Team:NYU New York/Collaborations
New York University
Collaborations
In a field as extensive as synthetic biology, progress cannot be made without collaboration with other researchers and iGEM teams. NYU iGEM is thankful for the experience to exchange ideas and share advice with other teams from around the world.
Beijing High School No. 4
Members of the NYU iGEM Team had the privilege of hosting a team leader from Beijing High School No. 4 iGEM in New York City. We exchanged tips and advice on how to improve each other’s projects; for example, the NYU iGEM Team suggested the use of an inducible plasmid or a chemical trigger as the inducer for Beijing High School No. 4’s bacterial suicide system. We also discussed modeling techniques such as the use of flow cytometry, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of different types of gene assembly. Because Beijing High School No. 4 mentioned an interest in building hardware for their project, NYU iGEM sent a detailed PowerPoint presentation about how our own bioreactor was made. After our insightful meeting, members of the NYU iGEM team showed the Beijing High School No. 4 team leader around some parts of New York City, including a brief stop at our campus in Lower Manhattan.
University of Waterloo
After discovering that the University of Waterloo team had also used a CcaR/CcaS system in their previous year’s project, the NYU iGEM team was very excited to arrange a call to share ideas and ask for advice. Over the course of several weeks, University of Waterloo assisted the NYU iGEM team in verifying that their optogenetic system would work, as well as offering advice on restriction enzyme digestion protocols.
Biotech Without Borders
NYU iGEM invited the Biotech Without Borders team to visit our lab. We also allowed the team to use our fluorometer, as theirs had stopped working.
American School in Japan (ASIJ)
A member of the NYU iGEM team met with representatives from the ASIJ iGEM team to discuss team projects and synthetic biology lab techniques as well as the differences and similarities of biological research in Japan versus the United States. The NYU iGEM team was also invited to attend a talk presented by the ASIJ iGEM team to high school students at the Chiba Institute of Technology.