My name is Sun Fei but many of my colleagues usually refer to me as Sara. I am currently a year 2 Biology student. For me, iGEM is just like a canvas for painter. It is a place where great ideas can be sketched on and further colorized. It is the place where beauty of accident and finding come together. It is the place where I can use my hands to create my world.

Life fascinates me. So as an opportunity to do work related to controlling and engineering life, iGEM was too strong a temptation to resist. I feel fortunate to be working alongside a group of dedicated students who share my interests. As a soon-to-be year 2 Biology Major I consider the technical aspects of iGEM as a refreshing chance to observe science and engineering operating in parallel. I also appreciate it as a rigorous team activity allowing us to improve our understanding both on what it is to be human as well as the dynamics of the bacteria we manipulate. Over the past months I have joined my sub-group members in building our cell wall expression construct and have conducted interviews in accordance with our human practices plans.

My name is Chan Yat Nok Cola, a year 2 student who is majoring in Biochemistry. For me, synthetic biology is an amazing field full of possibilities, mysteries and creativities. It always gives us lots of surprises and inspirations and not to mention the sense of achievement. Thanks to iGEM for providing a chance to work along with group of people who have one goal, and as a platform to learn with pain and fun. iGEM is really “beautiful” in nature.

I am Ka Chun Mok, a year one student studying Molecular Biomedical Sciences in HKUST along with my iGem teammate. In retrospect, I am attracted by the fancy world of biology when I was a high school student. During that time, Dori were made; GM food research was standing in the front line of the scientific field. I was inspired by the magic of synthetic biology that can make many new strains of organisms, which are beneficial for the whole community. After I joined HKUST, I finally have the chance to taste the beauty of synthetic biology by joining iGEM competition. Frankly, doing iGEM is not just being a part of a competition but enjoying the process of doing synthetic biology. Thanks to that, I am glad to be involved in such a meaningful activity.