Mentoring TMMU_China

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It was the first time for TMMU_China to take part in iGEM, so they had something unfamiliar about it. We provided a vigorous support for their project from beginning to end.

In March of 2016, we attended a meet-up hosted by The Third Military Medical University (TMMU) to discuss on some issues about iGEM.

We introduced the concepts and rules for iGEM in detail, and we also talked about some crucial points that should be paid attention to. Having had two years’ experience of taking part in the iGEM, we also shared our own lessons that we got from iGEM.

During the meet-up, both teams communicated and exchanged each other’s ideas through presentation, brainstorm and other methods. This discussion had brought us some inspiration for our own project this year.

The connection between us has accelerated the project's improvement. Meanwhile, it let us understand one of iGEM’s core value---collaboration, sharing and community.

NUDT_CHINA	TMMU_China

Collaboration with NEFU_China

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In August of this year, we went to NEFU_China and carried out an issue communication. They took advantage of magnet tool to purify protein, which would improve the yield and purity of some protein. This idea may help us reduce the complexity of the protein cas9 purification, so as to focus more on the miRNA detection method developments. Besides, they are also very interested in our project and describe it open, close to the forefront and worth their studying. Briefly, we are pleasant to have the communication with NEFU_China.

NUDT_CHINA	NEFU_China