Human Practices/Examples
Examples
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BroadRun-Baltimore 2016
Best Integrated Human Practices, High School
BroadRun-Baltimore developed a genetically modified yeast strain that can digest starch, the precursor of butyric acid waste in ceiling tile manufacturing. The team opened a dialogue with a ceiling tile manufacturer as an industry partner to better understand the workflow of tile production and wastewater management. The team were then able to assess where their genetically modified yeast strain could be deployed to reduce starch levels as a sustainable solution in a manufacturing process.
HSiTaiwan 2016
Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices, High School
The Herb Tasters were interested in developing a biosensor to detect the presence of toxins in traditional Chinese medicines. By using national health interview surveys and interactions with government regulators and manufacturers of Chinese medicine, the team gained a better understanding of the current management of toxins and the actual need for and challenges to toxin detection solutions.
METU HS Ankara 2016
Nominated for Best Education & Public Engagement, High School
METU HS Ankara sought to modify an E. coli strain to bind selectively to colon cancer cells and induce cell death through the production of a natural colon metabolite. The team organized a running day for colon cancer, as well as educational events to increase knowledge about colon cancer at their local schools. One thing led to another, and they were also able to spread this educational information through radio interviews and TV broadcasts in their local area.
OLS Canmore 2016
Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices, High School, Nominated for Best Education & Public Engagement, High School
OLS Canmore devised a system capable of breaking down and repurposing keratin from hair and feathers that make its way into waste and sewage systems. Their project and design was inspired by communication with nearby wastewater treatment plants, who helped them weigh their options between designing a separable enzyme to treat the water or developing a bioreactor. The team was able to also discuss with fertilizer companies how the byproducts might be repurposed for fertilizer and animal feed, and how they might be able to implement and market a system that would be usable by wastewater treatment facilities.
TAS Taipei 2016
Best Education & Public Engagement, High School, Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices, High School
Counteracts sought to design noninvasive eyedrops featuring a protein disaggregator compound that reverts aging eye damage that leads to cataracts. For Education and Public Engagement, the team spread knowledge about cataracts through several events and awareness day meetups across Taipei. They also were active in exposing different grades within their school to the potentials of synthetic biology to inspire them to get excited about synthetic biology and iGEM, and collaborated with nearby iGEM teams at the high school and university levels to share ideas and practices. For Integrated Human Practices, Counteracts interviewed both practicing cataract surgeons and researchers to get their thoughts on non-invasive alternatives to surgery, and also interviewed cataract patients to learn about their knowledge of cataracts and willingness to use GMO products.
Cornell NY 2016
Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices
The Cornell NY’s Legendairy project visited various parties invested in the dairy industry, such as a dairy farm, a pharmaceutical company that develops treatments for animals, and a milk quality expert to identify the need for better bovine mastitis detection methods. After developing sketches and a concept for a prospective milking apparatus that would help prevent bovine mastitis, the team continued to seek feedback from producers of milking machinery and others on their design. They continued to sustain a conversation with the actual potential users of their product in order to determine what was actually needed, and eventually brought back a physical prototype of their product to ask whether it would be suitable for use.
Imperial College 2016
Best Education & Public Engagement, Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices
In order to educate the public about co-cultures and microorganisms, the ecolibrium team created a game called “Go Culture,” which uses an adventure gamestyle to encourage players to collect and learn about different microbes. Nominated for Best Integrated Human Practices The Imperial College team adopted the Socio-Technical Integration Research protocol (STIR) as a formalized way of reflecting on social, ethical, and economic considerations in their decision-making. By combining the foundations of STIR with the problem-based learning (PBL) framework, the team offers a modified STIR-PBL framework as a problem solving tool to guide the thinking and considerations of iGEM teams. The team also developed a Visual Strategies Experiential Guidebook to facilitate the creation of graphics that would make technical projects easier to understand through visual media.
