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Team:Shenzhen SFLS/Team Description
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Team description for Shenzhen_SFLS
Shenzhen_SFLS is an energetic iGEM high school team which represents Shenzhen Foreign Languages High School [1], located in Shenzhen, China.
Shenzhen&Shenzhen Foreign Languages School
Shenzhen is a beautiful seaside city located in southern China, which is next to Hong Kong. Within thirty years Shenzhen has developed from a fishing village to a world class city. It’s a young city, but has endless energy and potential.
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School is one of the best high schools in Shenzhen. Our school lies in Yantian District beside the Wutong Mountain, the highest peak in Shenzhen. Every morning we open our eyes, breathe in the fresh air and start a good day. SFLS is the acronym of our school name. It is a part of our team name because we love SFLS. We are proud to be SFLSers!
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Members
Our team includes 21 students, 4 instructors and 5 advisors. Our school collaborated with BGI Shenzhen to take part in iGEM High School Season. Team members have different personalities, but we are able to cooperate with each other in order to achieve every goal we’ve set.
Students
- 2013 Team members:
- Hekang JIA
- Biwei ZHENG
- Ruping LIU
- Captain: Yuying ZHANG (e-mail address:zyy981001@hotmail.com) – blablabla
- Vice Captain: Xin JIANG
- Directors of Theory:
- Wenxiu YE
- Jieying YE
- Director for Experiment: Zhengfeng LIU
- Director for Modeling: Jiayan GUO
- Director for Human Practice: Xiangyu LIANG
- Other members: Junwei MA, Xinru LIU, Zhiran XU, Tiantian WEI, Ziwei XU, Xueying XIANG, Yue DENG, Xinqi LV, Shuheng HU, Jiyang Cai
Instructors
The following teachers closely collaborated with our team:
- Juan DENG
- Peilin LI
- Dan LI
- Boxiang WANG
Advisor
● Shuang ZHU ● ● ● ●
Synthetic biology brings us all together despite our varied personalities. Our hearts gather together, seeking for knowledge, love and joy.
For more information
● Shenzhen Foreign Languages School http://www.sfls.net.cn/ ● Wikipedia for Shenzhen Foreign Languages School http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B7%B1%E5%9C%B3%E5%A4%96%E5%9C%8B%E8%AA%9E%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1 ● BGI http://www.genomics.cn/index ● Wikipedia for BGI http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%BA%E5%9B%A0
Everybody is welcome to contact us on shenzhen_sfls@hotmail.com. So let’s keep in touch!
Project
Project Description
Shenzhen_SFLS 2014 project description
To begin with
Aflatoxin B1 generated by Aspergillus flavus is a kind of lethal toxin that always contaminates the grains we eat. Aimed to minimize the harm, our project will use antibody to neutralize aflatoxin B1.
Neutralizing Aflatoxin B1
By optimizing the circuit, aflatoxin will be combined with certain antibodies, and further be immobilized on E.coli’s membrane protein.
In conclusion
As long as the plan is carried out smoothly, the circuits would be connected into a system. The system will start to produce ScFv and it will automatically neutralize aflatoxin B1. At the same time, the antibody will be pulled back to the cell membrane ofE.coli. If our project is carried out successfully and is applied in real life, human beings would benefit from it to a great extent. In fact, aflatoxin contamination in agriculture and animal husbandry causes a loss of hundreds of million dollars per year. Despite the harsh current situation, we still believe that our relentless effort will bring the problem to an end. The contaminated grains would be detoxified until they are eligible. To be optimistic, many problems the whole population face about human health such as the storage of grains, the food's safety and medical hygiene problems would be solved by our project.
Notebook
Show us how you spent your days.
Results/Conclusions
What did you achieve over the course of your semester?
Safety
What safety precautions did your team take? Did you take a safety training course? Were you supervised at all times in the lab?
Attributions
Who worked on what?
Human Practices
What impact does/will your project have on the public?
Fun!
What was your favorite team snack?? Have a picture of your team mascot? Captain Katniss Zhang has a broadcasting-style voice!Hahahhahahahaha! Director for theory Krito has a smaaaaaaaaaaaaaart brain ! Hahahhahahahaha! Director for experiment Jeff Liu is a funny guy with Rage Comic face! Hahahhahahahaha!
