Interview: Prof. David J. Westenberg
Date: Jun. 29, 2018
Location: Biolab of Mingdao High School
Reflection: Circuit regulation, HP implementation
Why: To improve our idea and realize what we lack in our project design
How: With pleasure, we invited professor Dr. David J. Westenberg from Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States to Mingdao High School to give us some opinions for our project.
What:
At the beginning, we introduced our project to Dr. David. Later on, he discussed the whole project with us. The advice from him was listed below:
1. It’s easy to understand by simplifying the data we have.
2. Speaker should be careful with words in the presentation. This will prevent misunderstanding from cultural difference.
3. He suggested that we can use a different type of BioBrick parts to reach our goal. The Inverter, which can reverse the signal, can be used in our system to response the pathogens.
4. He also gave comments that it’s easier and more direct for us to use repressor instead of the antisense circuit we designed.
Reflection:
It was undoubtedly our privilege to invite an American professor to our lab. Actually, he was greatly impressed by our goal of integrating accessible medical treatment and our affordable mosquito device to some of the poor regions like Africa. He encouraged us to meet with some international organizations for the collaboration in our future plan.