Ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaSolwazi Pan Junmin, lihlanganisa abafundi abayi-10 abenza iziqu kanye naba-3 abafundela ubudokotela eSikoleni SeSayensi Yezokuphila, eNyuvesi yaseTsinghua.Ithimba lihlose ukusebenzisa ukuguqulwa kwe-synthetic biology ye-photosynthetic model chassis organisms -i-microalgae, ngokugxila ekwakhiweni kwefekthri esebenza kahle kakhulu ye-Chlamydomonas reinhardtii yokulungisa ikhabhoni kanye nekhiqiza isitashi (i-StarChlamy) ukuze inikeze umthombo omusha wokudla, okunciphisa ukuthembela emhlabeni olimekayo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithimba, elixhaswe yinkampani yaseTsinghua Life Sciences alumni,I-Protoga I-BiotI-ech Co., Ltd., ingena esakhiweni sokusekela esihlukene esihlinzekwa yiI-Protoga Biotech okuhlanganisa izindawo zelebhu, izikhungo zokukhiqiza, nezinsiza zokumaketha.

Njengamanje umhlaba ubhekene nenkinga enkulu yomhlaba, njengoba imikhuba yokulima ibeka ukwethembela kakhulu emhlabeni ukuze uthole izilimo zokudla, okubhebhethekisa indlala ebhebhethekayo ngenxa yokushoda kwendawo yokulima.

Ukubhekana nalokhu, ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL liphakamise isisombululo sabo - ukwakhiwa kwei-microalgae ifektri ye-photobioreactor carbon fixation njengomthombo omusha wokudla ukuze kuncishiswe ukuthembela emhlabeni olimekayo ngezilimo zokudla.

Tithimba lakhe liqondise izindlela zokugayeka kokudla kwesitashi, okuyisakhamzimba esikhulu ezitshalweni zokudla, ukuze kukhiqizwe isitashii-microalgae futhi ithuthukise ikhwalithi yayo ngokwandisa ingxenye ye-amylose.

Ngasikhathi sinye, ngokuguqulwa kwe-synthetic biology ekuphenduleni kokukhanya kanye nomjikelezo kaCalvin ohlelweni lwe-photosynthesis.i-microalgae, ziye zandisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-photosynthetic carbon fixation, ngaleyo ndlela zidale ukusebenza kahle kakhudlwana InkanyeziChlamy.

Ngemva kokubamba iqhaza kowamanqamu we-20th International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) eParis kusukela mhla zi-2 kuya kumhla zi-5 kuNovemba 2023, ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL lithole indondo yeGolide, ukuqokwa kwe-“Best Plant Synthetic Biology” kanye nokuqokwa kwe-“Best Sustainable Development Impact”, lathumba. ukunakwa kwephrojekthi yayo emisha kanye namakhono avelele ocwaningo.

Umncintiswano we-iGEM usebenze njengenkundla yabafundi ukukhombisa impumelelo entsha emkhakheni wesayensi yezempilo nobuchwepheshe, okuhola phambili kwezobunjiniyela bezofuzo kanye nebhayoloji yokwenziwa.Ukwengeza, kuhlanganisa ukusebenzisana kwezinhlanga ezahlukene nezinkambu ezifana nezibalo, isayensi yekhompiyutha, kanye nezibalo, okuhlinzeka ngesigaba esifanele sokushintshisana kwabafundi okubanzi.

Kusukela ngo-2007, iSikole Sezifundo Zempilo eNyuvesi yaseTsinghua sikhuthaze abafundi abenza iziqu zabo ukuthi bakhe amaqembu e-iGEM.Kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, bangaphezu kwamakhulu amabili abafundi ababambe iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano, bathole inqwaba yokuhlonishwa.Kulo nyaka, iSikole Sesayensi Yempilo sithumele amaqembu amabili, i-Tsinghua ne-Tsinghua-TFL, ukuthi ayoqashwa, abunjwe iqembu, asungulwe amaphrojekthi, ahlolwe, futhi akhe iwiki.Ekugcineni, amalungu angama-24 abambe iqhaza asebenze ngokubambisana ukuze alethe imiphumela egculisayo kuyo yonke le nselele yesayensi nezobuchwepheshe.