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As students of Science, it is our moral responsibility to inculcate scientific temperament in the future generation. An initiative in this regard was taken by visiting schools in Bangalore and Chennai, and telling them about career in scientific research, followed by an introduction to synthetic biology, iGEM and our project.
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<p>Our desire to accomplish this goal and simultaneously take our project forward led us to visit four high schools in Bangalore and Chennai and educate students about the scientific method and careers in scientific research, followed by an introduction to synthetic biology, iGEM and our project iFLOAT.</p>
  
 
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<p>In Chennai, we visited Chennai Public School, National Public School and P S Senior Secondary School, while in Bangalore, we visited CMR National PU College in Bangalore. Students from all schools listened avidly to our presentations and asked insightful questions during our interactive sessions.</p>
  
 
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<p>Mdm Mary Salomi from CMR National PU College gave us the following feedback: <i>"Thanks to the IISC team for their presentation. It was very informative and encouraging for our students to hear about recombinant DNA techniques and their application to make medicines cost effective. Some of them have interest in higher studies in this stream."</i></p>
  
 
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Revision as of 03:23, 2 November 2017

  1. Ketto
  2. Social Media
  3. High Schools
  4. Challenge
  5. Poster

Ketto Fundraiser

In our first attempt to showcase how iFLOAT — and synthetic biology in general — can be used to address real-life problems, we created a YouTube video explaining our preliminary project idea and posted it on our Ketto page — an online crowdfunding platform. By reaching out to our institute alumni around the world, we spread our project idea through word-of-mouth and received 51 donations from multiple countries, totaling nearly INR 200,000 (USD 3000)!

By reaching out to our institute alumni around the world, we spread our project idea through word-of-mouth and received 51 donations from multiple countries, totaling nearly INR 200,000 (USD 3000)!

Social Media


Our team attracting followers on social media, spreading word of synthetic biology

Our social media accounts — Facebook and Twitter — were used effectively to reach out to interested followers and provide regular updates regarding our project. Our Twitter handle was also used to interact with other iGEM teams and share our progress.

High School Presentations

Science students in India are rarely exposed to scientific research during their high school curriculum: emphasis is placed more on learning facts and answering questions than learning ways to discover new things — the scientific method! As undergraduates in India's premier institute for scientific research, we have a moral responsibility to give back to society and educate our juniors, to ignite the spark of interest that may perhaps flare into a flaming passion for science.

Our desire to accomplish this goal and simultaneously take our project forward led us to visit four high schools in Bangalore and Chennai and educate students about the scientific method and careers in scientific research, followed by an introduction to synthetic biology, iGEM and our project iFLOAT.


(clockwise from top left) CMR National PU College, Bangalore: Sai explaining a typical career progression in science, Sai holding a memento from the college, Raj and Sai preparing before their presentation, the audience, Raj presenting the project

In Chennai, we visited Chennai Public School, National Public School and P S Senior Secondary School, while in Bangalore, we visited CMR National PU College in Bangalore. Students from all schools listened avidly to our presentations and asked insightful questions during our interactive sessions.


Raj and Sai explaining the project to students from P S Senior Secondary School, Chennai

Mdm Mary Salomi from CMR National PU College gave us the following feedback: "Thanks to the IISC team for their presentation. It was very informative and encouraging for our students to hear about recombinant DNA techniques and their application to make medicines cost effective. Some of them have interest in higher studies in this stream."

Challenge

To further engage with school students, a student challenge was designed to promote problem solving in students and at the same time, get their input to help us with our project. Students were given a question to solve which required them to think of a solution of their own, and feedback was given to the students on their proposed solution.

Poster Presentation

The IISc campus has students and professors working in almost all fields of science, and we realized that their feedback had the potential to provide us with completely fresh perspectives on our project. We held a poster presentation session that was open to all the members of IISc. It led to some valuable discussions about iFLOAT, and also contributed to spreading awareness about synthetic biology among people working in other fields.


Sharath explaining the project during the poster presentation