我們的計劃; Our project

除了跟大家介紹近年來有趣、吸引的iGEM Project，我們也希望向大家介紹HKUST iGEM Team 2013 的計劃。所以，我們設計了這段短片為大家簡介我們的計劃與目標。

Apart from introducing various interesting and attractive iGEM projects from previous iGEM teams, we would like to share our project with you too. Therefore, we design this short video to explain our project and target in a simple way.

Please enjoy the show!

iGEM wiki

iGEM 比賽其中一個重點就是每個隊伍都要設計一個wiki page 去介紹他們的project。剛過去的星期五是wiki freeze，即是每隊(亞洲、拉丁美洲、北美)也要完成他們網站的大日子!

如果你對我們的project 有興趣，不妨瀏覽我們的wiki。

One of the main point of iGEM competition is that every team need to design a wiki page to introduce their project. Last Friday was wiki freeze day, that means every team from Asia, Latin America and North America needed to finish their wiki page!

If you are interested in our project, please have a look on it!

http://2013.igem.org/Team:Hong_Kong_HKUST

合成生物學-生物安全; Synthetic Biology-Biosafety

我們很榮幸可以邀請到香港科技大學周敬流教授為我們解釋一些與合成生物學有關的生物倫理和安全問題。除了去欣賞這個新科技範疇為社會帶來的發展，我們也需要去關注和警惕如何安全地應用合成生物學。

We are honored to invite Prof. King Chow from HKUST to explain some of the issues related to synthetic biology such as bioethics and biosafety. Apart from appreciating how this new field of science can advance our society, we also need to be concerned and alert about how to apply synthetic biology safely.

Introduction to synthetic biology video

HKUST iGEM Team 製作這個博客的目的是向大家介紹合成生物學，因此我們設計了這段關於合成生物學的短片，以有趣、輕鬆的故事展示合成生物學。

One of the objectives of this blog is to promote synthetic biology to public. Therefore, we designed this short video to present synthetic biology in an interesting story.
Enjoy it~

Message from Doyle

我的iGEM 經驗跟我之前的研究經驗不同。在香港科技大學，iGEM Team 是由學生做主導。由構思到做實驗，每一樣都是由學生負責，advisors 也只會是作最少的指導。說實話，這真是很難，因為過程中我們要不斷排解故障。但是，這也開發了我的批判性思維和解難能力。有時候，隊員之間也會因有著不同的見解而作爭論，但是最後我們都學懂互相合作。我的iGEM經驗不只是侷限於實驗室內，我也有機會去接觸香港傑出的科學家。和其他隊員一起，我訪問了2個專家，了解我們計劃的可行性。整體而言，當我回想，這是個困難的經歷，但也是獲益良多。

My iGEM experience is different from other research experience that I had before.  In HKUST, the iGEM team is mainly driven by students. From idea development to actual wet lab work, everything is conducted by students with minimal guidance from the advisors.  Honestly, it was hard because we had to struggle through troubleshooting   processes, but these steps helped me to develop critical thinking and methods to overcome problems. Sometimes there were arguments between members with different ideas, but ultimately we learned to collaborate with each other. My iGEM experience was not limited only in the laboratory environment. I had a chance to meet prominent scientists in Hong Kong society.  With other members from the team, I have interview two experts to ask whether our project is feasible. Overall, when I look back, the experience was hard, but still very awarding.

大合照!!! Group photo shoot!!!

嘩! 和iGEM member 度過了差不多半年，一起上Tutorials, 一起做實驗室訓練，一起做實驗...... 終於, 我們有團體照了(和Professor Chow, Jessica & advisors)!

Wow! Being with iGEM members for almost half a year, we had tutorials, lab training and did experiments together. Finally, we have group photo shoot with our dearest Professor Chow, Jessica and advisors!

和南方科技大學和香港中文大學的交流 Collaboration with SUSTC and CUHK

今年的iGEM過程中，我們有機會和南方科技大學(SUSTC)及香港中文大學(CUHK)交流。8月17日，SUSTC 的朋友來到香港科技大學；而8月24日我們則一同去到CUHK。我們相互介紹各自的計劃，也交換了一些做實驗的心得。除此之外，我們還一同用膳和遊覽大學，享受實驗室以外的歡樂。

This year our team had an opportunity to interact with other universities: South University Science and
Technology of China (SUSTC), and Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). On August 17 SUSTC at our university. We hosted a semi-formal event where each team had a chance to present and share its project. We also had a Q&A session after each project so that we could discuss the projects in more detail. After the presentations, we ate lunch together and tour around our campus. We also participated in a similar event in CUHK on 24 and SUSTC iGEM team participated.