Team:GDSYZX-United/Attributions

Attribution

The GDSYZX-United iGEM team was responsible for almost all aspects of the project except the setting up of the wiki. We did a lot of work from coming up with the project, doing the experiment, doing the human practice activities, poster design and so on. Help received from advisors and others was greatly appreciated and acknowledged below.

Special thanks and attributions go to:

General Support

Hanyuan Quan
Hanyan Quan is the president of Guangdong Experimental High School. He gave us remarkable support such as offering us training places especially in the summer vacation.

Baoyun Cheng
Cheng Baoyun is our senior high school biology teacher. She works at guangdong experimental high school. She was responsible for the 2016 iGEM the organizing and management of the project and our team.

Dongke Yuan
Dongke Yuan is an experienced and excellent biology teacher in Guangdong Experimental High School. He helped us to finish team building and to develop an atmosphere of unity. Every time we went out to do human practice, he would do some preparation and remind us of something needed to be careful of.

Project support and advice

Yuehua Cheng
Mr Cheng is a law consultant of medicine who offered us a lot of advises. We discussed with him about the safety of synthetic as well as nowadays and further application of synthetic biology and genetic modified.
After the discussion, we had deeper understanding of the situation and application of synthetic biology and GM in China.

Yufei Zhang
Yufei Zhang, a student major in biology in South China Agricultural University, who has been taken part in iGEM 2014.
She gave us some lessons about synthetic biology and genetic engineering. She was able to make it easy to understand for us.
On the other hand, she patiently helped us in the lab. She helped us to decide and buy the reagents that were to be used. She also reminded us some safety criterion throughout the project execution.

Honglei Jin
Honglei Jin is a young professor of biology in SUN YAT-SEN University. He guided us throughout the whole training, from project selecting, project initialization management to program construction. And he gave us some useful suggestions of the project, and the idea of our project originally generated by what he had done.
Besides, he gave us some lessons about molecular biology as well as the safety of lab.

Project advisor support

Ruite Chen
Ruite Chen coached us in writing in the Sciences.

Rouxian Zeng
Rouxian Zeng is a coach coach trained us in writing in the Sciences. Besides, she gave us a lot of suggestions in building the official account and brand communication.

Lab support

the host lab
Thanks to our host lab, the Teaching Center of Biology Experiment in Sen Yet Sun University. It provided us with lab places to all apparatus.

Yishun Zhang
Yishun Zhang is a laboratory chief of the Teaching Center of Biology Experiment in Sen Yet Sun University. He is an experienced and patient advisor. And he gave us some training about the safety and regulation of lab.

Jianer Wu
Jianer Wu is a laboratory chief of the Teaching Center of Biology Experiment in Sen Yet Sun University. She is experienced and patient, she is in charge of the apparatus and helped us to do some preparations for experiences. While we were doing experiment, she would monitor us to ensure our safety.

Difficult technique support

SCAU China iGEM–wiki support
We really appreciated SCAU China’s help. There was no expert guy that could do the programming and set up the wiki. And luckily, SCAU China gave us some guides. They also set up the wiki for us. Again, sincere thanks to their help.
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Presentation coaching

Simin Zhang
Dr. Simin Zhang is an experienced present coach and public speaker who is keen on graphic design. He provides assistance in public speaking as well as design assignments in iGEM.

Hanqi Yang
Hanqi Yang provided us with presentation coaching.

Human Practices support

Guangdong Experimental High School
Thanks to the in Guangdong Experimental High School, which provided us with places and apparatus (microscope) in the Ossiation Opening Day.

the Teaching Center of Biology Experiment in SYSU
Sincere thanks to the the Teaching Center of Biology Experiment in SYSU, which provided us with biology materials such slide specimens of herbarium and Herbarium. This materials helped to attract more students.

Jinjin Ke and Wang Rong
With the help of Jinjin Ke and Rong Wang, we came up with an idea to create a song call Hey Plant and record a video to show our team and project. They also gave much advice,and help us edit the video and radio.

Rong Wang and Siyao Feng
Rong Wang and Siyao Feng gave us some training of poster design, wiki design and team clothes.

Fundraising help and advice

There was no fundraising help. At the beginning, we wanted to raise money from the public but finally it was cancelled.

Acknowledgement

Sincere help for all the person and organization that had helpped us!

As high school team, we came across many difficulties and even wanted to give up at some moments. It was their help and suggestion that encouraged us to keep going.