Team:NTHU Taiwan/Collaborations

NTHU_Taiwan

Team collaboration

iGEM NTHU x iGEM WLC

.Collaborate college :
Wisconsin Lutheran College ( USA )

.Collaborate Division :
1.Human Practice
2.Dry Lab

.Collaborate item :
1.Independent social investigation
2.Detector integration plan

.Collaborate content :
  iGEM WLC aims to detect E.coli in water while our team’s goal is to detect the EDCs in water. Because we both focus on water quality, we’ve planned to achieve a multiple detection integration that has the ability to detect various pollution, like a Swiss Knife with many functions! However, it would be very struggling for them to build up a detecting equipment and a 3D model because of a lack of an engineering expert in their team. Fortunately, our team have suggested some software resources that may be useful for them, which have given them an orientation to demonstrate their brilliant work. For the 3D modelling, we had gone through the software composition and made our own model. Based on experience, we could also associate them to learn the original model construction method.
align="right" -Jesse Fleischer

iGEM NTHU x iGEM SECA NZ

.Collaborate college :
The University of Auckland ( New Zealand )

.Collaborate Division :
1.Human Practice
2.Dry Lab

.NTHU Collaborate Memo :
In the project of iGEM UoA, they transferred antifreeze protein gene to crops and combined the ability to regulate gene expression. They are aiming for the gene to only be expressed at high levels when the plant is at a cold enough temperature. We thought that our temperature sensing system would be ideal for them to set up the initial temperature database. Because the data would be collected immediately and accurately, they could derive continuous data from different areas and decide whether it is necessary to plant antifreeze crops in every farmland or valley. So far we have provided our design detail including hardware and software to iGEM UoA. We hope it would show a better value for both of us.
align="right" -Jesse Fleischer

. NTHU Collaborate Memo :
This year we, SECA NZ, collaborated with NTHU iGEM in the exchange of international viewpoints and software. NTHU is developing an ingenious system to monitor and adjust the level of contaminants in irrigation drains using copper filters and a Watergates. The filter cleans the water, and a complex set of sensors monitors the output. If the level of contaminants exceeds the capacity of the filter, the water gate will reduce the flow to a manageable level. They are also investigating the water quality in aquaculture. New Zealand’s economy is largely based on agriculture and fishery industries, and so as a team we participated in a questionnaire to assess our opinions on aquaculture and water quality in the agriculture industry. This provided NTHU with both an international and consumer perspective on the issue.
Our own project focuses on the development of crop plants capable of surviving snap frosts. NTHU contributed to our project by graciously providing software and specifications on how to build a temperature sensor which would allow us to monitor the temperatures of cropping land.
align="right" -Judith Glasson

Here are some suggestions for projects you could work on with other teams:

  • Improve the function of another team's BioBrick Part or Device
  • Characterize another team's part
  • Debug a construct
  • Model or simulating another team's system
  • Test another team's software
  • Help build and test another team's hardware project
  • Mentor a high-school team