Synthetic Biology and Igem: Techniques, Development and Safety Concerns: An Omics Big-Data Mining Perspective

Dr. Kang Ning, Professor of Microbial Bioinformatics Group and Director of Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Ning obtained his BS in Computer Science from USTC, and PhD in Bioinformatics from NUS. He obtained his Post-Doc training in Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. He has been devoting to bioinformatics research for more than 20 years focusing on omics big-data integration, microbiome analyses, and single-cell analyses. His current research interests include AI methods for multi-omics, especially metagenomics data mining and their applications. He is also interested in synthetic biology and high-performance computation. Dr. Ning as the leading or corresponding author, published over 80 research articles and reviews on leading journals including Gut, Genome Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, and Bioinformatics, with more than 2,000 citations in total. He is the committee member of several national bioinformatics and biology big-data committees in China. He serves as an editorial board member of the journal Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics and Scientific Reports, and served as reviewers for several international funding agencies including UK-BBSRC and UK-NERC.

Dr. Yi Zhan, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair of the Committee of College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Zhan obtained his BS in Biotechnology and PhD in Biophysics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He obtained his Post-Doc training in Molecular Neuroscience at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has been devoting to molecular biology research for more than 20 years focusing on the structure and function of proteins, especially membrane proteins in neuroscience. He is also interested in synthetic biology and its application in environment, healthcare, and manufacturing. Dr. Zhan served as judge in iGEM jamborees for several years and also served as team PI and instructors for iGEM team HUST-China for over 10 years. He has published several research articles in leading journals including Nature Communications, PNAS, etc. In some of these articles published on Small, ACS Synthetic Biology, BMC Biology, and Scientific Reports, except for the corresponding author Dr. Zhan and his faculty colleagues, the other authors are all undergraduate students from competition teams. His is now devoting his efforts to the education and training of undergraduate students studying life science.

康寧博士，華中科技大學生命科學與技術學院生物信息學與系統生物學系教授及微生物生物信息學組主任。康博士於中國科學技術大學獲得計算機科學學士學位，並在新加坡國立大學獲得生物信息學博士學位。他在密西根大學接受生物信息學的博士後訓練。康博士專注於生物信息學研究超過20年，主要研究領域包括組學大數據整合、微生物組分析及單細胞分析。他目前的研究興趣包括多組學的人工智慧方法，特別是宏基因組數據挖掘及其應用。他也對合成生物學及高效能計算感興趣。作為主要或通訊作者，康博士在《Gut》、《Genome Biology》、《Nucleic Acids Research》和《Bioinformatics》等頂尖期刊上發表了超過80篇研究文章和評論，總引用次數超過2000次。他是中國幾個國家生物信息學和生物學大數據委員會的委員，並擔任《Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics》和《Scientific Reports》期刊的編輯委員會成員，還曾擔任包括英國生物技術和生物科學研究理事會（UK-BBSRC）及英國自然環境研究理事會（UK-NERC）等多個國際資助機構的審稿人。

詹毅博士，華中科技大學生命科學與技術學院副教授及副主任。詹博士於華中科技大學獲得生物技術學士學位及生物物理學博士學位，並在香港科技大學接受分子神經科學的博士後訓練。他專注於分子生物學研究超過20年，主要研究蛋白質的結構與功能，特別是神經科學中的膜蛋白。他也對合成生物學及其在環境、健康護理和製造業中的應用感興趣。詹博士曾擔任iGEM大賽的評審多年，並擔任iGEM HUST-China團隊的首席研究員及指導老師超過10年。他在《Nature Communications》、《PNAS》等頂尖期刊上發表了多篇研究文章。在一些發表於《Small》、《ACS Synthetic Biology》、《BMC Biology》和《Scientific Reports》的文章中，除了通訊作者詹博士及其教職同事外，其他作者均為來自競賽團隊的本科生。他目前致力於生命科學本科生的教育與培訓。