TEAM WE ARE SIREN
Attribution
Collaboration
Our modeling can be divided into four parts. Firstly, in order to enable our project to be applied in life, we design a device placed in soil, which can attract and kill nematodes by modified engineering bacteria inside. Secondly, assuming there is a farmland, we take advantage of nematodes’ movement analogue simulation to find the best position where the device should be placed and the best concentration of attracting substance. Thirdly, according to this concentration, we obtain the best size of the device by calculating. At last, we establish a database to enlarge applied range of our method to kill other pests. We would appreciate that new synthetic biological and environment-friendly methods can be shared and improved with the science researchers all over the world.
Acknowledgement
Thanks:
Prof. Zhu Xudong, Prof. Yang Dong and Prof. Xiang Benqiong
Offered us much precious advice on the project.
Hao Xiaoran, Chi Xiaodong, Huo Liang, Ai Ying and Wang Xuan
Offered us advice on our experiments and helped us solve problems.
The College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University
Helped us do GC-MS.
Prof. Yang Chonglin of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Offered us C.elegens and taught us how to cultivate them.
Prof. Li Hongmei of Department of Plant Pathology,Nanjing Agricultural University
Helped us to do Species identification of nematodes.
BIT-China & ZJU-China & FAFU-CHINA
Offered us some helpful advice and we also had a collaboration together.
Agricultural Service Center of Ceyu, Hebei Province
Helped us learn more information about the damage caused by local nematodes and villager’s attitude towards agricultural insecticide.
Shang Zhong National Middle School of Guizhou Province
Supported us in our voluntary education.
National Chiao Tung University &Peking University
Provided us opportunities to communicate with other teams.
Feng Xiaofei and her family in Hebei Province
Helped us get soybeans samples and did a survey in the locality.
Prof. Wang Yingdian
Discussed the bright future of our project with us.
Sponsors
Beijing Normal University (BNU), is a public research university located in Beijing with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. Our school supported us to our iGEM Journey and provided us adequate resources to complete the competition. Students of different colleges in our school took part in our team, and all these colleges supported us very much.