The vioce of biology

With the increasing age, the old suffer gradual sight loss; by comparison, their hearing will maintain at an acceptable level. So we produced a free online audio course on basic biology knowledge. We explained several elementary concepts through clear and straightforward expression, including but not limited to protein, gene, and virus. We emphasized and introduced the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 to inform the old relative knowledge to protect them from the pandemic. Till today, more than 1000 people have listened to our program. For most episodes, 100+ people listen to one episode in 24 hours. Simultaneously, we wrote a synchronize textbook with extra-large font size to help those with hearing impaired get familiar with the knowledge.

After talking to the old, we discovered that the traditional education approach works low efficiently. Thus, we focus on the emotional need of the old and developed a previously unexplored education method. Our primary strategy is to inform the younger generation and to instruct them on educating their grandparents. The old are more willing to accept these new concepts and are accompanied by their family. Compared with traditional education strategies, our approach offers emotional support from the younger generation and is comfortable for the old. In countries like Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China, where the bond between grandparents and grandkids is incredibly tight, our approach is undoubtedly significant. We wrote a textbook for the young and explained how to impart the older generation knowledge. At the same time, we went to the nursing house and introduced osteoporosis and its symptom to these local elders. We taught them how to prevent osteoporosis during their daily life and wished them good health.

To cultivate students interested in synthetic biology, we collaborate with Tianjin university to hold a two-day online summer camp. About 30 high school students from all over China took part in our project. We introduced several standard technologies used in synthetic biology and what synthetic biology can do. We also present them with our topic this year and appeal to them to pay attention to the old mental and physical health. All of the students spoke highly of the summer camp, and two of them won our 'The star for future' prize.

We hoped to raise students' interests in synthetic biology and encourage more college students to choose biology as their major. Hence, we collaborate with Zhejiang University and the University of Science and Technology of China and invite three professors to lecture for the freshman and sophomore. Meanwhile, we launched a column which interprets essays in Chinese on our Wechat public account and encourages them to choose biology as their major. We also invited 20+ sophomore to visit the biology lab, and our PI invited them to joy us and enjoy synthetic biology with us.