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Regional Conferences

International Genetically Engineered Machine Conference at National Chiao Tung University

During August 3rd to 7th 2014, one of our team member, Xinyi Zhang, attended the 2014 iGem Formosa in NCTU. During the conference, we communicated with teams from universities all over China. Posters and presentations are made to introduce every team’s project design and progress, questions are raised as well as good advices. Everyone attended really touched the thrill of iGemer’s happiness, and get home fully load.

Project presentation	Our poster, and memorable relationship with SJTU
Party time	NCTU campus view

Consulting Experts

Face to face interaction with doctors and patients at Peking University First Hospital

We paid a visit to Peking University First Hospital in Beijing and discussed with the doctors and patients. “Diabetes Mellitus has become the main concern of public health in China in the past 30 years, especially the type II Diabetes Mellitus.” said by Doctor Wang of the Endocrinology Department. There are various causes for the increasingly high morbidity: high-fat diet, reduction in physical output, high pressure and environmental pollution. However, Dr. Wang holds a positive attitude towards the treatment for this common disease and highly supports the development of potential gene therapy, which may bring evolutionary changes.

In the hospital, there are posters for regularly held lectures about diabetes, which help to build a community between patients and specialists. Also, there are free devices like self-service rapid glucometer that make it convenient for the patients to monitor their condition.

Posters for lectures             Self-service rapid glucometer

Talking About iGEM

iGEM seminar for Tsinghua undergrads

In collaboration with our buddy team, Tsinghua-A, we held a seminar among Tsinghua undergraduates. We told the story of iGEM, synthetic biology, and discussed various aspects of our projects. Hopefully we have persuaded even more fellow scholars to join the ranks of iGEMer's.

    

Taiwan

During 8.3-8.7, one of our teammate, Zhang Xinyi, attended the 2014 iGem Formosa in NCTU.

During the Formosa, we communicated with teams from universities all over China. Posters and presentations were made to introduce every team’s design and progress; questions were raised as well as good advices. Every one attended really touched the thrill of iGemer’s happiness, and got home fully load.

Pic1. Introducing our project

With lots of exchange of ideas, we received a good many suggestions, as well as listened to and raised advice to other team’s work. Some teams encountered similar experiment problems as ours, so we gave some of our experiences to them.

Pic 2. People come around our poster and listen to the explanation of our project

Though the time we were together was short, everyone attending the conference really enjoyed the time and developed good relationships. We established a WeChat group after the conference, talking about everything about iGem on it. It’s still active now!

Pic 3. People come around our poster and listen to the explanation of our project

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