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Collaboration between Nanjing-China and SEU

iGEM is a competition encouraging collabroation between teams. We have established a coopration relationship with the team SEU. In the past term, we often hold parties to discuss our projects.

In this year, SEU mainly design a system utilizing DNA in wet experiments to implement mathematical calculations. We have extensively discussed the safety issues about genetic engineering, the methods of artificially controlling DNA expression, and the social significance of using DNA to achieve molecular calculations.

Nanjing-China is trying to figure out an innovative way to process the sewage and therefore generate energy for the growth of crops. They develop a simple solo mediumcopy plasmidbased polyphosphate kinase (PPK1) overexpression strategy for achieving maxium intracellular polyphosphate accumulation by environmental bacteria.In terms of Nanjing-China’s project, we discussed modeling related issues. Members of SEU proposed constructive opinions, which is, we should consider the relationship between the rate of absorption of phosphorus and time.

Finally, we exchanged some opinions on web design, team logos and animation display.

Collaboration between Nanjing-China and Fudan-TSI

We communicated with team Fudan-TSI about our project for several times. In the Biology Undergraduate Development Symposium, we exchanged our experience about how to perform the experiment in practice. Then during the 6th Conference of China iGEMers Community, we made collaboration on modeling. We suggested them combining the three process of transcription, reverse transcription and recombination in the modeling. In return they recommended us to assume that the phosphorus absorption rate was inversely proportional to the amount of phosphorus absorbed in the phosphorus absorption rate curve model. We both made great progress through the interchange between each other.

Collaboration with FAFU

We communicated with team FAFU-China about water quality data, espically the total phosphorus. We only have few data of local sanitary sewage, so we ask them for help, for they are doing the survey of water quality. They shared water samples from our environmental water quality monitoring with them(including sample from ocean, fresh water basin and some factory), those data show our project possible direction of development. We can refer to these data to improve our device, and expand its using range. Maybe in the future, our new device can be used in all types of water.

Collaboration with Moscow

We communicated with team Moscow by e-mail in October. They saw our team’s collaboration request,which is about collecting the information on phosphorus content in domestic sewage worldwide and interim treatment methods, on IGEM’s official website, and then soon email us. Their information is really helpful, it’s not only contain methods of removing phosphorus and the condition of local sewage in Russia, but also share their opinion about the treatment of wastewater containing phosphorus in the future.

In return, we also fill in their questionnaire about tick-borne diseases, which is also the collaboration request. This year they are working on a portable biosensor that can detect the presence of Borrelia spp. During their project they faced with lack of awareness of the tick-borne diseases among the public, so they launched the survey to know about attitude to this problem in our country. We really hope our answers can do them a favor.