Team:ShanghaiFLS China/Team
Team PIs
Primary PI: Mr. XU Jiawei
Xu Jiawei is a young biology teacher in SFLS, a rookie in Shanghai Hongkou District and participated in the production of the “Biology Green Talent” in well known high schools in Shanghai. He is the PI of the team and believes that iGEM can give full play to students' autonomy and initiative, and enhance students' scientific research and innovation ability and comprehensive quality.
Secondary PI: Dr. CAI Menghao
Dr. Cai holds a B.S. degree in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). His research interests include synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for the production of pharmaceuticals, molecular design on novel chassis cells, and fermentation for the production of pharmaceuticals. He is honored to work with this group of young students and wishes them a bright future.
Advisors
XU Mingqiang
Xu Mingqiang is a Ph.D student at the East China Institute of Technology's Ahua Institute. He is currently the advisor of ShanghaiFLS_China. He is honored to guide this group of young people with ideas. He has also benefited a lot from the communication with them. He thinks that iGEM has provided a marvelous platform to bring together like-minded young people, full of exciting innovations, all kinds of whimsical collisions to create the spark of wisdom. His motto is "be brave to think and act, and wonderful things will happen".
LIU Qi
Liu Qi is currently a Ph.D. student in bioengineering at East China University of Science and Technology. His main research direction is the construction of synthetic biology. He is honored to be the advisor of ShanghaiFLS_China. He is preparing for the iGEM contest with these outstanding young people. He sees iGEM only as a competition, but also as a high-quality platform for scientific research communication, as an opportunity for many young research enthusiasts to exercise and realize their potential. He believes that the collision of innovative thinking is the most exciting factor of iGEM. Be brave to innovate, try everything, and the future will be bright!
NIU Xiaoqi
Niu Xiaoqi is from the Neurosurgery Department at the First Hospital Affiliated to AMU. He is currently the advisor of ShanghaiFLS_China. He is honored to guide such an energetic high school team. In communication with them, he has seen himself four years ago. He hopes that ShanghaiFLS_China can achieve excellent results this year.
Student Members
Brian Zhou
As one of the team leaders, Brian is mostly responsible for the planning and the coordination of the team efforts. He manages a lot of the correspondence and outsourcing and also is a main member of the wet team. But besides this role, he is fairly multifaceted: he loves soccer, cycling, running, drama, films, audiobooks, and tea (with milk and sugar, please). He currently attends 11th grade at SFLS, a place that allows him to be pretty good at English and German. He hopes that via iGEM, we can get our hands on hardcore scientific research and help improve the status quo in one way or another.
Crystal Liu
Crystal is a junior at Shanghai Foreign Language School affiliated to SISU. She loves volleyball, cooking/baking, phone photography. In addition, she loves pointless debates, as well as learning and talking about different foreign languages. In the team, she is mainly responsible for the team Wiki, social media, and literary and scientific writing. She believes that this project will contribute to the society and help the environment, and would love to learn a lot of skills, as well as molecular biology, from this iGEM project.
Ethan Huang
Ethan is a junior at Shanghai Foreign Language School. He loves reading books about science, traveling, and listening to music, especially Russian songs. His favorite subject is biology, and he focuses on the experiments in the iGEM team. He also wrote some of the articles in the public account. During the iGEM competition, he would like to make progress to create something that can benefit our life.
Nicole Guo
Nicole Guo is G11 student from SFLS. At present, she is responsible for publicity, and also works for both the dry and wet team. She believes that she can better find her own position in the later work. She hopes that in the near future, the iGEM project will not only be presented to the public through scientific research but also spread the green concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature through practice, which will better promote the coordinated development of nature and society.
Aileen Zhou
Aileen Zhou is a 12th grade student from SFLS, mainly participating the wet team. Years ago, learning how fellow students use synthetic bio to change the world inspired her a lot. For her, igem is not only a mere competition, but a chance to reconfirm her love for Biology, a medium to take initiatives.
Amber Lu
Amber is from Beijing, and she is a junior who is currently studying in Minnesota. Besides learning sciences, she loves playing tennis and baking. She also spends years playing flute in a symphony orchestra. In the team, she is mainly responsible for designing and conducting experiments. At the same time, she also helps with organizing social media. She’s hoping to contribute to the environmental protection through this iGEM project.
Clesia Pan
Clesia is a junior at Shanghai Foreign Language School affiliated to SISU. She loves reading novels(and at present her favorite novel is Me Before You). She would like to learn more about synthetic biology and gene engineering via IGEM. Also she hopes to contribute to the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical application in real life. In the team, she is mainly responsible for part of the human practices as well as accounting.
Baron Wang
Baron is a twelfth-grader at Xinhua high school, Tianjin, China. He is in the dry team. In general, his job is to search for scientific literature, design the experiments, and write about the biology research his team is conducting. He is enthusiastic about biology and biotechnology and likes to approach scientific questions from a perspective of biology. By participating in the iGEM, he hopes to broaden his horizons and contribute to his group.
Jane Li
Jane is from Shanghai, and she is a senior studying in the U.S. She loves graphic design, music, and swimming. In her spare time, she loves working in the garden. She also has an interest in genetics and nutritional biology. In the team, she helps with scientific writing and design, and she also works for the wet team. She hopes to learn more about herself via iGEM and let more people know about the application of genetic engineering and its contribution to the environment and society.
Ken Zhang
Ken is a ninth-grader at Shanghai Foreign Language school. He has great interest in swimming, music production, and especially biology. Currently taking part in the designing and the conduction of experiments, he hope to utilize the opportunity to prepare for the iGEM to learn more about molecular biology and experiment designing, meanwhile making a contribution to the application of synthetic biology in all fields.
Martin Ma
Martin is a junior from EHS-BNU. He focused on fundraising and public relationship. As an economic lover, his first priority is to make the team functioning well. To bolster the awareness of being environmentally friendly and to earn a profit on the project is what he really wants.
Wilson He
Wilson is a G10 student from SFLS who is due to enter G10 by September. He loves arts, designing, and mechanical engineering (in other words, building robots). He is now incorporated in the dry team doing the job of art designing. He has designed two versions of the team’s logo, the team jacket, and a few other accessories, such as stickers. He wants to be involved as much as possible in the team’s propaganda and merchandising, thus making the team’s research results more well-known and therefore complete its task of truly helping humanity.
Alexis Huang
Alexis is a 10th grader currently studying at Shanghai Foreign Language School. He is enthusiastic about soccer, politics and mechanical engineering. As an avid supporter for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC, he attends most of the teams home matches and sometimes even supports the team away. In the iGem team, he is mainly responsible for the backup support for the team, including planning the team’s trip to Boston. He is also part of the marketing and public relations team for iGEM, hoping to provide the team with the best possible conditions for the team during this astonishing experience.
Cherry Chen
Cherry is a G10 student who studies in Switzerland. She enjoys volleyball, music and reading. She mainly works with the dry team and writes about the experiments conducted by her teammates. In school, her favorite subject is biology and chemistry. By participating in iGEM, she would like to contribute to her group and propagate more information about environmental sustainability to other people.