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From 2012.igem.org

Hello my name is Ruichen Xue!

I love biology and especially animals since I was a kid. I would love to home feed all kinds of animals. Due to home space and economic limitations, they are usually limited to inserts, amphibians and reptiles... I had a great childhood with Spiders, Mantises, Crickets... Tadpoles, Crabs, Frogs, and of course my favourite Turtles. During my childhood summers, I can usually be found in the country yards busy capturing my future animals... when I am not busy with the normal loads of Chinese summer homework or swimming.

Maybe partially due to the love towards animals, I became Vegan last year.

I have a variety of interests: swimming, kayaking, Chinese medicine, Chinese chess, travelling, badminton, hiking, reading and much more... and since last year, however, I found myself spending the majority of my time investigating 2012 Prophecy, Meditation, and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. I found them super interesting, and the philosophy behind Buddhism is very deep though can be used as daily life guidance if not anything else.