Team:SZU-China/Achievement
Achievement
BRONZE
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1. Registered for iGEM, had a great iGEM season, and attended the Giant Jamboree.
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2. All Deliverables met!
#1 Wiki
#2 Poster
#3 Presentation
#4 Judging Form -
3. Attributions finished!(click Attribution to see more)
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4. Project Inspiration and Description finished! (click Description to see more)
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5. Existing Part from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts has been characterized using our new approach. (Added quantitative experimental characterization data, click BBa_K1131000 and BBa_K3264022 to see more)
SILVER
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1. Engineering Success is finished! (click BBa_K3360005 ,BBa_K3360010 and BBa_K3360012 to see more)
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2. Finished Collaborations. (click Collaborations to see how we helped each other!)
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3. Silver Human practices finished, welcome to our Human Practices.
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4. Proposed Implementation finished. (click Proposed Implementation to see how we inplement our project in the real world.)
GOLD
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1. Integrated Human Practices: Promote our designs to the world and try to solve practical problems with our designs. (click Integrated Human Practices for more information!)
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2. Improvement of an Existing Part(BBa_K2929003), and click BBa_K3360002 to see the improved new part!
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3. Utilized mathematical model for instruction in our lab. (click Model for more information!)
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4. Proof of Concept is finished! (welcome to our Proof Of Concept!)
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5. Partnership is finished! (welcome to our Partnership!)
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6. Science Communications is finished! (welcome to our Education!)
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7. Excellence in Another Area is finished! (welcome to our Excellence in Another Area!)
We designed a coherent, integrated human practices plan and completed it. The river polluted by jeans and a documentary that traced how a pair of jeans were produced inspired our members, so we decided to look for a further understanding of this phenomenon. First, we investigated the flow of the value chain, which is an essential tool that helps us analyze every part of the jeans industry. After contacting the stakeholders, we went to the jeans washing factory in Zhongshan city. Through our communication, we ask them to list their pain points and after we understood the weak links in the jeans industry, we began to conceive our sustainable scheme. Also, we asked an academic consultant for help when we encountered some problems during the designing process.
To make our products correspond with actual needs, we set off again to the original jeans factory and invited workers and managers to do a systematic evaluation of BLUEism. The person in charge pointed out that there are some problems in the practical application of our product in the industry. In order to improve our solutions to serve the people in the real world, we communicated with You Sheng Textile Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a local textile dye company dedicated to environmental protection and held an iDYE workshop.
In order to better educate the public，we invented a team of high school students from different regions of China such as Wuhan and Chongqing to join our synthetic biology winter camp, which can help them have a deeper understanding of synthetic biology and biological laboratory. We prepared a teaching plan in advance. And we give two language versions of the teaching plan so that people in more regions can take it for suggestions. In addition, we wrote versions of the brochures. One is suitable for high school students to read as the other is for college students. These works have stimulated the thinking and discussion of synthetic biology among the people.
We did four models to improve our project. First, we used Discovery Studio for molecular docking to find the best binding mode of β-glucosidase and geniposide. Secondly, we set up a gene expression model to explore the best time to harvest beta-glucosidase, endo-beta-1_4-glucanase and cl34. Moreover, we carried out the orthogonal experiment based on the single-factor experiment, the temperature, the dosage of geniposide and glycine, and the time which mainly affect the reaction of geniposide. Last but not least, to simulate the relationship between the 4 factors and yield and predict the yield of gardenia blue, we established the Back Propagation Neural Network (BP-NN) model based on the orthogonal test.
In order to better connect the two parts of our design and make it more convenient for use, we designed a machine. With the machine, all you need to do is place your trousers onto the trousers clamp and it can help in transferring, dyeing, fraying and washing at last. We wrote instructions and drawings for it. This machine was able to take our project from the lab to a practical application.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the judges for your hard work! Besides, we sincerely thank everyone who gave us support!
