Team:HAFS-Korea/COLLABORATION

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Collaboration

#Korean Regional Meetup 8/15 @ Lotte hotel Athen’s Garden

Each team had presentation about its own project. After the presentation were Q&A sessions.

Our team got the question from Korea_U_Seoul team about the reason why we used E.coli instead of other microorganisms. We answered that it is for accessibility. Since our project is headed toward the welfare of farmers, we focus on We also offered some opinions about two other teams. Three Korean teams collaborated to achieve better at Giant Jamboree. It was indeed a great time.

#Jeon-nam University Bioethanol Research Institute 8/19

HAFS-Korea exchanged e-mails with JUBioethanol Research Institute on 19th August. Our questions were related to the problems that this institute encounters during their research. It answered that the economic feasibility and construction of infrastructure were the main problem it often faces.

#Igem mentors

- Gha Young Lee, David Brown, Ricardo We have applied for Igem MENTORS program and were able to get three great mentors who all had experienced Giant Jamboree. In particular, Gha Young helped us a lot. She shared her experience about preparing for Giant Jamboree. We can’t wait until meeting her at Boston 