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    <p>"Human Practices is the study of how your work affects the world, and how the world affects your work."</p>
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Through Human Practices, iGEM teams consider whether their projects are safe, responsible and good for the world. They engage creatively with issues relating (but not limited) to ethics, sustainability, safety, and security. These issues are complex and don’t have simple answers. Teams therefore often conduct public engagement; inviting stakeholder input to shape the direction of their work.
  
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  <p>Through their Human Practices efforts, iGEM teams creatively engage with important issues "beyond the bench", relating (but not limited) to ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, environmental impact and intellectual property rights. Such issues demand thoughtful public engagement and dialogue, educating while inviting public input to shape the direction of research. </p>
 
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  <p>iGEM teams approach these challenges in a wide diversity of ways. Teams' efforts often integrate into the technical aspects of their project, and have an influence upon their design decisions. For example,  teams have engaged with potential users and stakeholders to better understand their needs, ranging from safety to access, to inform their technical design criteria.</p>
 
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  <p>Teams have also engaged with diverse communities to help shape the practice of synthetic biology across local and global scales. For example, teams have consulted and shared their experiences with constituents and policymakers in their own cities and countries, as well as international forums including United Nations treaty deliberations.</p>
 
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  <p>There have been many examples of Human Practices work that builds creative engagement with diverse communities and the environment. Teams have conducted environmental impact analyses, created museum exhibits, written intellectual property guides and children's books, facilitated "white hat" biosecurity investigations, held forums with legislators, and even performed street theatre. You can find many more inspiring examples below and in the teams' wiki pages.</p>
 
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  <p>HP is a mandatory element of projects for teams wishing to obtain a Silver or Gold medal, but all teams are expected to attempt some HP work. Be sure to go over the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Medals">official medal criteria</a>.</p>
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  <p>To qualify for a <strong>silver medal</strong>, teams must demonstrate how they have identified, investigated and addressed one or more Human Practices issues in the context of their project.</p>
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  <p>To qualify for a <strong>gold medal</strong>, teams must complete two of three requirements, one of which is additional Human practices work.  To qualify for gold teams must expand on silver medal activities by demonstrating how the investigation of Human Practices issues has been integrated into the design and/or execution of their project. </p>
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  <p>Teams can also compete for two separate Human Practices prizes: <strong>Best Integrated Human Practices</strong> and <strong>Best Education and Public Engagement</strong>. These prizes are meant to recognize exceptional work in the two gold medal qualifying options above, respectively.</p>
 
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  <p>Think about HP at the beginning of your project. The most impressive projects are often inspired by their HP efforts.</p>
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    <li><strong>Do your research</strong>. If you're applying a method that has been used before (such as conducting a survey) find out the best practices and try to recruit an expert to help you.</li>
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Dry cleaning is the removal of stains from delicate fabrics using solvents other than water. The most widely used solvent in dry cleaning is perchloroethylene (PERC), a volatile carcinogen that is increasingly banned and restricted for environmental and safety reasons. Our team is using synthetic biology to replace PERC with a biological alternative. To do so we are screening samples from all around the world to look for stain-digesting microbes, we are characterising candidate enzymes with putative stain digesting activity, and we are searching for fabric binding domains to enhance their stain fighting power! With some microbiology, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and a lot of creativity we will find a green technology to make dry cleaners forget all about PERC.
 
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One of the greatest barriers to long term space travel is the exposure to high energy ionizing radiation (IR). Exposure to IR can induce double stranded breaks which are very cytotoxic, resulting in cell death. Current solutions, while effective in low earth orbit, are less so outside of the magnetosphere. The 2016 U of C Calgary team address this problem through synthetic biology and the engineering of Bacillus subtilis. A strain of B. subtilis has been engineered to express a recombinant peptide, Bowman-Birk Protease inhibitor (BBI), which has radio-protective effects. The bacteria are contained within a patch, allowing for continuous secretion of the peptide into the body. While the initial system is designed to produce BBI, restriction sites within the gene constructs allow for any gene to be inserted, creating a versatile expression platform. This can be customized for the secretion of bio-therapeutics for future space missions.
 
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  <p>Understanding synthetic biology as a human practice, not just a product of science, is at the heart of iGEM. Human Practices (HP) has been formally integrated into iGEM since 2008, when it was <a href="https://2008.igem.org/Judging/Judging_Criteria">introduced as a gold medal criteria and special prize</a>.  In 2013 a <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Judging/Awards">silver medal element of Human Practices</a> was introduced to further recognize the importance of these efforts across all teams . In 2015, the Human Practices prize was <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards">separated into two distinct but related prizes</a>: Best Integrated Human Practices and Best Education and Public Engagement. These prizes celebrate how Human Practices shapes the coupled social and technical elements of synthetic biology.</p>
 
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  <p>The term Human Practices was first introduced by investigators of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (Synberc), however iGEM has become the global hub for examining and evolving the concept and its practice. Since then, complementary efforts such as 'responsible research and innovation' have also contributed significantly to the theory and practice of Human Practices at iGEM.</p>
 
  
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  <p>Many members of the iGEM community have a diversity of expertise related to Human Practices. The Human Practices Advisory Committee members have agreed to be contacted by teams seeking guidance on specific elements of their Human Practices work.  Please email the executive committee at executivehp [AT] igem [DOT] org to receive contact details.</p>
 
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Human Practices

Through Human Practices, iGEM teams consider whether their projects are safe, responsible and good for the world. They engage creatively with issues relating (but not limited) to ethics, sustainability, safety, and security. These issues are complex and don’t have simple answers. Teams therefore often conduct public engagement; inviting stakeholder input to shape the direction of their work.

"Human Practices is the study of how your work affects the world, and how the world affects your work." — Peter Carr, Director of Judging



Introduction

Learn about Human Practices and why it is an important part of iGEM.


READ MORE


How to Succeed

All teams are expected to engage in Human Practices. Check out our tips for teams and the medal and prize criteria.

READ MORE


Resources

Getting started? These resources can help you think about how to integrate human practices in your project design.

RESOURCES


Exemplary Projects

Teams have conducted inspiring and impactful projects. Explore how teams have approached human practices.

EXAMPLES


History

How did Human Practices come to be? Learn about its origins and evolution.

HISTORY


Committee

Human Practices efforts at iGEM are guided by this cast of characters.

COMMITTEE

Questions?

If you have questions or suggestions email us at executivehp AT igem DOT org. We love hearing from teams. Best of luck with your projects!