Team:THIS-China/Award

index THIS-China

THIS-China
Projects

Description ⟩

Design ⟩

Model ⟩

Notebook ⟩

Safety ⟩
Experiment

Protocol ⟩

Results ⟩

Future Work ⟩
Parts

Parts ⟩

Contributions ⟩

Engineering ⟩

Improved Parts ⟩
Application

Proposed Implementation ⟩

Hardware ⟩

Entepreneurship ⟩
HP

Integrated HP ⟩

Edu. & Comm. ⟩
Team

Members ⟩

Attributions ⟩

Collaboration ⟩

Partnership ⟩
Awards

Bronze

  1. Competition Deliverables

    2. This year, the THIS-China team successfully completed the Wiki, Poster, Presentation Video, Project Promotion Video, and Judging Form.

  2. Attributions

    3. You can learn about everyone’s contribution to THIS-China’s project at https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Attributions

  3. Project Description

    4. Dental plaque is a growing worldwide health issue that has been attracting significant attention in recent years. There are further explanations on the Description page behind why we chose this as our project’s topic.

  4. Contribution

    5. This year, the THIS-China team contributed and provided more insights regarding the role of the cotA protein in color degradation. See BBa_K2684000 for our insights. For more information, see https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Contribution

Silver

  1. Engineering Success

    2. The THIS-China team has conducted experiments in the lab and has gone through a couple rounds of the engineering success process. We have solved most of the problem we encountered. We have also make several new parts that includes BBa_K3959000 BBa_K3959001 BBa_K3959002 which include some comD comE codon optimization, comD usage tips and future engineering ways and CSP in S.mutans introduction. For more information, check https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Engineering

  2. Collaboration

    3. THIS-China has done collaboration with the Tsinghua and QHFZ teams on various events. We have also lent the QHFZ team experimental equipment and held meetups and education sessions together. For more information, check https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Collaboration

  3. Human Practices

    4. In this year, THIS-China has done multiple human practices activities. Before we started the experiment, we surveyed people’s preferences and opinions regarding our project and the problem of dental plaque. Then, we interviewed a few professional dentists to determine the feasibility of our project and to gain advice from them. Afterwards, we attended several meetups to introduce our project and to spread the iGEM competition. We also made videos and uploaded them to bilibili for introducing more people to synthetic biology as well as educating primary and secondary students about protecting their teeth. For more information, check https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Human_Practice

  4. Proposed Implementation

    5. We have made hardware to make sure that end users can successfully and safely use our device. More information can be found on the Safety, Hardware, and Implementation pages.

Gold

  1. Integrated Human Practice

    2. From the survey and the interviews of professionals, we gained feedback from a wide audience and from experts. We improved our project based on this feedback. For example, we determined how to solve safety problems and chose to base our project on the desires of our potential customers. In addition, to further solve the problem of dental plaque, we created presentations and educational videos to primary and secondary students in different schools. More information can be found in https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Human_Practice.

  2. Project Modelling

    3. To analyze the expression of cotA color degradation, we established a relevant mathematical model. More information can be found at https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Model

  3. Partnership

    4. Throughout the season, we have held a number of meetings and events done in collaboration with the Tsinghua and QHFZ teams. For team Tsinghua, our partnership involves being mentored by them, working on our websites and mathematical models together, and working on a synthetic biology video together throughout the whole season. For more information, please go to https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Partnership

  4. Education & Communication

    5. We have produced an educational video on synthetic biology to teach others about the background of what we did. We are mainly targeting primary and secondary students and familiarizing them with synthetic biology. The video is on the page https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Communication.

  5. Excellence in Another Area

    6. In addition to all of the requirements, we also develop a very specific entrepreneurship plan for our product if it can actually enter the market. More information can be found at https://2021.igem.org/Team:THIS-China/Entrepreneur.