Earlier

2023.11.2~2023.11.28

Within a week of completing the 2023 iGEM competition, we began preparing for the recruitment of new team members for the upcoming year. We created recruitment posters and PowerPoint presentations, and had thorough discussions with our mentors regarding the direction of our project and team structure. We then completed the recruitment process, forming a team of 22 students, including 2 advisors and 1 team leader.

2023.11.29~2024.1.7

During this period, the 2023 iGEM team members communicated and interacted with the new team members. Together with the new members, we discussed and determined the project direction, and further established subsequent work arrangements. We also shared our experience in coding with the new members.

2024.1.8~2024.2.11

This period coincided with the Chinese winter holiday. During this time, we encouraged team members to explore and learn from the project designs and frontend development of outstanding iGEM teams from previous years.

Mid-term

2024.2.12~2024.6.29

We divided the team into three groups, each responsible for different tasks: the coding group focused on frontend design and researching deep learning models; the biology group was responsible for investigating the latest developments in bioinformatics tools and assessing the biological safety of our models; the HP group was in charge of promoting our work and assisting the biology group in exploring the societal benefits of our project. During this phase, we mainly focused on learning and tracking scientific frontiers. We also designed our team flag, logo, and uniforms.

2024.6.30~2024.9.1

During this summer vacation period, we completed the construction of our platform and deployed deep learning models and bioinformatics workflows. We attempted to deploy pipelines for transcriptomics and protein interactions, as well as deep learning models for medical image segmentation and batch correction. We also interviewed professors related to our project direction and incorporated their suggestions. Additionally, we created a promotion video to introduce our project.

Later

2024.9.2~2024.10.1

During this period, we further debugged our platform and conducted internal testing, continuously iterating and enhancing its interactivity. We also created a presentation video based on the platform's performance and submitted materials such as the attribution form.