diff --git a/wiki/pages/human-practices.html b/wiki/pages/human-practices.html index b44d5ddb3c5b73ff757b41977e39f26827b872e6..23a0e59d74f640fc2eb24d557f361c6749de595b 100644 --- a/wiki/pages/human-practices.html +++ b/wiki/pages/human-practices.html @@ -453,6 +453,98 @@ </div> </div> +<div class="row mt-4"> + <div class="col-lg-12"> + <div class="expert-card" onclick="toggleContent(this)"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-9 expert-details"> + <span class="expert-name">“Building the future with unity†2024 iGEMer Central China Regional Exchange Conference</span> + <span class="expert-role">Partner</span> + <p class="expert-takeaway"> + <strong>Takeaway</strong><br> + Initiated by Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU-China), “Building the future with unity†2024 iGEMer Central China Regional Exchange Conference is a large-scale, high-level and influential synthetic biology exchange meeting for college students in central China. It is an important platform for iGEM teams to communicate and learn from. During the conference, the team can show their project results, obtain professional guidance and evaluation, find partners and resources, improve their competitiveness and innovation ability. At the same time, the conference is also an important window in the field of synthetic biology in central China, where young students can understand the latest research dynamics and technological development, expand their vision and thinking, contact more opportunities and challenges, and promote the popularization and development of synthetic biology. + </p> + <div class="expert-content"> + <p><strong>Who</strong><br> + Conference of central China iGEMer Community, consisting of 15 iGEM teams. + <p><strong>Why</strong><br> + Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU-China) has excellent experience in iGEM competition and conference hosting level. This exchange meeting invited Tsinghua-iGEM to participate in the online to share the project, so it is a pity that we did not participate in the dinner party, games, laboratory visit and other rich activities organized by the sponsor.</p> + <p>In the meeting, we gained new knowledge and ideas from the wonderful reports of other teams. Some of the team's projects were related to us, and some teams encountered some questions similar to us. The judges gave profound questions and rigorous answers.</p> + <p>In our report, we expressed our gratitude for the invitation and the high quality of the conference. The guests asked us questions about the project design and the practical significance of the project, and helped us improve the project. </p> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="row mt-4"> + <div class="col-lg-12"> + <div class="expert-card" onclick="toggleContent(this)"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-9 expert-details"> + <span class="expert-name">Conference of China iGEMer Community (11<sup>th</sup> CCiC)</span> + <span class="expert-role">Partner</span> + <p class="expert-takeaway"> + <strong>Takeaway</strong><br> + The Conference of China iGEMer Community (hereinafter referred to as CCiC) is a national conference independently initiated by China's iGEM participating teams. It aims to provide a platform for resource sharing for participating iGEM teams and young enthusiasts of synthetic biology in China, and to promote mutual learning and communication. Since its first holding in 2014, the CCiC conference has been the key focus of the CCiC Executive Committee's ongoing work to maintain the positive and vigorous development of the community, a national summit related to synthetic biology competitions in China, and an important academic communication platform for young enthusiasts of synthetic biology in China. We attended the CCiC <sup>th</sup> conference, where we shared our project, communicated with numerous teams, and sought collaboration opportunities. + </p> + <div class="expert-content"> + <p><strong>Who</strong><br> + Conference of China iGEMer Community, consisting of 112 iGEM teams + <p><strong>Why</strong><br> + At present, the CCiC conference has become one of the largest academic conferences for college students in the country. At the conference, iGEM teams from all over China come together to exchange project designs and progress, engage in intellectual collisions, and receive targeted questions and suggestions from guests and judges. In addition, there are also exciting lectures brought by experts and scholars in the field of synthetic biology. CCiC 11th was held from July 11th to 14th in Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu Province of China. We took the chance to attend the conference and immersed ourselves in learning and sharing ideas within the realm of synthetic biology.</p> + <p>At the conference, we presented about our project, MusCure. We shared with everyone the basic concept, design approach, and advantages of MusCure over traditional therapies. At that time, our project was facing a tricky problem: how to successfully colonize our engineered bacteria in the gut. In communication with other teams, we discussed the feasibility and efficiency of using IBD-specific markers as molecular switches to trigger the expression of the ASL3 adhesion protein downstream. Thanks to the communication among our peers, our team ultimately decided to use the IBD-specific marker system as our colonization system.</p> + <p>At the conference, we also distributed the pamphlet we designed to many teams. Our pamphlet includes an overview of IBD, symptoms and causes of IBD, diagnosis and treatment of IBD, an introduction to synthetic biology, and our project MusCure. The pamphlet aims to raise public awareness of IBD and understanding of synthetic biology in a simple way. Our pamphlet is available in four languages: Chinese, English, French, and Arabic. Besides, to cater to the needs of special groups, we have also designed a large print version and an audiobook version.</p> + <p>Peering into the horizon, our optimism for CCiC knows no bounds. As we march forward, we're eager to witness the innovative ideas and projects that will spring forth, driven by the youthful enthusiasm and creativity of conference attendees. Furthermore, we're excited about fostering global collaboration and knowledge exchange, bridging borders to contribute to the worldwide advancement of synthetic biology in healthcare and other domains.</p> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="row mt-4"> + <div class="col-lg-12"> + <div class="expert-card" onclick="toggleContent(this)"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-9 expert-details"> + <span class="expert-name">Bluepha </span> + <span class="expert-role">Entrepreneur</span> + <p class="expert-takeaway"> + <strong>Takeaway</strong><br> + The team's visit to Bluepha, a company focusing on synthetic biology, facilitated industry connections and provides valuable insights from experts like Li Teng. They suggested that the muscone molecular switch can be used in large-scale microbiological industry, replacing the methyl alcohol promoter, and can improve the safety while lower the expense. Their advice indicated a wider prospect of industrial applications, which was quite inspiring for us. They also offered us practical opinions on research transformation. + </p> + <div class="expert-content"> + <p><strong>Who</strong><br> + As a leading enterprise in China's synthetic biology field, Bluepha leverages synthetic biotechnology for molecular and material innovation. The company is dedicated to the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of novel biomolecules and materials, which include biodegradable biopolymers like PHA that can spontaneously and completely degrade in all natural environments, functional beverage ingredients that effectively alleviate anxiety, novel functional probiotics that compensate for common metabolic deficiencies in the human body, as well as functional components for the beauty industry. + </p> + <p><strong>Why</strong><br> + Our team hoped to listen to the viewpoints of entrepreneurs and manufacturers representing the market to gain insights and collaboration in implementing our project. When searching for enterprises, Bluepha occurred to us. Bluepha is inextricably linked with iGEM and Tsinghua University. The co-founders, Li Teng and Zhang Haoqian, have both served as team leaders for Tsinghua University and Peking University respectively in the iGEM competition, leading their teams to gold medal victories. It was during these competitions that the two founders solidified their commitment to synthetic biology and jointly established the company. In its early days, Bluepha received incubation support from Tsinghua x-lab's Innovation Space and grew steadily. Moreover, Bluepha has also provided iGEM training through its "Bluepha Lab," accumulating rich experience in competition. Therefore, Bluepha would be a suitable choice for us, and we undertook the visit with the goal of bridging lab project and industry production. + </p> + <p>We firstly took a tour in the company. In the research and development area of Blupha, we observed the costly array of fermentation tanks and the "dark lab," where we learned about the automated functions of the work platform, including pipetting, coating, and colony picking operations. These facilities enabled rapid strain screening, significantly enhancing the efficiency of R&D. The company also showcased the fermentation tanks used for scaled-up process experiments and the PHA raw material processing in the production workshop, demonstrating its wide application in areas such as flexible and rigid packaging, fibers, and agriculture, and providing users with detailed and comprehensive solutions. The digital platform and R&D system established and developed by Bluepha greatly accelerated product development speed. This platform was not only used for in-house research but would also be open and shared with aspiring tech innovation teams, aiding in overcoming challenges from concept validation to pilot testing. The incubation center reflected the responsibility of a leading enterprise in the field of synthetic biology.</p> + <p>During the exchange session, teachers with rich experience in the iGEM competition provided improvement suggestions for our project, helping us to expand the application scenarios of the project. We also discussed the current status and challenges of the industrialization of synthetic biology projects, sharing valuable experience ranging from market demands to strain selection. Specifically, they mentioned that the muscone molecular switch could be utilized to replace the methanol promoter in Pichia Pastoris for large-scale microbial industrial production, enhancing safety and reducing costs, which highlighted the promising application prospects of our modified elements. They also pointed out some of the difficulties in the transformation of scientific research. Currently, most of the industrialization in synthetic biology progresses from downstream market demands to upstream development, with strain selection based on these demands. Scientific research involving the modification of elements often struggles to find practical applications in production. We realized the importance of the two-way commitment between scientific research work and industrial production.</p> + <p>Our visit to Bluepha has proven to be an invaluable experience, allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of industrial production and project implementation within the synthetic biology field, and inspiring us of wider application scenarios. We are also eager to pursue further collaboration with the industry in the future.</p> + <div class="row"> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <img src="https://static.igem.wiki/teams/5187/wiki-hp-fig/bluepha-hp1.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Bluepha Visit 1" style="max-width: 300px;"> + </div> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <img src="https://static.igem.wiki/teams/5187/wiki-hp-fig/bluepha-hp2.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Bluepha Visit 2" style="max-width: 300px;"> + </div> + <div class="col-md-4"> + <img src="https://static.igem.wiki/teams/5187/wiki-hp-fig/bluepha-hp3.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="Bluepha Visit 3" style="max-width: 300px;"> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +