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Revision as of 12:18, 3 October 2017
o Far East Bio Tec
We reached out and contacted Far East Bio-Tec. Co., Ltd for some more insights for our project. The Far East Bio-Tec company is the largest microalgae supplier in Asia. Having a 140,000 m2 manufacturing site with over 60 microalgae ponds, we believe that FEBICO would give us more suggestions on our algae cultivation process in our labs. We were honored that the President of FEBICO himself, C. C. Chiuh, spoke with us for around 2 hours. We presented the concepts of synthetic biology, explained about the components that constituted the iGEM competition and an outline of our project to Mr. C. C.Chiueh. Mr. C. C Chieuh believes that much more research effort should be put into microalgae and was glad that we get the opportunity to raise awareness of the advantages of microalgae in Boston. During our meeting, he points out the advantages of microalgae. He stresses how microalgae can benefit humankind either through eating it to purify our bodies or used to produce biofuel. In terms of our project, he reminded us of the low cost of oil and suggested alternative uses of algae like its ability to remove pollutant in wastewater. We took his recommendation into consideration and we believe that this meeting was extremely meaningful as it put our project in terms of a business company’s perspective. Furthermore, Mr. C. C. Chieuh told us that Chlorella vulgaris cultivates more oil compared to that of other microalgae.
o Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica On July 18th 2017, to enhance our knowledge on microalgae we visited Academia Sinica, a national academy that supports research in Taiwan. We contacted Professor Chu Hsiu-An, a professor with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. He works at the Institute of Plant and microbial biology department. He provided us a supply of Synechocystis species PCC6803 that can survive with its high dependence on glucose. He gave use further information on the optimal conditions on the cultivation of algae. We are really grateful that Dr. Chu was willing to provide us with the algae he uses in his lab. We later cultivated our algae in our own lab.
