Team:NAU-CHINA/Notebook

March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

March

Set up NAU-CHINA 2020 team!

April

Brainstormed and researched literature, found several directions which we were interested and conceived our projects.
Consulted relevant experts and selected the feasibility of our projects.

May

Determined the subject--SLIM and investigated the background of the subject.
Determined the Bacillus subtilis as engineered bacteria and earthworms as carrier.
Registered our team and determined our team members.
Exchanged with Nanjing University for the first time to discuss HP's stakeholders.
Opening festival.
Built earthworms immobilizing lead model.

June

Determined functional elements, regulatory elements, and anaerobic regulatory elements and built gene circuit.
Meetup of South China.
Constructed the framework of wiki.
Cooperated with One Health International Association.
Interviewed experts on lead poisoning and soil environment.

July

Optimized the design of gene circuit.
Designed experimental schemes and expected results.
Learnt to use SnapGene and used SnapGene to construct RFC10 standard plasmid.
Constructed the framework of wiki.
Interviewed agricultural economic experts.
Interviewed the stakeholders.

August

Attended the 7th CCiC.
Reconstructed gene circuit, added the kill switch and replaced functional elements with phytase (ycD).
Completed safety form & check in form.
Global meet up!
Edited wiki.
Conducted science communication with Nanjing-China.

September

Redesigned the experimental scheme and added kill switch.
Made promotion video.
Held iGEM campus promotion (on the Yulan Road).
Edited wiki.
Completed the picture book The Adventure of Andrew.
Completed music creation.

October

Verified the overall gene circuit, simulation results.
Built two mathematical models: CA model and kill switch model.
Edited wiki.
Drew Poster.
Prepared for presentation video.
Held iGEM campus promotional activities.
Celebrated wiki freeze!