Introduction

The project we chose this year was difficult for undergraduates, but it was pleasing to have some help as we stumbled along the way. With great honor, we were glad to find some collaborators and communicated with them.

They reminded us that we were not a single team but a traveller who would finally meet partners with a common goal.

NAU-China

Being our brother team, iGEM from Nanjing Agriculture University provided us critical help. We shared the same lab and meeting room, we chatted with each other and supported each other. It is the iGEMers’support that gave us such motivation to complete the whole experiment.

CPU-China ＆ NEFU_China

In collaboration with NEFU_China from Northeast Forestry University and CPU-CHINA from China Pharmaceutical University, we organized the Directed Evolution Joint Training Workshop from January 7th to February 5th, 2023. During this period, each team was responsible for delivering courses on directed evolution for all members to study, covering topics such as synthetic biology, directed evolution techniques, and bioinformatics software. Each team gained diverse knowledge from this training workshop. Our event not only provided a platform for international directed evolution competition participating teams to exchange ideas and deepen their understanding of directed evolution but also aimed to promote directed evolution to a wider audience.

iDEC China Association (iCA)

In order to promote Directed Evolution and iDEC in China, we (NAU) have joined forces with SUSTech, CPU, NEFU and OUC to organize iDEC China Association in anticipation of