Iqela leTsinghua-TFL, phantsi kolawulo lukaNjingalwazi uPan Junmin, liquka abafundi abali-10 abasaqalayo kunye nabaviwa abathathu bezobugqirha abavela kwiSikolo seSayensi yoBomi, kwiYunivesithi yaseTsinghua. Eli qela lijolise ekusebenziseni utshintsho lwebhayoloji yokwenziwa kwe-chassis yemodeli ye-photosynthetic –i-microalgae, kugxilwe ekwakheni umzi-mveliso osebenza kakuhle kakhulu weChlamydomonas reinhardtii carbon-fixing and starch-producing (StarChlamy) ukuze kubonelelwe ngomthombo omtsha wokutya, kunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kumhlaba olimekayo.

Ngaphezu koko, iqela, elixhaswe yinkampani yabafundi abaphumelele kwiTsinghua Life Sciences,I-Protoga I-Bioti-ech Co., Ltd., isebenzisa ulwakhiwo lwenkxaso olwahlukeneyo olubonelelwa yiI-Protoga Biotech kuquka izixhobo zelebhu, amaziko emveliso, kunye nezixhobo zokuthengisa.

Okwangoku, ihlabathi lijongene nengxaki enkulu yomhlaba, apho iindlela zemveli zolimo zixhomekeke kakhulu kumhlaba ukuze zifumane ukutya, nto leyo ebangela ukuba kubekho indlala eninzi ngenxa yokunqongophala komhlaba olimekayo.

Ukujongana nale meko, iqela leTsinghua-TFL licebise isisombululo sabo - ukwakhiwa kwei-microalgae umzi-mveliso wokulungisa iikhabhoni we-photobioreactor njengomthombo omtsha wokutya ukunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kumhlaba olimekayo kwizityalo zokutya.

TIqela lakhe lijolise kwiindlela zemetabolism zesitatshi, isondlo esiphambili kwizityalo zokutya, ukuze livelise istatshi ngokufanelekileyoi-microalgae kwaye iphucule umgangatho wayo ngokwandisa umlinganiselo we-amylose.

Kwangaxeshanye, ngotshintsho lwebhayoloji yokwenziwa kwiimpendulo zokukhanya kunye nomjikelo kaCalvin kwinkqubo ye-photosynthesisi-microalgae, zonyuse ukusebenza kakuhle kwe-photosynthesis carbon fixation, ngaloo ndlela zidala ukusebenza ngcono InkwenkweziChlamy.

Emva kokuthatha inxaxheba kumdlalo wokugqibela wama-20 we-International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) eParis ukususela nge-2 ukuya kwi-5 kaNovemba ngo-2023, iqela leTsinghua-TFL lifumene iMbasa yeGolide, ukutyunjwa kwe-"Best Plant Synthetic Biology", kunye nokutyunjwa kwe-"Best Sustainable Development Impact", okutsala ingqalelo kwiprojekthi yalo entsha kunye nobuchule bophando obubalaseleyo.

Ukhuphiswano lwe-iGEM lusebenze njengeqonga labafundi lokubonisa impumelelo entsha kwicandelo lesayensi yobomi kunye netekhnoloji, likhokela phambili kubunjineli bemfuza kunye nebhayoloji yokwenziwa. Ukongeza, lubandakanya intsebenziswano phakathi kwezifundo ezahlukeneyo namacandelo afana nezibalo, isayensi yekhompyutha, kunye nezibalo, okubonelela ngenqanaba elifanelekileyo lokutshintshiselana kwabafundi ngokubanzi.

Ukususela ngo-2007, iSikolo seSayensi yoBomi kwiYunivesithi yaseTsinghua sikhuthaze abafundi abasaqalayo ukuba bakhe amaqela e-iGEM. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo, abafundi abangaphezu kwamakhulu amabini baye bathatha inxaxheba kolu khuphiswano, bafumana iimbeko ezininzi. Kulo nyaka, iSikolo seSayensi yoBomi sithumele amaqela amabini, iTsinghua kunye neTsinghua-TFL, ukuze baqeshwe, baqalwe ngamaqela, basekwe kwiiprojekthi, bavavanywe, kwaye bakhiwe kwi-wiki. Ekugqibeleni, amalungu angama-24 athathe inxaxheba asebenzisana ngokubambisana ukuze anike iziphumo ezanelisayo kulo lonke olu celomngeni lwesayensi nobuchwepheshe.