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Revision as of 08:36, 27 October 2017
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Introduction
Engagement with the general public and education about synthetic biology has been a core aspect of our project. We believe it to be very important, for the future acceptance and safe use of genetically engineered machines. To achieve the use of not only our product, but also other iGEM products, some understanding from the public about the large possibilities of synthetic biology is important. Therefore, we invested in attending public events at an early stage to start the dialogue. This was very nice, because we were able to use new ideas from people outside of the scientific world and implement it in our project. For education we collaborated with multiple organizations, such as Science Linx, RIVM and Scholierenacademie. As we wanted to gain more insight into education we had conversations with multiple educational experts and used their knowledge to make our efforts better.
Public Engagement
NBC - 16 May
On Tuesday the 16th of May 2017 the 17th edition of the Netherlands Biotechnology Conference (NBC-17) was organized by the Dutch Biotechnology Association (NBV). During this day, 135 professionals and students working in the biotechnology work field were connected to each other and informed during several interactive sessions and keynotes about the latest developments in their work field. Here, we gave a pitch about this years’ Groningen iGEM project and were allowed to present our poster together with other Dutch iGEM teams!
Maak Festival - 20 May
This years’ Maakfestival was held at the Groninger Forum and provided Dutch manufactures – in the broadest sense – who are living in the north of the Netherlands with the opportunity to excite teens about diverse technical projects. We had our own iGEM booth with various attributes from the laboratory, such as (properly sealed) Escherichia coli bacteria with Green Fluorescent Protein and talked about synthetic bacteria to interested people from every age group. Participants were invited to write their own opinion on bacteria, ranging from ‘cute’ to ‘useful’. Besides that Joana gave a short talk about iGEM and synthetic biology in one of the ‘maker talks’. Sometimes, we were even surprised what some children already knew about bacteria. We were really stoked to introduce the fascinating world of synthetic biology.