Analysis: Dongmin analyzed data collected through background research to produce critical insights about the Arduino market to distinguish our product from its competitors.
BG Research: He conducted extensive background research on eutrophication to clearly define the problem our product, Monitro, aims to address.
Project Admin: As one of the team's student leaders, he guided other teammates and managed the project's progress.
Public Engagement: He engaged with the public through interviews with smart farm companies and synthetic biology professors, public surveys regarding eutrophication, and workshops such as Eco Fair Korea to raise awareness and gather valuable feedback for our project. Furthermore, by hosting the KSBC, a debate competition with a webinar session, he raised the public’s awareness of synthetic biology, especially of Korean students. Also, he was in charge of communicating with KUAS, another iGEM team that collaborated with us.
Software: He helped create the app that receives data signals from the Arduino to present nitrate concentrations to the end-users.
Wiki Coding: He helped develop the code for wiki design.
Visualization: He participated in creating the team promotion video from the initial brainstorming step. Also, he edited the layout of the team’s magazine, Synbio in Seoul.
Writing: He created the VTT file for the subtitles. Also, he contributed to crafting the human practice and education wiki to share our project's results and insights with a wider audience. Moreover, he participated in editing and refining the magazine.
Grace Lee
Analysis: She analyzed the application of genetically modified E.colis in the form of biosensors.
BG Research: She researched the current methods of measuring nitrates and coping with eutrophication.
Investigation: She investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Record Keeping: She kept notes on the data of the trials of the modeling.
Project Admin: As one of the student leaders of the team, she guided other teammates and managed the progress of the project.
Public Engagement: She conducted several interviews and surveys to obtain the public’s attention and get feedback for our project. Furthermore, by hosting the KSBC, a debate competition with a webinar session, she raised the public’s awareness of synthetic biology, especially among Korean students. Also, she advertised our biology camp through offline visits to youth centers and other communication tools such as handwritten letters, posters, emails, Instagram posts, and the Naver (Korean online) community.
Writing: She documented the team wiki and lab protocols.
Safety: She managed to gather expert advice on LMO safety regulations.
Rylan Hwang
Analysis: Rylan analyzed the data regarding the water qualities of Korean rivers and lakes to evaluate the extent of the eutrophication problem in South Korea.
Investigation: He investigated Korea's achievements in the field of synthetic biology and explored Korean institutions and companies that led the field to introduce various aspects of synthetic biology for the readers of the team's magazine, Synbio in Seoul.
Record Keeping: He kept notes on the data of the trials of the modeling.
Project Admin: As one of the student leaders of the team, he guided other teammates and managed the progress of the project.
Public Engagement: He conducted several interviews to obtain the public's attention and get feedback on our project. Also, along with June, he conducted a lab safety survey in international schools in Korea. Furthermore, by hosting the KSBC, a debate competition with a webinar session, he raised the public's awareness of synthetic biology, especially of Korean students. Also, he operated a booth at Eco Fair Korea 2023 for further advertisement of our product and investigation into possible competing products and the market outlook.
Visualization: He articipated in the creation of the team promotion video and the editing of Synbio in Seoul, a synthetic biology magazine.
Writing: He documented the team activities and wrote the team Wiki, including human practice and education pages, to present our project and its significance to a broader audience. Moreover, he participated in editing and refining the magazine.
Safety: He drafted lab safety protocols and basic guidelines to prevent accidents while conducting experiments. Also, along with June, he ran a lab safety survey in international schools in Korea.
June Kim
Analysis: June analyzed data collected, such as the dates when the algal bloom was first observed annually, to produce critical insights about the trend of eutrophication in Korea.
Investigation: She investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Public Engagement: Along with Rylan, she conducted a lab safety survey in international schools in Korea.
Writing: She documented wiki for safety and
Safety: She drafted lab safety protocols, basic guidelines to prevent accidents while conducting experiments.
Wiki Coding: Helped develop the code for wiki design.
Wonkyu Cho
Analysis: Wonkyu analyzed data collected, such as the dates when the algal bloom was first observed annually, to produce critical insights about the trend of eutrophication in Korea.
Investigation: He investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Writing: He documented the wiki for human practices and research on existing nitrate sensors in the market to clearly define how Monitro is different from its competitors.
Safety: He drafted lab safety protocols and basic guidelines to prevent accidents while conducting experiments.
Wiki Coding: He helped develop the code for wiki design.
Hardware: As the co-leader of the hardware branch, he helped engineer the basic structure of our biosensor and create the 3D modeling of it.
Software: As the leader of the software branch, he helped the plans and creations of the app that receives data signals from the Arduino to present nitrate concentrations to the end-users.
Faith Dallao
BG Research: Faith conducted extensive background research on the algal bloom crisis in Korea to clearly define the problem our solution aims to address.
Investigation: She investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Visualization: She contributed to the creation of the team’s promotion video through narration and data visualization. Also, she edited graphics in the Synbio in Seoul magazine, one of our team’s various initiatives.
Writing: She documented the wiki for SDG and contributed to writing the magazine.
Juhan(Ryan) Kim
Analysis: Ryan analyzed the market of water sensors for Arduino to establish our product’s selling points.
BG Research: He conducted extensive research on the demands of water sensors worldwide.
Investigation: He reached out to Arduino's experts to investigate the processor's applications and potential.
Project Admin: As the leader of the human practice branch, he led initiatives of the team, such as the Eco Fair Korea 2023.
Hardware: He helped engineer the basic structure of our biosensor and create the 3D modeling of it.
Software: As the co-leader of the software branch, he helped create the app that receives data signals from the Arduino to present nitrate concentrations to the end-users.
Writing: Documented wiki for human practice.
Chris Yoon
Investigation: Chris investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Project Admin: As the leader of the education branch, he led initiatives of the team, such as the debate competition and offline biology camp.
Fundraising: He contributed to raising funds to support the team’s various initiatives, such as hosting a debate competition, arranging webinars, and publishing a magazine.
Public Engagement: He conducted several interviews and surveys to obtain the public’s attention and get feedback for our project. Furthermore, by hosting the KSBC, a debate competition with a webinar session, he raised the public’s awareness of synthetic biology, especially among Korean students. Also, he operated a booth at Eco Fair Korea 2023 to further advertise our product and investigate the market.
Writing: As the leader of the team’s education branch, he made a significant contribution to the education wiki, composing most of it. Furthermore, he contributed to writing the inclusivity wiki to share Team Seoul-Korea’s activities for fostering synthetic biology in the community.
Jeongmin Lee
Analysis: Jeongmin analyzed the data regarding the water qualities of Korean rivers and lakes to evaluate the extent of the eutrophication problem in South Korea.
BG Research: She conducted thorough research about Korea’s current countermeasures for eutrophication and the functions and types of commercialized Arduino sensors.
Investigation: She investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Project Admin: As the leader of the human practice branch, led initiatives of the team, such as the eco fair korea.
Public Engagement: She conducted an interview in order to get information about the current status of water quality management. Also, she operated the booth at Eco Fair Korea 2023 to advertise our product and conducted a survey targeting the stakeholders of our product. In addition, she explained an experiment to participants in the biology camp.
Writing: Documented wiki for human practice.
Safety: She drafted lab safety protocols and basic guidelines to prevent accidents while conducting experiments.
Joshua Hwangbo
Public Engagement: Joshua conducted surveys targeting the stakeholders of Monitro at the Eco Fair Korea 2023.
Writing: He contributed to writing the magazine Synbio In Seoul and the wiki for education.
Chris Pae
BG Research: Chris conducted extensive background research to clearly define the problem our solution aims to address.
Investigation: He researched various synthetic biology institutions and companies in Korea to include their unique narratives in the team’s magazine, Synbio in Seoul.
Visualization: He contributed to designing the graphics and layouts of the Synbio in Seoul magazine.
Writing: He documented the wiki for SDG and contributed to writing the Synbio in Seoul magazine.
Minwoo Chung
Writing: Minwoo documented the wiki for Education.
Fundraising: He contributed to raising funds to support the team’s various initiatives.
Project Admin: As the co-leader of the education branch, he led initiatives of the team, such as the KSBC, a synbio debate competition.
Public Engagement: He managed the KSBC website to raise awareness of the competition and engage participants.
Danielle Choi
Analysis: Danielle analyzed data collected, such as the dates when the algal bloom was first observed annually, to produce key insights about the trend of eutrophication in Korea.
BG Research: She conducted extensive background research on the existing software/apps that alert eutrophication in various regions to understand the current market.
Visualization: She contributed to the creation of the team’s promotion video through narration and data visualization. Also, she edited graphics in the Synbio in Seoul magazine, one of our team’s various initiatives.
Writing: She documented wiki for inclusivity and education. Also, contributed to editing the Synbio in Seoul Magazine.
Ryan Lee
Investigation: Ryan researched the history of synthetic biology in Korea and its advancements. Furthermore, he gathered information about the leading figures in the field of synthetic biology in Korea.
Fundraising: He aised funds to support our initiative.
Project Admin: He served as the president of the Seoul Synthetic Biology Union (SSBU).
Writing: He participated in writing Synbio in Seoul, our team’s magazine. In particular, he researched how many students dropped out of school in Korea.
Chaeyoung Sohn
BG Research: Chaeyoung conducted extensive background research on our target population of inclusivity projects.
Project Admin: As the leader of the inclusivity branch, she led initiatives of the team, such as the online synbio camp.
Public Engagement: She assisted in reaching out to a broader audience by contacting the youth center through emails, phone calls, posters, handwritten letters, as well as the online community space to search for teenagers who are interested in biology.
Writing: She documented the wiki for inclusivity, education, and safety. Moreover, she contributed in the Synbio in Seoul Magazine as well.
Ben Kwak
BG Research: Ben conducted thorough research about Korea’s current countermeasures for eutrophication and the functions and types of commercialized Arduino sensors.
Investigation: He investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Fundraising: He contributed to raising funds to support the team’s various initiatives.
Hardware: He helped engineer the basic structure of our biosensor and create the 3D modeling of it.
Software: He administered the entire process of making a Roblox program to embody an online synthetic biology lab simulator. Also, he helped develop the codes for parts of the KSBC website.
Mark Cho
Public Engagement: Marc conducted a campaign at the Nakdong River to raise awareness of the issue of eutrophication among the general public.
Writing: He contributed to writing the synbio magazine Synbio In Seoul.
Eileen Yoo
BG Research: Eileen conducted thorough research about Korea’s current countermeasures for eutrophication and the functions and types of commercialized Arduino sensors.
Public Engagement: She conducted a campaign at the Nakdong River to raise awareness of the issue of eutrophication among the general public.
Visualization: She contributed to designing the graphics and layouts of the Synbio in Seoul magazine.
Writing: Contributed to writing the synbio magazine “Synbio In Seoul” and wiki for team member
Sungho Yoon
BG Research: Sungho conducted extensive background research on our target population of inclusivity projects.
Investigation: He investigated the reactions and functions of beads in the wet lab.
Public Engagement: He conducted a campaign at the Nakdong River to raise awareness of the issue of eutrophication among the general public.
Safety: He drafted lab safety protocols, basic guidelines to prevent accidents while conducting experiments.
Jennifer Yang
Public Engagement: Jennifer conducted a campaign at the Nakdong River to raise awareness of the issue of eutrophication among the general public.
Writing: She contributed to writing the synbio magazine Synbio In Seoul.
Jackie Lee
Public Engagement: Jackie conducted a campaign at the Nakdong River to raise awareness of the issue of eutrophication among the general public.
Writing: He contributed to writing the synbio magazine Synbio In Seoul.
Jongwoo Kim
Project Administration: As the primary instructor, Mr.Kim supervised different branches of the team, guiding the members in carrying out the various initiatives.
Conceptualization: Mr. Kim helped our team to come up with the initial concepts for the project.
Chris Song
Data Curation: Dr. Song collected and organized the experiment data.
Other: As a lab advisor, he also taught the safety rules for the lab and led the experiment.
Yoon Ki Joo
Other: As an expert in modeling, he taught team members the basic concept of modeling and assisted them.
Conceptualization: He also supported the team in determining the direction of its experiment.
Jeewon Kim
Wiki Coding: Helped develop the code for wiki design.
Jin Rhee
Writing: Refined the texts written in wiki pages.
Project Administration: As one of the main instructors of the team, he led initiatives of the team, including activities in Eco Fair Korea 2023 and the visit to Nakdong River.
Sung Ah Kim
Other: As a lab advisor, she also taught the basic safety rules for the lab and led the experiment.
Safety: During the offline synthetic biology camp, she was responsible for administering the entire program and securing every participant’s safety.
Moo Geon Park
Visualization: Provided help in creating the data visualization, promotion video, and other graphics used in the wiki.
