OUC-IDEC

We are a group of young people who love biology. When we noticed the information of this wonderful competition, we decided to participate without hesitation, though we are ineperienced at first. This project is the first scientific research project for most of members of our team. It is an indisputable fact that we have some problems in project design and experiment execution, which may waste lots of time. As Milan Kundera once said, “Einmal ist keinmal ”. The failure experiences are instructive，which encourage us to reflect and imrpove，and dramatically increase our passion to biological science.

We highly appreciate that iDEC committee provides us an academic platform to carry out and share a project，listen lectures given by outstanding academic scholars and communicate with other excellent teams. In the future, we will try our best to complete the project, further verify our ideas, and keep our love of biology.

Team Leader

Weizhe Chen

Weizhe Chen, a senior student in Ocean University of China, majors in Biological Science. Curious about biology, she joined the Life Science Association in the freshmen year. Reading and discussing frontier technology of molecular biology with other members of the association, conducting basic microbiological and molecular experiment have deeply increased her passion for biological science. It was by chance that she learnt about this competition and decided to organized a undergraduate team. It is the first time she acts as a team leader. A tough trying, but she still enjoy it.  She plans to study for doctorate next year.

Team Player

Jiushi Wei

Jiushi Wei is a junior majoring in biological sciences at Ocean University of China. As a student who loves experimental life, Jiushi Wei has been actively studying and engaged in scientific research experiments since his freshman year, and has mastered excellent basic molecular experiment skills. He always believed that science was as romantic and mysterious as literature. In the future, he will pursue a graduate degree in biological science and explore the world he loves.

Team Player

RongXiao Zhang

She is a junior student majoring in Biological science in College of Marine Life, Ocean University of China. In her freshman year, she joined the life science association of Ocean University of China College Marine Life Science Association Science Technology and from then on began to the yearning for scientific research life. She loves biology and the feeling of exploration when doing experiments and very interested in neurobiology and hope to become a neurobiology researcher.

Team Player

Xuyao Song

Xuyao Song, currently studying Biology Science in College of Marine Life, Ocean University of China, is responsible for conducting the pEvolvR plasmid in this programme. His interests lie in Microbiology and Genetics. Particularly to IDEC, he focused a lot on the different directed evolutionary systems.

Team Player

Jialiang Guo

Jialiang Guo is now an Msc student of Evolution, Ecology and Conservation Biology Master's Program in Imperial College. He began his master's program just a week ago.  He has grown up surrounded by weird and wonderful animals, said: 'Everyone thought my house full of animals was crazy.' Probably that was the source of his passion for biology science. He is mainly responsible for structure prediction of protein in our project.

Team Player

Xinqi Zou

Xinqi Zou, a junior student from the College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, is eager to challenge something new, creating romantic ideas in practice. Because of her interest in basic biological research and principle of living phenomena, she will finish her undergraduate studies in the College of Marine Life.

Team Player

Zixiang Zhong

Zixiang Zhong, a sophomore of OUC, radio anchor of the campus radio station, interest in biology, especially immunology and neuroscience, joined the lab in August this year，which is also the summer vacation of freshman year. As the youngest one in the team OUC-iDEC, I follow the guidance of senior students in my projects in most cases, and I’ve learned a lot from this experience. After graduation, I plan to pursue a PhD in immunology or neuroscience.

Tutor

Xianghong Wang

Xianghong Wang, Ph.D., senior engineer, master tutor, graduated from The Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, deputy director of the Marine Life Science Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Ocean University of China, and secretary of the Party Branch of the Center. His research interests include Marine yeast resources, physiology and biochemistry, genetics and application, Marine beneficial bacteria, Marine bacterial diversity and active substances.