NCTU_Formosa started to introduce experiments which is related to iGEM to the science-gifted class of Taichung First Senior High School(TCFSH) since April 14. Gradually, the background knowledge of synthetic biology was adequate, then the cogitation of combination to engineering and biology was shared, the core of the gene regulation, the design of biobricks were taught. What's more, they introduce previous project from NCTU_Formasa, giving us the prospect of the competition.
Learning the progress
The instructor of NCTU_Formosa, Pro. Wen-Liang Chen, invited us to learn about biology to our lab in the last semester. NCTU_Formosa then gave u a sseries of training, the SOP of NCTU_Formosa's wet lab protocol, including Cultivation of E.Coli, Miniprep, Digestion, Ligation, Transformation, PCR, andGel Electrophoresis.
Participate in iGEM
We decided to participate in iGEM this year, as the first year of TCFSH_Taiwan. NCTU_Formasa members taught us many things such as useful databases (NCBI, Uniport), useful tools for protein (BLAST, COBALT, CD search), biology experiment design and debug, and write biobricks for synthesis.
Mentoring New Teams
We have helped Taichung First Senior High School and Chung Cheng University set up their iGEM teams next year. (see Education)
Newsletter
This year, we were honored to take part in the Newsletter team collaboration edited by XMU-China iGEM team. We have penned an article in the Newsletter describing our project. (see the link for the Newsletter)
Survey Collaboration
International Survey aims to investigate the background knowledge of synthetic biology and the experience about genetic engineering across the world. There are 11 iGEM teams from different continents in the collaboration. The idea of the survey was first proposed by iGEM Aachen 2016, and fortunately, we had had online meetups in August. So we gladly accepted the offer as a principal team in Asia. We surveyed people on the street. Finally, we collected more than 500 samples and got some great result. Here are the teams that participate in the survey.
iGEM Team Aachen
iGEM Team Vilnius
iGEM Team NCTU Formosa
iGEM Team Graz
iGEM Team Linköping
iGEM Team TecCEM
iGEM Team Technion
iGEM Team Sheffield
iGEM Team Valencia
iGEM Team Delft
iGEM Team Dundee
Video Collaboration
Furthermore, we shot episodes to promote and discuss different topics, including “What is synthesis biology?” “Biosafety,” “How to share the things we develop?” and so on. The episodes then converge into one film Also, in the film, it integrates multicultural topics. The diversity of cultures is what we want to present in the film. The teams are from 5 countries including Germany, Mexico, Taiwan, England and Pakistan.
