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Revision as of 04:57, 15 October 2018
Collaborations
Because we get by with a little help from our friends
Mid-Atlantic Meetup
The Mid-Atlantic Meetup was hosted by the University of Maryland on July 13th in College Park, MD. Georgia State University joined five other teams to to discuss our projects, present our work and give each other feedback.
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Georgia Meetup
The Georgia Meetup was held at Emory University on September 22nd. We joined Emory University and Lambert High School to talk about the challenges our teams face and successful team management techniques.
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China Sister School
Georgia State University has a Summer study abroad program focusing on biotechnology in partnership with Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJU). This summer a group of students from our sister school came to visit GSU.
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Mid-Atlantic Meetup
In keeping with the Collaboratory spirit of iGEM, this year we were fortunate to participate in a mid-atlantic meetup organized by The University of Maryland. In attendance was William and Mary (more). Going into the meetup, we were focused on advancing last year’s project of creating a bacterial detection system by making a fusion protein of factor C – a protein in horseshoe crab blood that undergoes an auto catalysis in the presence of gram-negative bacteria – and HCG. We were excited at the potential of collaborating with the teams in attendance, especially as it pertained to possible protein detection systems.
Georgia Meetup
Rehmat and Christina went to Emory University at the O Wayne Rollins Research Center to discuss project ideas and future collaborations with other Georgia teams who are participating in iGEM for this year. Each team discussed an overview idea of their project as well as what they have planned up until the Jamboree.
The number of people who attended this event made it possible for us to really connect and foster a more “at home” setting where we could share some challenges we all faced. We each got to open up a little as we spoke about limitations of our labs and were able to get a full understanding of the inner working of each team’s lab. Although some of our discussions came from as well as successful techniques that were related to managing an iGEM team/conducting our labs. After attending this event, we all felt that it would be in all of our best interests to create a more permanent platform where we could all communicate, exchange ideas and do collaborations together, this would allow us to take part in larger efforts considering it would be a combined effort. Spoke about limitations of our labs and truly got to understand the inner workings of each of our labs. Talk more about how we have limited people, everyone has to do everything, no committees Keeping iGEM going is just a matter of setting an example/model and being able to train the new members to see iGEM for all that it is.
Emory is having a similar issue that we dealt with last year. Their team consists mostly of seniors who will be graduating and will no longer be part of the iGEM team at Emory and they were having trouble finding a transition where the iGEM team at Emory will not end with their graduation, they want to keep it going. Whereas on our end at Georgia State, we were the recipients of this issue. The 2017 team had left, and the new team consisted of completely new members who had no idea what iGEM was, had no research experience, we simply had interest. We had to learn a lot of things via trial and error and had to learn to take things as they came without any expectations of what is to come. We discussed with them the ideas, concepts, and expectations we wished someone had left behind for us so we could carry on better. We both wanted to ditch the idea of the team starting from scratch every year. One can never fully understand all that is iGEM without having done it once before, but there are definitely expectations that can be discussed to help adhere to the mindset needed to do well in iGEM.
China Sister School
It is no secret that iGEM has become increasingly popular over time. As a result, more and more students and faculty are interested in this wonderful experience/platform that brings students with a passion for molecular cell/genetic engineering together. One of our sister schools, Southwest Jiaotong University has become a part of this group that wants to get involved and start an iGEM team. Their headmaster, as well as two faculty members and students came to observe and ask questions about what iGEM is, how we conduct our lab/outreach and what our project idea is for this year. One of the faculty members actually lectures here at Georgia State and some of the students are actually here for the fall semester.
Following our presentation, we had a “Q&A” session where students discussed their concerns as well as their own ideas on how to start their own iGEM team. The session concluded with us giving a few pointers/tips on what the best way to go about that would be. We had a presentation that included all this information and shared each of our own experiences. As a result, we had students express deep interest in wanting to help us in the fall. So they can experience hands-on what it would be like participating.