Ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL, ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kukaSolwazi uPan Junmin, lihlanganisa abafundi abayi-10 abangaphansi kweziqu kanye nabafundi abathathu abazongenela iziqu zobudokotela abavela eSikoleni Sezesayensi Yokuphila, eNyuvesi yaseTsinghua. Ithimba lihlose ukusebenzisa ukuguqulwa kwebhayoloji yokwenziwa kwezinto eziphilayo ze-chassis zemodeli ye-photosynthetic –i-microalgae, ngokugxila ekwakheni ifektri esebenza kahle kakhulu yokulungisa ikhabhoni nokukhiqiza isitashi i-Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (StarChlamy) ukuze inikeze umthombo omusha wokudla, inciphise ukuthembela endaweni yokulima.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithimba, elixhaswe yinkampani yabafundi abaphothule izifundo zeSayensi Yempilo iTsinghua,I-Protoga I-Bioti-ech Co., Ltd., isebenzisa isakhiwo sokusekela esihlukahlukene esinikezwa yiI-Protoga Biotech kufaka phakathi izindawo zelebhu, izikhungo zokukhiqiza, kanye nezinsiza zokumaketha.

Njengamanje, umhlaba ubhekene nenkinga enkulu yomhlaba, lapho imikhuba yendabuko yezolimo ibeka ukuthembela okukhulu emhlabathini ukuze kutshalwe ukudla, okwenza kube nzima nakakhulu ukulamba ngenxa yokuntuleka komhlabathi otshalwayo.

Ukuze kuxazululwe lokhu, ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL liphakamise ikhambi labo - ukwakhiwa kwei-microalgae ifektri yokulungisa ikhabhoni ye-photobioreactor njengomthombo omusha wokudla ukunciphisa ukuthembela emhlabathini olimekayo ukuze kutshalwe ukudla.

TIthimba lakhe lihlose izindlela ze-metabolism zesitashi, okuyisakhamzimba esiyinhloko ezitshalweni zokudla, ukuze likhiqize isitashi ngempumelelo kusuka ku-i-microalgae futhi kuthuthukiswe ikhwalithi yayo ngokwandisa isilinganiso se-amylose.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngokuguqulwa kwebhayoloji yokwenziwa kwemiphumela yokukhanya kanye nomjikelezo kaCalvin enqubweni ye-photosynthesisi-microalgae, bandise ukusebenza kahle kokulungiswa kwekhabhoni nge-photosynthesis, ngaleyo ndlela bakha ukusebenza kahle kakhudlwana InkanyeziChlamy.

Ngesikhathi bebamba iqhaza kowamanqamu we-20th International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) eParis kusukela mhla zi-2 kuya ku-5 kuNovemba 2023, ithimba le-Tsinghua-TFL lithole i-Gold Award, ukuqokwa kwe-"Best Plant Synthetic Biology", kanye nokuqokwa kwe-"Best Sustainable Development Impact", okudonsela ukunaka ngephrojekthi yalo entsha kanye namakhono avelele ocwaningo.

Umncintiswano we-iGEM usebenze njengenkundla yabafundi yokubonisa impumelelo entsha emkhakheni wesayensi yokuphila nobuchwepheshe, uhola phambili kobunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo kanye nebhayoloji yokwenziwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhilela ukubambisana kwemikhakha ehlukahlukene nemikhakha efana nezibalo, isayensi yamakhompyutha, kanye nezibalo, okunikeza isigaba esifanele sokushintshisana okukhulu kwabafundi.

Kusukela ngo-2007, iSikole Sezesayensi Yokuphila eNyuvesi yaseTsinghua sikhuthaze abafundi abangaphansi kweziqu zokuqala ukuthi bakhe amaqembu e-iGEM. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, abafundi abangaphezu kwamakhulu amabili bahlanganyele kulo mncintiswano, bathola izindondo eziningi. Kulo nyaka, iSikole Sezesayensi Yokuphila sithumele amaqembu amabili, iTsinghua neTsinghua-TFL, ukuze baqashe abantu, bakhe amaqembu, basungule amaphrojekthi, bahlole, futhi bakhe ama-wiki. Ekugcineni, amalungu angu-24 abambe iqhaza asebenzisana ngokubambisana ukuze alethe imiphumela eyanelisayo kulo lonke leli nselele yesayensi nezobuchwepheshe.