Team:NEFU China/Notebook
Monthly
January
Our junior and senior students were attracted by the recruiting announcement for the iGEM 2015 in our university. After several interviews and competitive selections, our team was basically created.
February
Our team was growing. We communicated with previous iGEMers in our school to get more insights into iGEM. Meanwhile, we started to watch successful iGEM cases of previous years.
March
We wandered among wikis and gradually realized what the basic factors are for a good project. Brainstorms and weekly meet-ups promoted us to discover the quintessence of iGEM.
April
We urged ourselves to get deeper insights into those previous cases to catch their inspiration. After meet-ups with teammates and our instructors, a draft idea of a yogurt guarder came to our mind. To make sure our project was worth proceeding, we did a survey to find out how much attention people would pay to the quality of yogurt. Fortunately, we got the expected results, although we knew we still had a long way to go.
May
We primarily designed the basic structure of our project. Then we read numerous papers to make an integrated protocol of our lab work.Besides, we visited a dairy factory to learn the microbiological detection methods used in practical production of yogurt. We discovered that our method to be developed should have advantages over the traditional methods, especially in portability.
In addition, it was essential for us to adapt to the wet lab work. We started with laboratory safety training. With the instruction of our instructors and previous iGEMers, we learned a lot of techniques in molecular biology.
June
With efforts, our wet lab work went smoothly.
July
This month, we organized public activity to popularize the knowledge of yogurt production and its quality inspection, and remind people to store yogurt properly.
In addition, we did a survey to confirm the key factors which will attract customers’ attention if our yogurt guarder is developed into a real product.
August
On 13th-15th, we attended the summit of Central China iGEM Consortium held by Peking University. We shared our experience with other teams and really learned a lot from other teams. Here we want to express our sincere thanks to them!
Meanwhile, our lab works still proceeded. We encountered difficulty in the electrotransformation of bacteria, which delayed our project but was eventually resolved after multiple attempts.
September
Time flies. We seized the time to make everything done and put great efforts to the wiki building and preparation for the Giant Jamboree.