Team:TAS Taipei/Attributions
TEAM ATTRIBUTIONS
Experimental
| Literature Research | Enoch T, Alan L, Laura H, Alex C, Minna H, Kaitlyn H, Jane L |
| Designing DNA Constructs | Enoch T, Kaitlyn H |
| Protein Expression & Purification | Yvonne K, Sean H, Jane L, Easton L, Enoch T, Alex C, Laura H, Ethan S |
| Colorimetric Substrate Assay | Enoch T, Yvonne K, Alex C, Jane L, Laura H, Alan L, Sean H, Easton L |
| Thin Layer Chromatography Assay | Enoch T, Jane L, Yvonne K, Alan L, Laura H, Alex C, Sean K |
| Mass Spectroscopy | Enoch T, Sean H, Yvonne K, Easton L |
| Porcine Blood Agglutination Tests | Enoch T, Alex C, Sean H |
| Wiki Text | Easton L, Sean H, Jane L, Enoch T, Yvonne K |
Prototype
| Blood Type Conversion Kit Research & Design | Enoch T, Bernie C |
| Hardware | Bernie C, Enoch T |
| Q10 Temperature Coefficient | Alan L, Bernie C, Enoch T |
| Porcine Blood Agglutination Tests | Alex C, Sean H, Enoch T |
| Percent Hemolysis Tests | Enoch T, Sean H |
| Nickel Sepharose Beads Test | Enoch T |
| Post-Conversion RBC Purification Tests | Enoch T |
| Wiki Text | Enoch T, Bernie C, Yvonne K |
Modeling
| Literature Research | Bernie C, Alan L |
| Blood Supply & Demand Modelling | Bernie C, Enoch T, Alan L |
| Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics | Bernie C, Enoch T |
| Antibody-Antigen Binding Rates | Bernie C |
| Surface Area Modelling | Bernie C |
| Wiki Text | Bernie C, Alan L |
Human Practices
| Bioethics Roundtable Preparation | Christine W, Enoch T, Alan L, Yvonne K, Sienna C, Kristin C, Ines B, Kaitlyn H, Alex C, Minna H, Laura H |
| Bioethics Roundtable Discussion | Whole team |
| Bioethics Survey and Poll Analysis | Emily L, Evelyn H, Annabelle W, Bernie C, Clarence L, Alan L, Kristin C |
| 7th Grade Education Preparation | Christine W, Sienna C, Ines B, Andrew H, Jeffrey L, Rowan D, Andreea L, Jane L, Sabrina H, Yvonne K, Kristin C |
| 7th Grade Education | Whole team |
| Tiktok Educational Videos | Yvonne K, Sienna C, Christine W, Laura H |
| Online Education Website & Curriculum | Yvonne K, Sienna C, Christine W, Kristin C |
| Dr. Frank Hsiao Interview | Andrew H, Yvonne K, Kaitlyn H, Sienna C, Kristin C |
| Dr. Todd Lowary Interview | Laura H, Enoch T, Minna H, Jeffery L |
| Dr. Jimmy Kang Interview | Laura H, Enoch T, Alan L, Bernie C, Kaitlyn H, Andrew H |
| Dr. Lori West Interview | Guan C, Yvonne K, Enoch T, Laura H, Justin W |
| TBSF Dr. Liu Interview | Yvonne K, Alan L, Bernie C, Laura H, Guan C, Justin W, Enoch T |
| ACHB Interview | Christine W, Kaitlyn H, Yvonne K, Enoch T, Sienna C, Alan L |
| Legislator Chuang & Dr. Chen Interview | Alan L, Yvonne K, Ines B, Sienna C |
| Dr. Gua-Che Lu Interview | Easton L |
| Mr. Dhirpal Shah Interview | Laura H, Alan L, Sienna C, Minna H |
| Dr. Wen-Chien Chou Interview | Yvonne K, Alan L |
| Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Interview | Laura H, Alan L, Sean H, Bernie C |
| "Meet the Drapers" Pitch | Enoch T, Yvonne K |
| Public Survey Design | Kaitlyn H, Laura H, Enoch T, Alan L, Yvonne K, Jeffrey L, Sean H |
| Blood Bank Survey Design | Enoch T, Bernie C, Kaitlyn C, Laura H, Alan L, Yvonne K |
| Survey Analysis | Laura H, Yvonne K, Minna H |
| iGEM x SDG Impact Challenge & Conference | Kaitlyn H, Laura H, Minna H, Yvonne K, Sienna C, Guan C, Enoch T |
| Blood Donation App Proposal | Justin W, Yvonne K, Laura H, Guan C |
| Policy Brief | Alan L, Guan C, Justin W |
| Marketing Plan | Christine W, Sienna C |
| Further Applications | Guan C, Yvonne K, Laura H |
| Collaborations | Sabrina H, Andreea L, Jeffrey L, Emily L, Easton L, Alan L, Yvonne K |
| Wiki Text | Evelyn H, Christine W, Jeffrey L, Andrew H, Laura H, Yvonne K, Alan L, Minna H, Kaitlyn H |
Wiki & Graphics Design
| Wiki Coding & Visual Design | Sabrina H |
| Logo Designs | Emily L, Mabel T, Jane L |
| Promotional Video | Sienna C, Andrew H, Mabel T, Christine W, Laura H, Ines B, Yvonne K, Enoch T, Minna H |
| Presentation Video | Whole Team |
| Team Headshots | Lindsey N |
| Graphics & Animations | Mabel T, Jane L, Sabrina H, Emily L |
PROJECT ATTRIBUTIONS
General Support
- TAS Science Department
- Mr. David Iverson, Science Department Chair
- Ms. Joanna Lin, Science Department Assistant
- Mr. Andrew Lowman, TAS Upper School Principal
- Parents and friends of the TAS_Taipei 2021 team
Lab Support
- MathWorks: Provided Licenses to Softwares
- Genomics 基龍米克斯生物科技: DNA Synthesis
- Integrated DNA Technologies: DNA Synthesis
- MEDCLUB Scientific: IDT Distributor
- Twist Bioscience: DNA Synthesis
- SnapGene: DNA Design Software
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)- Yi Ta and Dr. Michael Li
- Academia Sinica Dr. Todd Lowary Lab
Project Advisory Support
- Mr. Jude Clapper
- Dr. Jonathan Hsu
- Dr. Nicholas Ward
- Mr. Sean Tsao
Wiki Support
- Mr. Jason Kiang
- Veronica Hong
Video Support
- Nathan Liu
- Kelly Yang
- Joel Lo
- Vera Chien
- Mr. Brett Barrus
- Mr. Adrian Town
Human Practice Support
- Dr. Jun-Hong Liu (劉俊宏): Director of Planning for the Taipei Blood Center (台北捐血中心企劃課課長)
- Dr. Jimmy Kang: Doctor at National Taiwan University Hospital blood bank
- Dr. Gua-Che Lu (盧冠澈): Emergency medicine physician at the Keelung Hospital
- Dr. Frank Hsiao: Oncologist and hematologist at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
- Dr. Todd Lowary: Professor at University of Alberta and researcher at Academia Sinica Department of Biological Chemistry
- Legislator Ching-Cheng Chuang (莊敬程): Member of the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee of the Legislative Yuan
- Dr. George Chen (陳榮治): Associate professor of Biomedical Engineering in National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
- Dr. Lori West: Pediatric cardiologist and researcher at the University of Alberta
- Ms. Maggie Hsieh: VP Sales & Marketing at ACHB Enterprise Co Ltd (穎佳企業股份有限公司)
- iGEM EPIC: Entrepreneurship Program Innovation Community of iGEM
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Ms. Connie Ma: Alumni and Community Outreach Officer at Taipei American School
- Biobuilder
- TAS Girls in STEM
- TAS FRC Team
- James An: Project hardware CAD
Collaborators
- Team Düsseldorf for joining their Postcard Project
- Team Patras for translating their comic into Mandarin
- Team NYCU for helping them with their promoter testing tests, providing them with a bacteria strain, and letting us use a plate reader for our Q10 tests
- Team Korea_HS for participating in their Instagram project
- Team MingDao for providing them with a bacteria strain and distributing our survey
- Team KCIS for distributing our survey
- Team ARIA for distributing our survey
- Team KCIS_NewTaipei, Korea_HS, NTU-Singapore, IISER-Tirupati_India, Saint_Joseph, RUBochum, Stony_Brook, CCU_Taiwan, SHSID, NKCU_Tainan, ASIJ_Tokyo, Moscow_City, Thessaly, Sydney_Australia, William_and_Mary, NU_Kazakhstan, Aachan, MIT_MAHE, PuiChing_Macau, Wageningen_UR, ATG X iGEM UMA, Open_Science_Global, Calgary, Tu_Darmstadt, Mingdao for being part of our global efforts to tackle Sustainable Development Goals through our iGEMxSDG Challenge & Conference
Special Thanks
- Dr. Grace Cheng Dodge: TAS Head of School
- Dr. Dan Long & Ms. Jessica Lin: TAS Dean of Students and his Department Assistant
- Generous Donations to TAS
- Mr. Matthew Fagen: Director of the TAS Tech Cube
TEAM TRAINING & PROJECT START
Does your institution teach an iGEM or synthetic biology course?
Taipei American School teaches a year-long synthetic biology course. During the first semester, students learn synthetic biology techniques in both classroom and laboratory settings. During the second semester and over the summer, students work on their iGEM project.
When did you start this course?
TAS started this course in 2013. The 2021 TAS_Taipei team began taking this class in August 2020.
Are the syllabus and course materials freely available online?
We follow the BioBuilder curriculum (biobuilder.org)
When did you start your brainstorming?
November 2020
When did you start in the lab?
January 2021
When did you start working on your project?
November 2020