Team:BGIC-Global/About Us

ABOUT US

Hello dear iGEMers! This is the team BGIC-Global from BGI College in China. We are a group of ten high school students who are from different parts of the world with specialities in biological experiments, commercial popularizing, mathematical modeling, public speaking, and even arts and design. Since the middle of March, we have formed our team with two main departments, which are experiment group and human practice group. Our aim is to make our project responsible and beneficial for the society. During this "adventure", the ideas of synthetic biology and genetic engineering are put into practice. Additionally, the valuable experience contributes a lot to the growth of every team member.

Timeline
February 26, 2018. Team Members and advisors had discussion online about project design and expectations for the upcoming months.

March 10, 2018. Team Members meet face to face for the first time at BGI College. Over the weekend, we decided the direction of our project.

From March 10 to May 22, 2018, we read research papers, performed surveys in local communities, and research online, about relative informations about formaldehyde and formaldehyde removal products.

May 23, 2018, we had group phone call online with TU Delft, to discuss details of our collaborations in the Eurasian Meet-Up in the summer.

June 26, 2018, start of experiments.

July 24, 25, 26, hosted the Eurasian Meet-Up with TU Delft in Shenzhen. It was a great event for teams to share their progresses by then and find new connections with other teams.

August 17, 2018 finished and passed interlab.

September 30, 2018, team members presented formaldehyde awareness brochures to their school communities.