# Email communication with Vilnius
At the beginning of our project we originally decided to apply tHDA in our detection. However until August 2021 we have never obtained any positive results for nucleic acid amplification. Vilnius 2020 was the team that used tHDA as their nucleic acid amplification method so we got in touch with Vilnius 2021 to try to get some help to solve this problem. They kindly gave us suggestions through emails.
Figure 1. Screenshots of our emails
# Share plasmids with BNUZ_China
BNUZ_China this year wanted to use plasmids that Fudan 2020 used so the team leader of BNUZ_China managed to contact our team leader and we helped ship them some of the plasmids we owned to help them solve their problem.
Figure 2. A screenshot of the message
# Participating in CCiC8
Team Fudan held 8th Conference of China iGEMer Community https://ccic8.site and our team member act collaborately with members from other teams such as BUCT as organizers and volunteers. We shouldered work such as sending notifications, arranging the meeting place, helping attendees take the seat, and check-in.
Figure 3. Our team members as one of the volunteering staff at CCiC
We also actively participated in the 8th Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC8) by promoting and introducing our project and answering questions from other teams. We were inspired by other teams as well, and many of the questions we recieved were thought-provoking. For example, a member from BUCT asked us about the leakage of our core part.
Figure 4. Our team members introducing our project to the attendees
Finally, we won the best presentation prize at https://ccic8.site.
Figure 5. Screenshots of CCiC8 Best Presentation Finalists and Awards