Team Korea_HS Meetings
Date: 03/13/2023
Event: 1st Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team was introduced to its members for the first time and to Afamin & Wnt3a protein and its importance to Professor Lee.
Date: 03/19/2023
Event: 2nd Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team was introduced to the team's Instagram account and further discussed the iGEM registration process.
Date: 04/02/2023
Event: 3rd Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team discussed the experimental process of the project with Professor Lee.
Date: 03/26/2023
Event: 4th Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team elected the team leaders and the subgroup leaders.
Date: 04/16/2023
Event: 5th Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team went through the medal criteria for the general team and the logistics of Special Award teams.
Date: 05/14/2023
Event: 6th Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team went through the award strategies based on the changed rubric. Professor Lee discussed the specific process and goals of the experiment.
Date: 05/28/2023
Event: 7th Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: The team went through the safety form and availability form submissions. Professor Lee discussed the various types of cell proliferation assays.
Date: 07/01/2023
Event: 8th Whole Meeting (In person)
Agenda: The team discussed the progress and roadmap for each team and completed team projects such as the offline sticker survey and citizen interview regarding artificial meat.
Date: 09/17/2023
Event: 9th Whole Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda: Professor Lee discussed the results of the experiment that has been completed.
Education & Communication Meetings
Date: 07/22/2023
Event: Communication with the iGEM KCIS team
Agenda: Both teams shared their own project and discussed how each project connects to various SDG goals.
Date: 07/22/2023
Event: Communication with the iGEM CCU team
Agenda: Both teams shared their own project and discussed how each project connects to various SDG goals.
Date: 07/29/2023
Event: Soup Kitchen visit
Agenda: The team visited the Soup Kitchen and volunteered to distribute food for 4 hours and distributed the artificial meat recipe book, receiving feedback afterward.
Date: 08/03/2023
Event: Childcare Center visit
Agenda: The team visited the Childcare Center and educated the children about artificial meat through presentations, drawing activities, and quizzes.
Interviews & Outreach Meetings
Date: 07/06/2023
Interviewee: Anderson Tan (Dr. Tan), Researcher of BioChem [Academia/Industry]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/12/2023
Interviewee: Cherry Sung, Student Environmental Activist [Environment]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/13/2023
Interviewee: Dr. Reisigner, IPCC Vice Chairman [Environment/Policy]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/15/2023
Interviewee: Seb Alex, Animal Rights/Vegan Advocate & Lecturer [Ethical]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/15/2023
Interviewee: Namdaemun citizens
Agenda: The team listened to the citizens’ opinions and perspectives.
Date: 07/15/2023
Interviewee: Namdaeum butcher shop owner [Meat Producers: Store]
Agenda: The team listened to the meat stores’ opinions and perspectives.
Date: 07/15/2023
Interviewee: Anseong livestock farm [Meat Producers: Farm]
Agenda: The team listened to the meat producer/farm’s opinions and perspectives.
Date: 07/24/2023
Interviewee: Pulmuone Harry Sangwoo Cho Vice President [Meat Producer Company]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/26/2023
Interviewee: Martina Stephany, Animal rights activist [Ethical]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 07/28/2023
Interviewee: Agri-Food Tech Start-Up Rising Expo 2023 [Academia/Company]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 08/05/2023
Interviewee: Erin Sharoni, Harvard Bioethics Professor [Academia]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 08/17/2023
Interviewee: Mat McDermott, Senior Director of Communications for the Hindu American Foundation [Religion/Ethical]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 08/18/2023
Interviewee: Margaret Patron (Ms. Maggie), Vegetarian [Ethical]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Date: 08/23/2023
Interviewee: Patrick Hopkins, Philosophy Professor [Academia/Ethics]
Agenda: The team listened to the presentation and the speech, asked questions about the presentations, shared the team’s presentations, and sought advice.
Human Practices Meetings
Date: 03/12/2023
Event: 1st Team Meeting
Agenda: The team met each other for the first time, did orientation, and decided on the project topic for this year of iGEM.
Date: 03/19/2023
Event: 2nd Team Meeting
Agenda: The team gathered together to start registration and introduction to otheur topic.
Date: 03/26/2023
Event: 3rd Team Meeting
Agenda: An introduction to various roles and the leaders for each division in the team were given.
Date: 04/02/2023
Event: 4th Team Meeting
Agenda: As a team, we elected the president, co-president, and respective team leaders for each subgroup in the team.
Date: 04/12/2023
Event: 5th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team reviewed the general guidelines of the competition and started registering individually and as a team.
Date: 05/14/2023
Event: 6th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team went over the competition rubric as well as the medal criteria and started to plan out experiments for the summer.
Date: 05/28/2023
Event: 7th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team met up together to start registration and introduction to the topic.
Date: 06/11/2023
Event: 8th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team went over the topic and related contents and planned for summer's in-person meeting in Seoul.
Date: 07/01/2023
Event: Apgujeong Offline Consumer Survey
Agenda: The team visited Apgujeong Street and conducted an offline consumer sticker survey session.
Date: 07/15/2023
Event: Visit to Anseong Farm
Agenda: The team visited the Anseong Farm, interviewed the farm, and learned about the meat producer stakeholder.
Date: 07/15/2023
Event: Visit to Namdaemun Market
Agenda: The team visited the Namdaemun Market and interviewed the meat butchers (producer stakeholders) and citizens.
Date: 07/18/2023
Event: Visit to Pulmuone R&D Center
Agenda: The team visited the Pulmuone R&D center and interviewed the Executive Vice President (Producer Company stakeholder).
Date: 07/28/2023
Event: Agri & Food Rising Tech Startup Expo (AFRO)
Agenda: The team visited the AFRO and interviewed many experts and CEOs of various leading companies in the food industry.
Date: 08/10/2023
Event: Visit to SimplePlanet
Agenda: The team visited SimplePlanet and interviewed the co-president of the company learning the ethics and diverse technology related to cultured meat production.
Date: 09/24/2023
Event: 9th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team met up to finalize the responses from stakeholder surveys, interviews, and interactions.
Date: 10/02/2023
Event: 10th Team Meeting
Agenda: The team continued the Wiki Documentation Process.
SDG Meetings
Date: 04/09/2023
Event: 1st SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team chose SDG goals to focus on and brainstormed ideas for SDG activities.
Date: 04/16/2023
Event: 2nd SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team added up the SDG activities to commit and planned for the main projects.
Date: 04/23/2023
Event: 3rd SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team went through the roadmaps and the medal criteria.
Date: 05/19/2023
Event: 4th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team created questions for the online Google survey and planned topics for the Instagram hashtag event.
Date: 05/27/2023
Event: 5th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team finalized the topics for the Instagram hashtag event and brainstormed interview questions.
Date: 06/03/2023
Event: 6th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team organized the online Google survey results.
Date: 06/11/2023
Event: 7th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team sent direct messages to other teams for their contribution to our Instagram hashtag event.
Date: 06/18/2023
Event: 8th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team prepared materials and distributed roles for the offline survey.
Date: 07/08/2023
Event: 9th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team brainstormed ideas for the climate reels project and created an activities outline for the visit to the childcare center.
Date: 07/16/2023
Event: 10th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team created an artificial recipe book utilizing Canva.
Date: 07/30/2023
Event: 11th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team finalized the notes for the interviews previously held.
Date: 08/13/2023
Event: 12th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team finalized the ideas for the Instagram meat post and finished creating pamphlets.
Date: 08/27/2023
Event: 13th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team brainstormed ideas for the business proposal and finalized the plan for the SDG meeting.
Date: 09/03/2023
Event: 14th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team started the climate activism project and finished creating the handkerchiefs.
Date: 09/10/2023
Event: 15th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team finished the first draft of the business proposal.
Date: 09/17/2023
Event: SDG Conference
Agenda: The team started the SDG conference at 10 PM KST and ended at 12 AM KST.
Date: 09/24/2023
Event: 16th SDG Meeting
Agenda: The team finalized the business proposal and the patent proposal.