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Revision as of 23:47, 24 October 2017
Main goals with engagement this year
10 Year Anniversary
Shine On Festival
The opportunity to engage the public on both the high school and collegiate iGEM projects at the shine on festival was wonderful. Not only did the public seem interested in our work but also the support from the community was high. We had a great time interacting with people of all ages, teaching them about synthetic biology and the basics of our projects. The people we talked to seemed to accept our projects well considering the issues concerning genetic engineering. We took this as an opportunity to also address this problem, especially since next vivo tries to tackle this problem in both federal regulations and an education setting. The event also gave us the chance to network with Amino Biolabs who agreed to help us with our event, whereby giving out demonstrations of their own machines.
Presentation Practice
ARRTI Annual General Meeting Poster Session
Our team was able to be a part of the poster session during the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) Annual General Meeting in July. ARRTI was established in 2011, is based out of the University of Lethbridge and is the first RNA research focused centre in Alberta. The institute also collaborates with government institutes located in the Lethbridge area and beyond. During the poster session, we were able to get initial feedback from members of the science community outside of iGEM including professors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate, undergraduate, and high school students They provided their thoughts on our project and gave us some suggestions on issues we may come across and potential ways to fix them. The event also allowed team members an opportunity to practice public speaking and presenting our project.
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry Chinook Symposium
This year the team had the chance to be a part of the 11th annual Chinook Symposium that is hosted by the University of lethbridge’s Chemistry/Biochemistry Department. We had the chance to present our project during this judging competition and make our Univeristy aware of this years project. Participants of this symposium include research students in undergraduate and graduate levels. We had great responses our fellow students that were observing and participating in the event. As well, we had the chance to discuss our project with faculty members. We received amazing feedback from both groups and enjoyed discussing possible future applications of the Nextvivo system and our specific project design. This event was a great chance to practise our public speaking and presenting our project in detail to fellow scientists.
aGEM Competition
Our team competed in a competition provided by our main funding source MindFuel and GeekStarter. The competition was Alberta wide and we competed against the iGEM teams from the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. We were able to gain feedback about our project from experienced iGEM judges and were also able to practice our presentation skills. From this competition we were awarded a Best Stewardship prize for the biosecurity aspect of our project as well as a $4000 travel award. Overall, it was a great experience to learn about the other projects worked on by the other teams and to have feedback before the jamboree.
