We would like to take this opportunities to say thanks to our instructors, Mr. Kelvin K.F. Shek, Mr. Paul P. Lau, Mr. Caleb K.H. Wong and Mr. Tim K.C. Fan for giving project support and advice, lab support and difficult technique support

Achievement by our teammates

Part design

We obtained the sequence from NCBi and iGEM library, we did codon optimization and reverse transcription. After that, we designed the composite parts.

UCCKE: Nathan Ip, Sean Yam, Rosa Lai, Owen Hsiu , Gabriel Lee, Hannah Luk

TKP: Sharon Fong, Bowie Wong, Andy Tse

Collaboration

We contacted Team Hong_Kong_CUHK and Team Hong_Kong_UST for collaboration.

UCCKE: Jonathan Cheng, Sean Yam, Nathan Ip, Owen Hsiu

TKP: Bowie Wong, Lily Lau, Dolphin Chan

Human Practice/ Public Engagement

We involved the society to obtain ideas to improve for our project by collecting water samples and doing interviews. We also keep on promoting iGEM and synthetic biology to other schools in Hong Kong.

PLKCHC: Suki Chan, Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Eric Chu

UCCKE: Katy Leung, Jonathan Cheng

PS: Wilson Yeung, Eunice Cheung, Eva Chong

TKP: Coraline Chiu, Jason Wong, Alan Yeung, Lily Lau

Laboratory work members

We cloned three composite parts, did transformation and perform assays testing the efficiency of our engineered bacteria.

PLKCHC: Suki Chan, Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Eric Chu, Nicole Leung, Tran Do Giang My, Ryan Ho, Ken Kwok

UCCKE: Jonathan Cheng, Katy Leung, Nathan Ip, Sean Yam

PS: Wilson Yeung, Eunice Cheung, Eva Chong

TKP: Sharon Fong, Alan Yeung, Dolphin Chan, Andy Tse

Idea and project design

Based on our inspiration on heavy metal pollution over the world, we designed a new approach to solve the problem by metallothionein and synthetically biological techniques.

PLKCHC: Suki Chan, Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Eric Chu, Nicole Leung, Tran Do Giang My, Ryan Ho

UCCKE: Jonathan Cheng, Katy Leung, Nathan Ip, Sean Yam

PS: Wilson Yeung

TKP: Coraline Chiu, Jason Wong, Bowie Wong

Wiki content

We organised our data and processed it into pages of wiki.

PLKCHC: Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Suki Chan

UCCKE: Jonathan Cheng, Katy Leung, Kristy Chan, Nathan Ip, Sean Yam, Venus Wong, Rosa Lai

PS: Wilson Yeung

TKP: Dolphin Chan, Andy Tee, Alan Yeung

Wiki design and coding support

We designed the layout of the wiki and the formats of it.

UCCKE: Gabriel Lee, Kristy Chan, Venus Wong

TKP: Lily Lau, Bowie Wong

Artworks and graphics design

We designed our team logo, banner and poster.

UCCKE: Nathan Ip

PLKCHC: Suki Chan

PS: Cathy Leung

TKP: Lily Lau

Product design

We tried to make our project into a working product which can achieve the goals of our approach

PLKCHC: Suki Chan, Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Eric Chu, Tran Do Giang My

3D modeling

After designing the product, we used 3D printing to create a prototype of the device

PLKCHC: Suki Chan

Pilot test run

In order to prove that our device is functional on absorbing copper ions from aqueous medium, we selected some of our members to undergo a pilot test.

PLKCHC: Suki Chan, Louis Kwong, Xyrace Tse, Eric Chu, Tran Do Giang My

Presentation coaching

Treating students sternly is always the action of showing love by teachers. The mentors of HKJSS team coach us with their deepest love, gradually improve our presentation skills and organising ability. We would like to express our greatest thanks to our team mentors, who spent their days and nights to lead us to flourish.

Mr. Kelvin K.F. Shek

Mr. Paul P. Lau

Mr. Caleb K.H. Wong

Mr. Tim K.C. Fan

Hong Kong JSS

Contact

hkjsigem@gmail.com

Team:Hong Kong JSS/Attributions

Attribution

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to,

Tin Ka Ping Foundation

Hong Kong Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE)

Team Hong_Kong-CUHK

Team Hong Kong HKUST

Human Practice Supports

Local Business owner

Shops in Goldfish market

UCCKE students

Instructors