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+ | <br> Despite the unequivocal evidence for climate change, a recent poll commissioned by the Ontario Science Center (Canada, 2017) found that 47% of the public (up from 40% last year) agreed that “the science behind global warming is still unclear.” A quote by the chief executive officer of the Ontario Science Center summarizes the problem that arises from this statistic: "If you think that climate change is one of the main issues that we face as a society, and almost half of us think that the science is still unclear when there's a pretty broad scientific consensus about it, this affects the chances that we have to act in a unified way about it." While our team was taken aback by the statistic, we were not entirely surprised considering there are many prominent public figures such as politicians and celebrities who deny climate changing is occurring. How, as a society, we move forward to address complex scientific issues is going to become increasingly more important in the future. On a more positive note, despite 31% of respondents agreeing that “because scientific ideas are fluid and subject to change they can’t be trusted,” 79% agreed that they are comfortable “knowing that scientific answers may not be definitive”, and 82% said they “would like to know more about science and how it affects our world”. </br> | ||
+ | Our project by no means is the only answer to stopping or slowing climate change, but it will help reduce the environmental impact and waste of the paper and pulp industries, once we engineer <i>E. coli</i> to degrade cellulose into glucose. With the knowledge that the public wants to learn about science and with the understanding that in order to address climate change everyone needs to be on board, we developed our integrated human practices strategy. There are four ways in which we integrated human practices into our experimental design: talking with experts, discussing safety, researching other Canadian biofuel companies, and presenting our project to various audiences. In addition, we developed an extensive outreach program to establish an open communication platform between the public and scientists <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Dalhousie/Engagement" style="color: #C1D35D">(click here to view our engagement activities)</a> We hope to foster curiosity, answer questions and concerns, and get more people talking about science!</br> | ||
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+ | </br><b><font color= "#C1D35D">Trevor Charles, PhD, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo</font></b></br> | ||
+ | Dr. Charles is an expert in functional metagenomics, as well as the co-founder of Metagenome Bio Inc, a company which makes and screens metagenomic libraries for industries like mining, and agriculture. In June of 2017 he welcomed members of Dalhousie iGEM into his lab to teach the basic of metagenomic library construction. Dr. Charles’ team are the reason we got as far as we did, offering their experience, as well as giving us their cosmid, and the bacterial host. </br></br></br><br><br> | ||
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</br><b><font color= "#C1D35D">Su-Ling Brooks, PhD, Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada</font></b></br> | </br><b><font color= "#C1D35D">Su-Ling Brooks, PhD, Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada</font></b></br> | ||
Dr. Brooks’ research revolves around bioprocessing, food engineering, | Dr. Brooks’ research revolves around bioprocessing, food engineering, | ||
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biofuel component of our project, and our ideas surrounding bioreactor | biofuel component of our project, and our ideas surrounding bioreactor | ||
construction. We presented her with two bioreactor ideas (see images | construction. We presented her with two bioreactor ideas (see images | ||
− | below). The first option involved two bioreactors, one specifically for E. coli to | + | below). The first option involved two bioreactors, one specifically for <i>E. coli</i> to |
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− | ethanol. The second option involved one bioreactor and a E. coli-yeast co-culture. | + | ethanol. The second option involved one bioreactor and a <i>E. coli</i>-yeast co-culture. |
During the course of our presentation, Dr. Brooks | During the course of our presentation, Dr. Brooks | ||
posed many insightful questions primarily surrounding the logistics of co-cultures, and the requirements of | posed many insightful questions primarily surrounding the logistics of co-cultures, and the requirements of | ||
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in Cape Breton and identified two main types of waste: bark chips and a mix of clay, cellulose, | in Cape Breton and identified two main types of waste: bark chips and a mix of clay, cellulose, | ||
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<b><font color= "#C1D35D">Dr. Eddy Rubin, Chief Science Officer, Metabiota, San Francisco, USA</font></b></br> | <b><font color= "#C1D35D">Dr. Eddy Rubin, Chief Science Officer, Metabiota, San Francisco, USA</font></b></br> | ||
Dr. Rubin has years of metagenomics under his belt, so we asked him which was better: | Dr. Rubin has years of metagenomics under his belt, so we asked him which was better: | ||
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synthesize whatever you want from it. This is a much more scalable process, you don’t have to | synthesize whatever you want from it. This is a much more scalable process, you don’t have to | ||
spend years designing functional assays.</br> | spend years designing functional assays.</br> | ||
− | See the rest of Dr. Rubin’s interview here. | + | <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/f/f7/Eddyr.pdf" style="color: #C1D35D" target="_blank">See the rest of Dr. Rubin’s interview here.</a> |
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was through that process […] we ended up changing the sensor we were building to look at | was through that process […] we ended up changing the sensor we were building to look at | ||
other market opportunities.”</br> | other market opportunities.”</br> | ||
− | See the rest of | + | <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/3/37/Daveint.pdf" style="color: #C1D35D" target="_blank">See the rest of Dave’s interview here.</a> |
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<b><font color= "#C1D35D">Scott Doncaster, Vice President, Manufacturing Technologies and Engineering, BioVectra, Charlottetown, Canada</font></b></br> | <b><font color= "#C1D35D">Scott Doncaster, Vice President, Manufacturing Technologies and Engineering, BioVectra, Charlottetown, Canada</font></b></br> | ||
BioVectra is a contract pharmaceutical fermentation plant that using bacteria and fungi to | BioVectra is a contract pharmaceutical fermentation plant that using bacteria and fungi to | ||
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volume of organisms they use requires them to treat the bacteria or fungi as if they were BSL-2. | volume of organisms they use requires them to treat the bacteria or fungi as if they were BSL-2. | ||
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“Containment is key! Rooms have slanted floors so [if a spill were to happen] it all goes into a | “Containment is key! Rooms have slanted floors so [if a spill were to happen] it all goes into a | ||
contained grate, that would get autoclaved in emergencies. The building has been built with | contained grate, that would get autoclaved in emergencies. The building has been built with | ||
special air circulation, sterilization tools, air locks, temperature control and much more.”</br></br></br></br></br> | special air circulation, sterilization tools, air locks, temperature control and much more.”</br></br></br></br></br> | ||
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<b><font color= "#C1D35D">Stephen Snobelen, PhD, Associate Professor of Humanities, University of King’s, Halifax, Canada</font></b></br> | <b><font color= "#C1D35D">Stephen Snobelen, PhD, Associate Professor of Humanities, University of King’s, Halifax, Canada</font></b></br> | ||
Some of Dr. Snobelen’s research interest include science in popular culture, and the | Some of Dr. Snobelen’s research interest include science in popular culture, and the | ||
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instance, someone could be literate in biology, but have a poor understanding about physics. | instance, someone could be literate in biology, but have a poor understanding about physics. | ||
For this reason, we tried to instead paint the idea that science literacy is a spectrum.</br></br></br></br> | For this reason, we tried to instead paint the idea that science literacy is a spectrum.</br></br></br></br> | ||
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clear that there were a few safety aspects to consider if our project were to make it to the | clear that there were a few safety aspects to consider if our project were to make it to the | ||
bioreactor stage. In this section, we hope to address two questions: <ol><li> is our design safe? </li> | bioreactor stage. In this section, we hope to address two questions: <ol><li> is our design safe? </li> | ||
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horizontal gene transfer with natural organisms. Whether it be by controlling the environment, | horizontal gene transfer with natural organisms. Whether it be by controlling the environment, | ||
controlling the organism, or both, we have been thinking about safety since the start of our | controlling the organism, or both, we have been thinking about safety since the start of our | ||
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alternative to current biofuel systems.</br> | alternative to current biofuel systems.</br> | ||
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state of our project, they did provide us with things to consider if we were to scale-up our | state of our project, they did provide us with things to consider if we were to scale-up our | ||
project for their reactors. Firstly, there bioreactors do not support a co-culture system and | project for their reactors. Firstly, there bioreactors do not support a co-culture system and | ||
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treated as a BSL-2 organism. Finally, biosafety is not just to protect us and the outside from the | treated as a BSL-2 organism. Finally, biosafety is not just to protect us and the outside from the | ||
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scale-up our safe system, and when we have thoroughly tested the efficiency of our organism, | scale-up our safe system, and when we have thoroughly tested the efficiency of our organism, | ||
we will know what to expect when approaching companies.</br></br> | we will know what to expect when approaching companies.</br></br> | ||
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+ | </br></br></br><h2><font color= "#C1D35D">How We Fit In: Researching Companies</font></h2></br></br> | ||
There are five major biofuel companies in Canada each doing something slightly | There are five major biofuel companies in Canada each doing something slightly | ||
different. Here are summaries of those five major companies.</br></br> | different. Here are summaries of those five major companies.</br></br> | ||
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name for ourselves in the Canadian biofuel game, we have found our own niche within the | name for ourselves in the Canadian biofuel game, we have found our own niche within the | ||
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We did not want our research to only reach the eyes and ears of those partaking in | We did not want our research to only reach the eyes and ears of those partaking in | ||
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Integrated Human Practices
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Despite the unequivocal evidence for climate change, a recent poll commissioned by the Ontario Science Center (Canada, 2017) found that 47% of the public (up from 40% last year) agreed that “the science behind global warming is still unclear.” A quote by the chief executive officer of the Ontario Science Center summarizes the problem that arises from this statistic: "If you think that climate change is one of the main issues that we face as a society, and almost half of us think that the science is still unclear when there's a pretty broad scientific consensus about it, this affects the chances that we have to act in a unified way about it." While our team was taken aback by the statistic, we were not entirely surprised considering there are many prominent public figures such as politicians and celebrities who deny climate changing is occurring. How, as a society, we move forward to address complex scientific issues is going to become increasingly more important in the future. On a more positive note, despite 31% of respondents agreeing that “because scientific ideas are fluid and subject to change they can’t be trusted,” 79% agreed that they are comfortable “knowing that scientific answers may not be definitive”, and 82% said they “would like to know more about science and how it affects our world”. Our project by no means is the only answer to stopping or slowing climate change, but it will help reduce the environmental impact and waste of the paper and pulp industries, once we engineer E. coli to degrade cellulose into glucose. With the knowledge that the public wants to learn about science and with the understanding that in order to address climate change everyone needs to be on board, we developed our integrated human practices strategy. There are four ways in which we integrated human practices into our experimental design: talking with experts, discussing safety, researching other Canadian biofuel companies, and presenting our project to various audiences. In addition, we developed an extensive outreach program to establish an open communication platform between the public and scientists (click here to view our engagement activities) We hope to foster curiosity, answer questions and concerns, and get more people talking about science!
Talking with Experts
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Safety
After speaking with Scott Doncaster from the fermentation company, BioVectra, it was clear that there were a few safety aspects to consider if our project were to make it to the bioreactor stage. In this section, we hope to address two questions:- is our design safe?
- What are the major concerns for companies?