experience Sharing of Dengue Fever Prevention and Control：
　Dr. Tzeng shared the interesting experience of his presentation about Dengue fever Prevention and introduced the two main kinds of Dengue fever mosquito media. One is Aedes albopictus and the other is aedes aegypti.

Fig.1-2-1 Entrance of NCHU university.

Fig.1-2-2 Dr. Tzeng's Lab of Entomology.

Explained the Real Function of the Mosquito's PBAN：
　 The mosquito's PBAN is for developing wings. When the PBAN regulates hormones to induce cell apoptosis, the dead cells of wings will help the maturation of wings. This is another function of PBAN we learned.

A Glimpse at the Mosquito Breeding Cage and Insect Light Trap ：
　We took a look at Culex pipiens molestus (the underground house mosquito) breeding cage, and also learned the behavior of many kinds of mosquito. This mosquito breeding cage inspired us many new ideas about our insects testing box. In fact, we consulted the same concept of mosquito breeding cage to test our PBAN effect simply.

Fig.1-2-3 This was the testing box which was filled with mosquitos.

Fig.1-2-4 The box has a special design which allows us inserting hands to touch the mosquitos.

Further Discussion about Our Project：

Fig.1-2-5 further discussion and experience exchanging with each other.

　Dr. Tzeng have enthusiasm on discussing our project. To prevent any problem from happening, Dr. Tzeng and we inspected all the probability which may cause our project failed such as PBAN degradation in insects’ intestine (whether we have to use little thuricide to cause some holes on insects’ intestine to make it absorb our PBAN easily) and the restriction of our project (we have to capture the first “female” insect in our device, and proves that our project can actually work.). In the discussing process, we again encounters another problems, and obtain many suggestions from Dr. Tzeng as well. We hoped we can overcome all the problems, and improve our project.

　In briefly conclusion, our team and Dr. Tzeng had deep discussion in this visit. Not only experience sharing but also project inspection that made us learn so much and obtains many new ideas which let us realize how to make use of our project to achieve the best result.

More photos here: Google Drive

Wang Lai Farm & Eighteen Peaks Mountain

　We visited the Weng Lai Farm to prepare moths for our experiment. The farm owner not only instructed us a suitable place but also showed us how his farm deal with the moth. Nowadays, they used a device with blue light to attract the moths. Besides, it is equipped with a fan for sweeping the insects into the device. We are inspired by those ideas and utilize it to improve our device.

　In order to test the efficiency of our insect capturing device, we also went to Eighteen Peaks Mountain near our school. We put several bottles with sugar solution and the blue bulbs to attract the insect. One night over, we caught full of insects and moths. It's a great success.

Fund Raising

Even with the funding support by our school, iGEM is still an economically taxing project. With our many spendings on materials for our device developing and testing, we need to find sponsorship. We planned reach out to several corporations and propose our project. We went to our alumni association for contact information of alumni founded enterprises.

Due to privacy concerns, we were not granted this information. However, our team member Rachel, who proposed to the alumni association and met with the CEO, was invited to an alumni dinner meeting. She was given a five minute timeslot onstage to explain the iGEM competition, the workings of our team, and how we need their support. This immediately drew the interest of the many successful entrepreneurs who graduated from NCTU. We successfully raised five hundred thousand NT dollars that night, right at the venue.

We also received emails showing giving encouragement and support to our team from many alumni who went on to tell more alumni who were not present about iGEM and us. It is this spirit of always helping out one of our own that established NCTU’s excellence. We cannot be more thankful to their help. There are also several other corporations that we are still communicating with. The whole experience really allowed us to get in touch with the real world and society.

Team Exchange

Conference

Fig.2-1-1 This was the happy ending of our igem conference.

Fig.2-1-2 We shared our project with other teams.

We hosted the 2^nd iGEM Conference from August 3^th to August 7^th at the NCTU. More than 20 research teams were invited this year. Since this was the second time for us to host the Conference, how to make it better and more intriguing than the previous one had proved to be a great challenge and novel experience for all members of the NCTU_Formosa Team (2014).

Fig.2-1-3
Chewing over the agenda.

Although we had encountered many problems at the beginning, we were extremely grateful that all the difficulties could be overcome with the assistance from our instructors and the team members of the NCTU_Formosa (2013).

We were more than delighted to see the iGEM 2014 turned out to be a wonderful and successful conference in that the whole meeting went smoothly, and more details and trivialities could be well taken care of throughout each individual section.

Fig.2-1-4 Presentation of our device.

As a warm-up Asian Jamboree, the Conference set up a stage for each team to present their projects and posters for exchanging research ideas, sharing experiences, or acknowledging difficulties that all delegates have encountered.

Fig.2-1-5 Discussion of our device.

We were not only grateful to acquire all the feedbacks and advices on our project, but were also deeply intrigued and impressed by the projects carried out by the other teams. Their endeavors and methods were indeed very inspiring that have helped us to generate more research ideas, and to raise the possibilities for collaborations with other teams.

Fig.2-1-6 Taiwanese banquet.

In addition to the scientific sections, we also arranged several social events, including a welcome party, one-day trip in Taipei, and a roadside banquet as the farewell party. We believed the traditional Taiwanese cuisines and unique foods of night markets might be the most effective vehicle to make friends and strengthen our relationships with the delegates from abroad. Despite being exhausted in planning and hosting all these events, we hoped that all delegates felt entertained and welcomed.

Fig.2-1-7 One-day trip in National Palace Museum.

Thanks to all the members of the iGEM, the Conference not only provided us with the opportunity to promote our project, but also created a valuable experience or ‘collective memory’ that may bind all iGEMers together in the forthcoming years.

Video Conferencing with Xiamen University

Fig.2-2-1 Video conference with XMU.

We had a video conferencing with the iGEM team of Xiamen University, China, in May. As both teams just started their own research projects at that time, the main topics of this video conferencing only consisted of a brief description or introduction of the protocols for each other’s project, how the research team was established and organized. According to this short conferencing, we knew the Xiamen team mainly consists of sophomores or juniors, whereas they were surprised to learn that almost 90% of our team members are freshmen.

See more photos here: Google Drive

MDHS-Conference

Fig.2-3-1 It was the turn our team to present our own project.

We invited Mingdao High school iGEM team to exchange ideas with us. We also held a pizza party to enhance more fun in this event.

We asked Mingdao high school to give a brief introduction to their project－Odor Let It Die. It’s really an interesting and creative idea. Although they are just high school students, their English presenters clearly explained what problems they want to solve. In the discussion section, we gave them several feedback and suggestions to perfect their project.

As for our presenting section, we successfully caught their eyes with our creative project－Operation Debug, which is to attract pests in the farm with PBAN.

Fig.2-3-2 After the presentation, we invite the students of MDHS to visit our laboratory.

As for our presenting section, we successfully caught their eyes with our creative project－Operation Debug, which is to attract pests in the farm with PBAN. After our amazing presentation, we believed they not only learned more knowledge about synthetic biology but also impressed by the future development potential of this field.

Because some high school students are pretty curious about our laboratory, so we guided them to pay a visit to lab at the end of this event. We introduce the equipment we usually use in the process of DNA synthesis.

More photos here: Google Drive

Investigator X iGEM

Fig.2-4-1 NCTU_Formosa with Investigator X iGEM.

We went to China Medical University(CMU) to attend a forum which named "Investigator X iGEM" on October forth. In purpose of introducing iGEM to people in CMU and sharing our project with other iGEM teams in Taiwan as well. In this forum, we not only presented our project to NTU, NYMU and MDHS iGEM teams but also discussed with them. People who worked in Investigator were very surprised at our presentation. Through this forum, We not only got many good ideas about our project but were also glad to have a chance to introduce our project to more and more people.

See more photos here: Google Drive

Modeling Assisting TCU Taiwan iGEM Team

Fig.2-5-1 Skype with TCU Taiwan iGEM team members.

Best Team Friend: TCU Taiwan
　　It's our greatest honor to help TCU Taiwan iGEM Team in modeling. Thank TCU Taiwan for giving this opportunity. We all were very glad share our experience with you all.

iGEM Advertising

Biocamp

Fig.3-1-1
Biocamp in NCTU.

Fig.3-1-3
Biocamp in NCTU.

Fig.3-1-2
Biocamp in NCTU.

In the summer, our department held a bio-camp. We spent a morning teaching them what synthetic biology is and introducing iGEM to them. In the beginning, I thought they might fall asleep during our lecture, but it was totally different to what I thought. All of them were fascinated by the idea of using enzymes and different assemblies of biobricks to create new functions, and interacted enthusiastically with us. For high school students, it is hard to imagine how scientists transfer genes into bacteria and plants. So we used some easy ways to explain how we do those jobs and we also designed some games to help them learn the basics of biobrick assembly. After this class, I think they gained a deeper understanding of synthetic biology. Hopefully through our iGEM introduction, they are inspired to become future iGEMers or even synthetic biologists.

See more photos here: Google Drive

NTHU Green Market-Visition

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NTHU Green Market-visition.

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NTHU Green Market-visition.

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NTHU Green Market-visition.

To further understand the real practicability of our device, we visited the Green Market in NTHU this summer. We had a good time interviewing with organic agriculture farmers. Through the interview, we could assess the feasibility of future development of our project as well. What's more, we designed questionnaires for farmers in green market in NTHU. The questionnaires were to publicize how our device works and we also learn from their advice.

　　After we visited the green market, we knew that pest plague is surely a big problem for them, especially for those who grow fruits and vegetables.

In the end, we came to few conclusions :

I. Analysis

After a whole day of investigation, we listed 4 main problems required to be solved before our device hits the market:
1. Cost
　　Pest traps are actually pretty low at price on the market. If we still use acrylic material, the entire device might not be as economical as we had predicted. Farmers suggested us switching to another kind of material such as PET or PP that are easier to make this device more competitive on the market.
2. Technical Training
　　The working theory of our device is similar to pheromone traps.However, not every farmer has related experience. It’s necessary to simplify the steps to operate device.
3. Safety of Genetically Modified Products
　　Although we are not growing GMO, some farmers still can’t hold a positive attitude toward our device since they reluctant to touch anything about gene modifying technique. So it’s not for sure whether our device would be accepted by the market in the future.
4. Efficiency
　　Wonderful as the idea may seem, our device still has to be more powerful than other pest traps on the market.

II. Achievements

　　One of the farmers indicated willingness to provide us with the targeted insects. Also many welcome us to test our device efficiency on their farmlands. For them, as long as our device does not contain any hazard pesticide or harm the environment, our project would be another good choice for them to solve pest plague.

More photos here: Google Drive

SNU-Visit

Fig.3-3-1
Welcome Seoul National University!

Fig.3-3-3
Welcome Seoul National University!

Fig.3-3-2
Welcome Seoul National University!

Few weeks after the iGEM conference, some researchers of the Seoul National University came to visit us at the NCTU. We delivered a short presentation of our project and showed them our lab settings. As they have not yet established an iGEM team, they appeared intrigued by our demonstrations and were very keen to set up a team next year. Therefore, we made a further introduction of synthetic biology to them, and shared them with our experiences in establishing an iGEM team.

More photos here: Google Drive

Team:NCTU Formosa/human practice

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Contents

Field Trip and Industry Collaboration

Cooperation with Sunnymorning Organic Farm

NCHU-Visit

Wang Lai Farm & Eighteen Peaks Mountain

Fund Raising

Team Exchange

Conference

Video Conferencing with Xiamen University

MDHS-Conference

Investigator X iGEM

Modeling Assisting TCU Taiwan iGEM Team

iGEM Advertising

Biocamp

NTHU Green Market-Visition

I. Analysis

II. Achievements

SNU-Visit

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+===Field Trip and Industry Collaboration===
+====Cooperation with Sunnymorning Organic Farm====
-===i-Culture Popularization===
+<div>
-To achieve our application and realize the practical value of applying it into agriculture, we asked the professors who major in tissue culture to help us, testing and evaluating our device.In order to improve our E.colightuner to secrete hormones more effectively,  We investigated the situation and the problems they encounter during the tissue culture processes. After a period of time in conducting experiments, we can actually raise more calluses to test whether or not our device can actually realize the improvements and adjustments we have made to achieve a better result.
-We succeeded in tissue culture learning and we want to promote our technique, therefore we recruited students in NCTU who wanted to experience how to raise tissue culture with our team. First, we introduced them our E.colightuner, a new system that we could easily get what we want by controlling light and temperature. Second, we talked more about synthetic biology in order to stimulate their interest in iGEM. We hoped that they can join us to be the new iGEMers next year. Eventually, they brought back their fruitful results as souvenirs and left them a great experience.
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:Cooperate with sunnymorning.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fig.1-1-1 <br>The owner of Sunnymorning Organic Farm helped us catch our target insects.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right20">
-Besides that, we are also working hard on completing our device, by modeling our project. We are able to successfully utilize computers to analyze the data and build up a model so that we can predict the result of our whole system. By using this modeling, our E.colightuner can maximum exert its function and  secrete a suitable concentration of hormones we want.
+<p>　Sunnymorning Organic Farm is located on the boundary of Hsinchu and Miaoli in Taiwan, about a 40 minute distance from NCTU. "Due to the diversity of crops in the farm, hundreds of moths are attracted to the opening flashlight during summer evening", said the owner, amusingly. Thus, they are struggling hard by harmful insect problems. Because traditional organic farming methods do not allow using any pesticides, which will eventually harm the soil, they have developed many kinds of methods to reduce the number of harmful insects in their farm.</p>
+</div>
-[[File:NCTU_tissue_culture.JPG  |center|800px|Figure 6. Culturing tissue in our iGEM lab. ]]
+</div>
-[[File:NCTU_tissue_culture-2.jpg |center|800px|Figure 7. Our plant tissue resultant. ]]
-[[File:NCTU_tissue culture 4.jpg |center|800px|Figure 8. We recruited students in NCTU who wanted to experience how to raise tissue culture with our team. ]]
+<div id="seemore1"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move1">
+<p>　They introduced many common insect-capturing tools to us, such as adhesive tool for catching moths and flies, also Full-net pheromone insect-capturing tools, etc. In addition, they also provided many treasured comments and advices for us to improve our project and device. This led a deeper consideration of our future testings and the problems  we might encounter with the potential use of our device.</p>
-[[File:NCTU_tissue clture-3.JPG |center|800px|Figure 9. We taught the students how to raise tissue culture. ]]
+<p>　We appreciate Sunnymorning organic farm with huge gratitude, for they are willing to help us out on testing our device, along with capturing our target female moths, which is a very critical portion of our project, and also letting us evaluate the number of female moths needed in order to test the basic effects of our PBAN. We gained a lot afte cooperation with Sunnymorning. First of all, we began overwhelming with our project and with the process during capture. Second, we were got the advices and enthusiasm from farmer. Most importantly, we took a great leap forward and had accomplished some of the most significant progress in our project!</p>
+</div>
+====NCHU-Visit====
+Dinning Together in Feng Wu
+	'''Experience Sharing of Capturing Bloodsucking Flies in The Farm: '''<br>
+　Dr. Tzeng told us livestock farmers used to borrow insect light traps from them to capture Bloodsucking Flies. To our surprise, '''light traps''' can capture even thousands of insects in just one night. Additionally, they also had some cooperation program with livestock farmers. At that time, they used many interesting approaches, such as altering light's color and intensity, to test the behavior of Bloodsucking Flies. This experience sharing provided us with some basic methods in testing insect behavior.
+<p></p>
+<div id="seemore2"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move2">
+	'''Discussion about Ecological Equilibrium Problem of Our Project：'''<br>
+　Since ecological equilibrium might become the main issue that we will face in our project, Dr. Tzeng mentioned a fundamental question of why human kept on farming. Dr. Tzeng highlighted the importance of human survival, which is a special view point. Although farming is harmful to our environment, we should not regard the destruction of environment as a problem. Instead, we have to keep planting crop in order to produce enough food to survive.
+<p></p>
+	'''Experience Sharing of Dengue Fever Prevention and Control：'''<br>
+　Dr. Tzeng shared the interesting experience of his presentation about Dengue fever Prevention and introduced the two main kinds of Dengue fever mosquito media. One is ''Aedes albopictus'' and the other is ''aedes aegypti''.
+<div class=BOX>
+<table border=0 width=90%>
+<td align=center>[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_5.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.1-2-1 Entrance of NCHU university.]]</td>
+<td align=center>[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_6.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.1-2-2 Dr. Tzeng's Lab of Entomology.]]</td>
+</table>
+</div>
+'''Explained the Real Function of the Mosquito's PBAN：'''<br>
+　 The mosquito's PBAN is for developing wings. When the PBAN regulates hormones to induce cell apoptosis, the dead cells of wings will help the maturation of wings. This is another function of PBAN we learned.
+<p></p>
+'''A Glimpse at the Mosquito Breeding Cage and Insect Light Trap ：'''<br>
+　We took a look at ''Culex pipiens molestus'' (the underground house mosquito) breeding cage, and also learned the behavior of many kinds of mosquito. This mosquito breeding cage inspired us many new ideas about our insects testing box. In fact, we consulted the same concept of mosquito breeding cage to test our PBAN effect simply.
+<p></p>
+<div class=BOX>
+<table border=0  width=90% >
+<td align=center>[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_7.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.1-2-3 This was the testing box which was filled with mosquitos.]]</td>
+<td align=center>[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_8.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.1-2-4 The box has a special design which allows us inserting hands to touch the mosquitos.]]</td>
+</table>
+</div>
+<p></p>
+'''Further Discussion about Our Project：''' <br>
+[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_10.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.1-2-5 further discussion and experience exchanging with each other.]]
+　Dr. Tzeng have enthusiasm on discussing our project. To prevent any problem from happening, Dr. Tzeng and we inspected all the probability which may cause our project failed such as PBAN degradation in insects’ intestine (whether we have to use little thuricide to cause some holes on insects’ intestine to make it absorb our PBAN easily) and the restriction of our project (we have to capture the first “female” insect in our device, and proves that our project can actually work.). In the discussing process, we again encounters another problems, and obtain many suggestions from Dr. Tzeng as well. We hoped we can overcome all the problems, and improve our project.
+<p></p>
+　In briefly conclusion, our team and Dr. Tzeng had deep discussion in this visit. Not only experience sharing but also project inspection that made us learn so much and obtains many new ideas which let us realize how to make use of our project to achieve the best result.
+More photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByIV-UvWEH5cZlFnMm9YbDNjVHM&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg  Google Drive]
+</div>
+====Wang Lai Farm & Eighteen Peaks Mountain====
+<p>　We visited the Weng Lai Farm to prepare moths for our experiment. The farm owner not only instructed us a suitable place but also showed us how his farm deal with the moth. Nowadays, they used a device with  '''blue light''' to attract the moths. Besides, it is equipped with a fan for sweeping the insects into the device. We are inspired by those ideas and utilize it to improve our device.
+</p>
+<div id="seemore3"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move3">
+<p>　In order to test the efficiency of our insect capturing device, we also went to Eighteen Peaks Mountain near our school. We put several bottles with sugar solution and the blue bulbs to attract the insect. One night over, we caught  full of insects and moths. It's a great success.</p>
+</div>
+====Fund Raising====
+<p>
+Even with the funding support by our school, iGEM is still an economically taxing project. With our many spendings on materials for our device developing and testing, we need to find sponsorship. We planned reach out to several corporations and propose our project. We went to our alumni association for contact information of alumni founded enterprises.</p>
+<div id="seemore10"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move10">
+<p>
+Due to privacy concerns, we were not granted this information. However, our team member Rachel, who proposed to the alumni association and met with the CEO, was invited to an alumni dinner meeting. She was given a five minute timeslot onstage to explain the iGEM competition, the workings of our team, and how we need their support. This immediately drew the interest of the many successful entrepreneurs who graduated from NCTU. We successfully raised five hundred thousand NT dollars that night, right at the venue.</p>
+<p> We also received emails showing giving encouragement and support to our team from many alumni who went on to tell more alumni who were not present about iGEM and us.
+It is this spirit of always helping out one of our own that established NCTU’s excellence. We cannot be more thankful to their help. There are also several other corporations that we are still communicating with. The whole experience really allowed us to get in touch with the real world and society.
+</p>
+</div>
 </div></div>
 <div class="li"><div class="card">
-===Conference===
+===Team Exchange===
-This summer, we have an important breakthrough. We held an iGEM conference from August 5th through 8th. We invited teams from Taiwan and China. The conference serves as a warm-up Asia Jamboree, so each team presented their projects and posters. During the conference, all of the iGEMers discussed the projects and the difficulties we have all met in experiments. Q&A sections helped all of us exchange opinions and understand the defects of individual projects. We also prepared a barbecue night and a welcome party, so the conference not only helped us share experienced in our project, but also promoted our friendship.
-Through the conference, all the iGEMers were inspired and motivated to try new approach and combine synthetic biology into other aspects. Furthermore, we also promote synthetic biology to public through the media, and strengthen the connections between different iGEM teams. Overall, we believed that this conference is a hugely success. Since during the last discussion in conference, all the participants agreed to gather together again in the next year.
+====Conference====
-<div class="nocap"><p> </p>[[File:NCTU_Conference_day3_allmembers.JPG|800px|center]]</div>
+[[File:IGEM conference1.jpg|455px|thumb|left|iGEM 2<sup>nd</sup> conference in NCTU||Fig.2-1-1 This was the happy ending of our igem conference.]]
-====Process====
+[[File:Igem conference.jpg|455px|thumb|right|iGEM 2<sup>nd</sup> conference in NCTU||Fig.2-1-2 We shared our project with other teams.]]
-=====DAY 1=====
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_airport.jpg|400px|left]]
-Our iGEMers picked up the Chinese iGEM teams at the airport and introduced Taiwan to the participants, leading them back to NCTU for check-in.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_dinner.jpg|400px|left]]
-After unloading the luggage, participants gathered at the CPT building, having dinner together. Everyone was very excited about the upcoming welcome party.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_opening.jpg|400px|left]]
-The welcome party. Two hosts prepared a short drama introducing each team. Everyone was touched by our passion and plunged into the exercise.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_team_introducing.jpg|400px|left]]
-After the short drama, every team gave their introduction and performed talent shows as well. We were very surprised to find out that everyone is so talented and outstanding. This is a good start.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_perform.png|400px|left]]
-The iGEMer of ZJU-China, Congcong Xing, gave us a splendid Latin dance, and Yankang Huang of NTU_Taiwan performed the Chinese martial art.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day1_activity.jpg|400px|left]]
-To show our passion and respect to synthetic biology, we held a game, competing for how fast each contestant could replenish a box of tips. Needless to say, everyone was very good and went CRAZY HIGH! All the iGEMers had a wonderful night.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-=====DAY 2=====
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day2_opening_ceremony.jpg|400px|left]]
-The opening ceremony of the 2013 iGEM conference in NCTU, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Each team was ready to show their best to the audience.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day2_opening.JPG|400px|left]]
-We are honor to welcome the Dean of Department of Biotechnology and Science delivering an opening introduction and greetings to the participating iGEMers.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day2_present.JPG|400px|left]]
-Team presentation by NCTU_Formosa. During presentation, each team was assigned by a chairman to conduct the process.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day2_Q%26A.JPG|400px|left]]
-Q&A section after team presentation. Everyone was very concentrated. As a result, each team received more or less constructive advices.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day2_poster1.jpg|400px|left]]
-Team poster presentation. Each team was able to share opinions. This section gave us a good chance to practice how we can present our poster more precisely.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
-=====DAY 3=====
+<p>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day3_poster2.jpg|400px|left]]
+We hosted the''' 2<sup>nd</sup> iGEM Conference''' from August 3<sup>th</sup> to August 7<sup>th</sup> at the NCTU. More than 20 research teams were invited this year. Since this was the second time for us to host the Conference, how to make it better and more intriguing than the previous one had proved to be a great challenge and novel experience for all members of the NCTU_Formosa Team (2014).</p>
-Industry and academia exchange. Our conference opened for the public. As a result, people majored in different aspects, for example, doctors, professors, supervisor of the scientific and technical company, etc, shared experience and instruct our projects.
+<div id="seemore6"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
+<div class="move6">
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:IGEM conference preparation hosts.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.2-1-3 <br> Chewing over the agenda.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right50">
+Although we had encountered many problems at the beginning, we were extremely grateful that all the difficulties could be overcome with the assistance from our instructors and the team members of the NCTU_Formosa (2013).
+<p>
+We were more than delighted to see the iGEM 2014 turned out to be a wonderful and successful conference in that the whole meeting went smoothly, and more details and trivialities could be well taken care of throughout each individual section.</p>
+<br><br><br>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p></p>
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:Present our device.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.2-1-4 Presentation of our device.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right20">
+As a warm-up Asian Jamboree, the Conference set up a stage for each team to present their projects and posters for exchanging research ideas, sharing experiences, or acknowledging difficulties that all delegates have encountered.
+<br><br><br><br><br><br>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p></p>
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:Discussion of our device.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.2-1-5 Discussion of our device.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right20">
+We were not only grateful to acquire all the feedbacks and advices on our project, but were also deeply intrigued and impressed by the projects carried out by the other teams. Their endeavors and methods were indeed very inspiring that have helped us to generate more research ideas, and to raise the possibilities for collaborations with other teams.
+<br><br><br>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:IGEM conference banquet.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.2-1-6 Taiwanese banquet.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right20">
+In addition to the scientific sections, we also arranged several social events, including a welcome party, one-day trip in Taipei, and a roadside banquet as the farewell party. We believed the traditional Taiwanese cuisines and unique foods of night markets might be the most effective vehicle to make friends and strengthen our relationships with the delegates from abroad. Despite being exhausted in planning and hosting all these events, we hoped that all delegates felt entertained and welcomed.
+</div>
+</div>
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:IGEM conference trip in 故宮.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.2-1-7 One-day trip in National Palace Museum.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right50">
+<p>
+Thanks to all the members of the iGEM, the Conference not only provided us with the opportunity to promote our project, but also created a valuable experience or ‘collective memory’ that may bind all iGEMers together in the forthcoming years.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+====Video Conferencing with Xiamen University ====
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:Video conference3.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fig.2-2-1 Video conference with XMU.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right">
+<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>
+<p>We had a video conferencing with the iGEM team of Xiamen University, China, in May. As both teams just started their own research projects at that time, the main topics of this video conferencing only consisted of a brief description or introduction of the protocols for each other’s project, how the research team was established and organized. According to this short conferencing, we knew the Xiamen team mainly consists of sophomores or juniors, whereas they were surprised to learn that almost 90% of our team members are freshmen.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div id="text right">
+See more photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjdVU2TjZscS1oOGM&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
+</div>
+====MDHS-Conference====
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_3.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fig.2-3-1 It was the turn our team to present our own project.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right">
+<p>We invited Mingdao High school iGEM team to exchange ideas with us. We also held a pizza party to enhance more fun in this event.</p>
+<p>We asked Mingdao high school to give a brief introduction to their project－'''Odor Let It Die'''. It’s really an interesting and creative idea. Although they are just high school students, their English presenters clearly explained what problems they want to solve. In the discussion section, we gave them several feedback and suggestions to perfect their project.
+</p>
+<p>As for our presenting section, we successfully caught their eyes with our creative project－'''Operation Debug''', which is to attract pests in the farm with PBAN. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div id="seemore4"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move4">
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:NCTU_Formosa_2014_HP_4.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fig.2-3-2 After the presentation, we invite the students of MDHS to visit our laboratory.]]
+</div>
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day3_ending.JPG|400px|left]]
+<div class="right20">
-Closing ceremony. The Dean of Department of Biotechnology and Science awarded the certificates to all the iGEMers.
+As for our presenting section, we successfully caught their eyes with our creative project－Operation Debug, which is to attract pests in the farm with PBAN.
-<div style="clear:both"></div>
+After our amazing presentation, we believed they not only learned more knowledge about synthetic biology but also impressed by the future development potential of this field.
-[[File:NCTU_Conference_day3_BBQ.jpg|400px|left]]
-BBQ time. After the conference, we held a BBQ party to relax the iGEMers. All the iGEMers became friends and left us a marvelous memory.
 <div style="clear:both"></div>
-====Schedule of Conference====
+Because some high school students are pretty curious about our laboratory, so we guided them to pay a visit to lab at the end of this event. We introduce the equipment we usually use in the process of DNA synthesis.
-<p id="description_conference" style="font-size:1em;">Participants in this conference are NTU_Taiwan, NTU-Taida, ZJU-China, SJTU-Biox-Shanghai, NYMU-Taipei, Hong_Kong_HKU, and NCTU_Formosa.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
-|-
-!scope="col" |Day
-!scope="col" |Time
-!scope="col" |Activity
-|-
-|One(2013/8/5)
-|19:00~21:30
-|Welcome party
-|-
-|rowspan="7"|Two(2013/8/6)
-|09:10~11:00
-|Opening ceremony
-|-
-|11:00~11:40
-|Presentation of NCTU_Formosa iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|11:40~14:00
-|Lunch ( Poster Discussion )
-|-
-|14:00~14:40
-|Presentation of Hong_Kong_HKU iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|14:40~15:20
-|Presentation of NYMU-Taipei iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|15:20~16:00
-|Break Time ( Poster Discussion )
-|-
-|16:00~16:40
-|Presentation of SJTU-BioX-Shanghai iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|rowspan="8"|Three(2013/8/7)
-|09:00~09:40
-|Presentation of NTU-Taida iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|09:40~10:20
-|Presentation of ZJU-China iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|10:20~10:40
-|Break Time ( Poster Discussion )
-|-
-|10:40~11:20
-|Presentation of NTU_Taiwan iGEM Team and Q&A
-|-
-|11:20~14:00
-|Lunch & Break
-|-
-|14:00~16:00
-|Final Discussions and Future Expectations
-|-
-|16:00~17:00
-|Closing Ceremony ( Take Group Photos )
-|-
-|17:00~20:00
-|Dinner ( BBQ ) <br> Getting to know each other !
-|-
-|Four(2013/8/8)
-|8:00~17:00
-|The Insightful Journey of Synthetic Biology
-|-
-|colspan="3"|End
-|}
-====Review of the wonderful conference====
+More photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjYzBqR3JYcTJBWk0&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
-{{:Team:NCTU Formosa/gallery/human1}}
-====The video of conference====
+</div>
-{{:Team:NCTU Formosa/vid/conference}}
-</div></div>
+====Investigator X iGEM====
-<div class="li"><div class="card">
+<div>
-===Biocamp===
+<div class="left.h">
-{{:Team:NCTU Formosa/gallery/human2}}
+[[File:Investigation 2.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fig.2-4-1 NCTU_Formosa with Investigator X iGEM.]]
-====Schedule of Biocamp====
+</div>
-A summer biocamp was taking place in NCTU. In this camp, we introduced a lot of biological knowledge to students of senior high.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+Schedule of biocamp
-|-
-!Day
-!Time
-!Activity
-!Host
-|-
-|Two (2013/7/7)
-|08:00-16:00
-|Transformation<br>Mini-Preparation<br>DNA electrophoresis
-|CHENG, WEN-HUI<br>HELENA LEE<br>LIN, YA-HSUAN
-|-
-|Three (2013/7/8)
-|09:00-12:00
-|Gram staining<br>Result of transformation
-|CHENG, WEN-HUI<br>HELENA LEE<br>LIN, YA-HSUAN
-|-
-|Four (2013/7/9)
-|09:00-12:00
-|Introduction of sythetic biology and iGEM
-|CHEN, YI-TSAO<br>LIN, CHIH-HANG
-|-
-|Five (2013/7/10)
-|09:00-12:00
-|Academia Sinica and Genomic research center visit
-|DR.LEE<br>DR.CHEN<br>DR.HSIEH<br>DR.LIN<br>DR.WU<br>DR.MA
-|-
-|Six (2013/7/11)
-|09:00-12:00
-|Q&A<br>Discussion<br>Souvenir
-|TENG, CHEN-YU
-|}
-.
-https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/e/e7/NCTU_Formosa_HP_1.jpg
-====Day 2====
+<div class="right20">
-In this camp, many iGEMers were the group of lesson. Therefore, they needed to prepare experiments that can introduce knowledge of molecular biology to senior high students. The lessons of this camp included Transformation, Mini-preparation and DNA electrophoresis. First, we explained the principle and the steps of experiment by Powerpoint clearly. We helped students to operate experiments and prevented them doing something wrong. Quickly, they were familiar with experimental technique by ours assistance. Everyone in these lesson learned well and was interesting to biological aspect.
+<p>We went to China Medical University(CMU) to attend a forum which named "Investigator X iGEM" on October forth. In purpose of introducing iGEM to people in CMU and sharing our project with other iGEM teams in Taiwan as well. In this forum, we not only presented our project to '''NTU''', '''NYMU''' and '''MDHS iGEM teams''' but also '''discussed''' with them. People who worked in Investigator were very surprised at our presentation. Through this forum, We not only got many good ideas about our project but were also glad to have a chance to introduce our project to more and more people.</p>
+</div>
-====Day 3====
+</div>
-On day 3, they observed the result of last day. Then, we taught them how to analyze these result. For example, some plates grew well, but others were blank. Telling to them what happened, we let them know the correct method to do experiments.
-====Day 4====
-On day 4 of the camp, we prepared a lecture about synthetic biology. First , we taught them the concept of biobrick. Then, they realized the history of this competition and what iGEMers do.
-Mr. Lin and Mr. Chen were the introducers of this lecture, using easy way to let students understand basic knowledge of molecular biology and biochemistry.
-In Q&A part of this lecture, students asked several questions of IGEM , and we thought we inspired their passion to IGEM. So as to let them know more, Mr. Lin introduced ours 2013 project. Although it was hard to them , they still listened it conscientiously.
+<div id="text right">
+See more photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjRklLRnZoLXl0ZlU&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
+</div>
-====Day 5====
+====Modeling Assisting TCU Taiwan iGEM Team====
-On day 5, we programmed the visit of genomics research center for students. First, the guide of center took us to see the mass spectrometer and introduced its principle. Second, we visited Protein X-ray Diffratometer laboratory. Third, the center allowed us to visit Ultra High Throughput Screening. Finally, they prepared a lecture of more about Researches in the Center. We gained a lot in this trip, thinking this national-level institution great.
+<div>
+<div class="left.h">
+[[File:TCU_1.png|300px|left|thumb|Fig.2-5-1 Skype with TCU Taiwan iGEM team members.]]
+</div>
+<div class="right20">
+<p>Best Team Friend: [https://2014.igem.org/Team:TCU_Taiwan TCU Taiwan]<br>
+　　It's our greatest honor to '''help TCU Taiwan iGEM Team''' in''' modeling'''. Thank TCU Taiwan for giving this opportunity. We all were very glad share our experience with you all.</p>
+　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　{{:Team:NCTU Formosa/source/TCUlink}}
+</div>
+</div>
-====Day 6====
-On the last day of biocamp, the group of lesson had prepared souvenirs for students participated in this camp. The souvenirs was tissue-plants implanted by ourselves. We offered a Q&A time to them and introduced this iGEM team again.
-</div></div>
-<div class="li"><div class="card">
-===iGEM Chinese Guiding Book===
-For promoting synthetic biology our team have made a synthetic biology guiding book featuring many experimental protocols and well-illustrated graphics which could help people know the purpose of experiment much easier. This year, new iGEM members in our team learned experimental technique by this guiding books. We believe passing down knowledge and following up works meet the purpose of the iGEM community. We hope Chinese-speaking iGEM teams can also be benefited by our guiding book. Feel free to download via the link down below. <br>
-[[File:Nctu_chineseguidebook.jpg|center|300px|Figure 1. The sketch of the printed iGEM Chinese Guilding Book.]]
-<span class="url plainlinks">[https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/9/98/2012_nctu_igem_protocol%28new%29.pdf Download the guiding book (PDF)]</span>
 </div></div>
 <div class="li"><div class="card">
-===Surveys===
+===iGEM Advertising===
-<p>[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1waO_jCihkHToatAmmsNImTF0VV2p5RjtiWOCZz1-tCY/viewform View the English Version File]</p>
+====Biocamp====
-<p>[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1svFgwxnJFbLpxd-8LTBGLVAYv2zFD5hDVHR-5kIhNwk/viewform View the Traditional Chinese Version File] </p>
+[[File:BIOCAMP-TAS.JPG|300px|thumb|left||Fig.3-1-1<br> Biocamp in NCTU.]]
-Few weeks ago, we did a survey on public and inquired their degree of comprehension about synthetic biology. We collected the data and made the diagrams below. We offered these questions to the participants of our iGEM conference and required them to hand back the questionnaire. Through the results, we can roughly find out how much they understand about synthetic biology. Furthermore, we also offered the surveys to public in order to get more information of those who are not iGEMers.
+[[File:生科營2.jpg|300px|thumb|right||Fig.3-1-3 <br>Biocamp in NCTU.]]
+[[File:Biocamp.JPG|300px|thumb|center||Fig.3-1-2 <br>Biocamp in NCTU.]]
+<p>
+In the summer, our department held a bio-camp. We spent a morning teaching them what '''synthetic biology''' is and '''introducing iGEM to them'''. In the beginning, I thought they might fall asleep during our lecture, but it was totally different to what I thought. All of them were fascinated by the idea of using enzymes and different '''assemblies of biobricks''' to create new functions, and interacted enthusiastically with us. For high school students, it is hard to imagine how scientists transfer genes into bacteria and plants. So we used some easy ways to explain how we do those jobs and we also designed some games to help them learn the basics of biobrick assembly. After this class, I think they gained a deeper understanding of synthetic biology. Hopefully through our iGEM introduction, they are inspired to become future iGEMers or even synthetic biologists.</p>
-[[File:NCTU Human practice survey1.png|600px|center|Figure 2. ]]
-<p>The pie chart clearly show that the participant in our survey is consisted of almost half iGEMers and half non iGEMers.</p>
-[[File:NCTU_Human_practice_survey2.png|600px|center|Figure 3.]]
-<p> Compared to the first image, we think that iGEMers must have heard about synthetic biology. So we can know that half of non iGEMers have ever heard of synthetic biology . Meaning that , we have successfully convey the concepts of synthetic biology. Still, we have a lot of progressing space to promote biology related knowledge.</p>
-[[File:NCTU_Human_practice_survey3.png|600px|center|Figure 4. ]]
-<p>According to the image, it is prominent that half of the participants knew about synthetic biology from school, and with certain percentages, from popular science books and Internet. We can find out that in spite of schools, public media also plays an important role in spreading synthetic biology. But people from school are a lot more aware of it. With that said, we can spread the concepts of synthetic biology through more different measures in the future . </p>
-[[File:NCTU_Human_practice_survey4.png|600px|center|Figure 5.  ]]
-<p>From the image, we got that most participants heard about synthetic biology in freshman and sophomore during college career. Surprisingly, no people have heard of it during junior high and fewer during senior high. As a result, we may focus on the younger generation to spread the idea of synthetic biology in the future.</p>
-[[File:NCTU FORMOSA WEB SURVEY Q1.JPG|650px|center|Figure 6.  ]]
-<p>The pie chart clearly show that almost every participants in the survey do know we are able to regulate multiple gene by synthetic biology techniques. </p>
-[[File:NCTU FORMOSA WEB SURVEY Q2.JPG|650px|center|Figure 7.  ]]
-<p>Interestingly, there is a great percentage of participants thinks that creatures created by synthetic biology is harmful to human. While only 8% of all participants consider it not dangerous.</p>
-[[File:NCTU FORMOSA WEB SURVEY Q3.JPG|650px|center|Figure 8.  ]]
-<p>From the image, we can also observe a similar result that over half of the participants think products of synthetic biology is dangerous to human.</p>
-[[File:NCTU FORMOSA WEB SURVEY Q4.JPG|650px|center|Figure 9.  ]]
-<p>Although the participants think products of synthetic biology is dangerous, they are still willing to use it.</p>
-<div style="clear:both"> </div>
+See more photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjS25vbWJYdThFelE&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
+====NTHU Green Market-Visition====
+<div>
+[[File:綠市集.JPG|300px|thumb|left||Fig.3-2-1 <br> NTHU Green Market-visition.]]
+[[File:綠市集2.JPG|300px|thumb|right||Fig.3-2-3 <br> NTHU Green Market-visition.]]
+[[File:Green market.JPG|300px|thumb|center||Fig.3-2-2 <br> NTHU Green Market-visition.]]
+<br>
+</div>
+<p>
+To further understand '''the real practicability of our device''', we visited the Green Market in NTHU this summer. We had a good time interviewing with organic agriculture farmers. Through the interview, we could assess the feasibility of future development of our project as well. What's more, we designed '''questionnaires''' for farmers in green market in NTHU. The questionnaires were to publicize how our device works and we also learn from their advice.</p>
+<br>
+<div id="seemore8"><p>SEE MORE</p></div>
+<div class="move8">
+<br>
+　　After we visited the green market, we knew that pest plague is surely a big problem for them, especially for those who grow fruits and vegetables.
+In the end, we came to few conclusions :
+<br>
+=====I. Analysis=====
+<br><br>
+After a whole day of investigation, we listed 4 main problems required to be solved before our device hits the market:
+<br>
+'''1. Cost'''
+<br>
+　　Pest traps are actually pretty low at price on the market. If we still use acrylic material, the entire device might not be as economical as we had predicted. Farmers suggested us switching to another kind of material such as PET or PP that are easier to make this device more competitive on the market.
+<br>
+'''2. Technical Training'''
+<br>
+　　The working theory of our device is similar to pheromone traps.However, not every farmer has related experience. It’s necessary to simplify the steps to operate device.
+<br>
+'''3. Safety of Genetically Modified Products'''
+<br>
+　　Although we are not growing GMO, some farmers still can’t hold a positive attitude toward our device since they reluctant to touch anything about gene modifying technique. So it’s not for sure whether our device would be accepted by the market in the future.
+<br>
+'''4. Efficiency'''
+<br>
+　　Wonderful as the idea may seem, our device still has to be more powerful than other pest traps on the market.
+<br><br>
+=====II. Achievements=====
+<br><br>
+　　One of the farmers indicated willingness to provide us with the targeted insects. Also many welcome us to test our device efficiency on their farmlands. For them, as long as our device does not contain any hazard pesticide or harm the environment, our project would be another good choice for them to solve pest plague.
+<p></p>
+More photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bx580tDDKhDpTWxiS3pMRGEwdW8&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
+</div>
+====SNU-Visit====
+[[File:首爾大學2 n.jpg|300px|thumb|left||Fig.3-3-1<br> Welcome Seoul National University! ]]
+[[File:首爾大學 n.jpg|300px|thumb|right||Fig.3-3-3 <br> Welcome Seoul National University! ]]
+[[File:XNU.jpg|300px|thumb|center||Fig.3-3-2<br> Welcome Seoul National University! ]]
+Few weeks after the iGEM conference, some researchers of the '''Seoul National University''' came to visit us at the NCTU. We delivered a short presentation of our project and showed them our lab settings. As they have not yet established an iGEM team, they appeared intrigued by our demonstrations and were very keen to set up a team next year. Therefore, we made a further introduction of synthetic biology to them, and '''shared them with our experiences in establishing an iGEM team'''.
+<br><br><br>
+More photos here: [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjUVZBRS01OE5rREk&usp=sharing&tid=0Bzb2FOOx1vmjQ3R4WEMyejJzQzg Google Drive]
 </div></div>
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