Zhao Xia, Lu Shuguang, Wang Jing, Hu Xiaomei, Rao Xiancai, Hu Qiwen
Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2018 Dec 25;34(12):1915-1922. doi: 10.13345/j.cjb.180160.
Synthetic biology is a fast moving interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering. To educate the next generation of synthetic biology scientists, the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition was established. In the past eleven years, many Chinese teams have participated in this event, but no thorough review and analysis have been carried out. In this paper, we collected the data and information of the Chinese teams from the iGEM website and analyzed the number, distribution and performance of Chinese teams in iGEM competition. We also described contributions made by the Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC) organization. The contributions to China higher education made by the iGEM competition were also summarized. Finally, we proposed several suggestions for the development of the iGEM competition in China. We envision the iGEM competition will continue to promote the innovative education and cultivation of the next-generation synthetic biology scientists in China.
合成生物学是生物学与工程学快速发展的交叉学科分支。为了培养下一代合成生物学科学家，国际基因工程机器大赛（iGEM）应运而生。在过去的十一年里，许多中国团队参与了此项赛事，但尚未进行全面的回顾与分析。在本文中，我们从iGEM网站收集了中国队的数据和信息，分析了中国队在iGEM竞赛中的数量、分布及表现。我们还描述了中国iGEMer社区会议（CCiC）组织所做的贡献。同时总结了iGEM竞赛对中国高等教育的贡献。最后，我们针对中国iGEM竞赛的发展提出了几点建议。我们期望iGEM竞赛将继续推动中国下一代合成生物学科学家的创新教育与培养。
