Academic discussions
CCiC
This summer, we participated in the CCiC (Conference of China IGEMer Community) which was held by a non-profit committee in China. It brought together many new and old IGEMers, professionals, scholars, students etc and provides a precious platform for academic exchanges in terms of synthetic biology. With sufficient preparation and confidence, we set foot in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University where the forth CCIC was situated. With excitement, the knowledge feast started.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr Ling and Dr Zhang Haoqian from blue SPAR made the opening speech. Then they discussed over the concern that how our students of biology major adapt themselves in such a rapidly developing society in which knowledge changes everyday and find their own future. During the three-day-meeting with a tight timetable, teams from around the national gave a speech with PPT in showing of their IGEM projects. After that, it came to the defense part where particular professional scholars would judge and evaluate our projects. In presentation, we began to get nervous at first, but it faded quickly. In the defense of King l.c., our project was confirmed, which also ensure our confidence in success. At the same time, each team brought posters and promote their projects to visitors. We were inspired by the superb ideas of other teams which widened our scope of knowledge and horizons.
Delighted and honored, professor Kenneth A.O from IGEM HP and professor King L.C. was invited to participate in the meeting. They told apart the classification of HP and answered the confusion about bio-safety. Researchers like Lou Chunbo and Fu Xiongfei also shared many valuable experiences with us. These let us stand on the shoulders of giants and see the wonderful world of science.
Together with our team members, we believe that the success isn’t far away!
Meeting with SCUT-CHINA_B team
On 29th July, SCUT-CHINA_B team invited us to the South China University of Technology for a meeting. Both teams introduced their project to each other and questions and opinions had been raised during discussions. After meeting, SCUT-CHINA_B team kindly gave us a tour around the school campus. This was our pleasure to meeting them and have a chance to communicate with undergraduates team.
