Team:Toronto/Basic Part
Basic Part
Guide
Establishing meaningful and informed dialogue with our stakeholders is one of the overarching goals of our human practices. We therefore a video interview series with various scientific and social stakeholders to identify the state of the current research and current ethical shoertcomings. In particular, we found a clear ethical guideline as a key unmet need for shaping future application of our system to human gene editing. Based on key principles put forward by the Committee on Human Gene Editing: Scientific, Medical, and Ethical Considerations in their 2017 report on science, ethics and governance, we developed a guideline for iGEM teams to develop integrative human practices to their project design. We then evaluated our team’s efforts based on those criteria and identified strengths and areas for improvement. In particular, transparency through clear documentation and public engagement, identification of vulnerable groups and collaborations were some of our strengths while due care through the development of scenarios and economic considerations in the distribution of our technology are some areas that were touched upon but could be improved by following the recommendations made in our guide.
Execs
Katariina Jaenes
Co-President
Umar Owadally
Co-President
Adele Nikitina
VP-Treasurer & Hardware
Celine
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Wet lab
Mark Lychacz
Lab Manager
Amy Yeung
Lab Manager
Victoria Sajtovich
Wetlab Lead
Carla Hamady
Wetlab Lead
Ahmed Ibrahim
Wetlab Lead
Dry Lab
Ali Nawed
Dry Lab Lead
list of names
Dry Lab Members
Human Practices
Estee Katz
Human Practices Lead
list of names
Podcast Team
Wiki
Fahim Shahreer
Wiki Lead
Wiki Team Members
Fahim Shahreer (Wiki Lead)
Celine Zhang
Golsa Shafa
Kogulan Sivaneshan
Salma Hussein
Samantha Quinto
Taneisha Stoll
Tracy Xiang
