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<h1 style="text-align:center;">Silver Human Practices</h1>
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<b> 14 april </b><br />
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At the beginning of our iGEM adventure we were invited by the Rathenau Institute, an institute which promotes safe and ethical research, to visit their introduction to the iGEMmers Guide To The Future. Along with an explanation what that is, we had speed dates with Human Practices experts from the Rathenau and RIVM (government institute for health and environment). Before this event we decided to make a DNA detector, but were not yet sure in what way. We had several option, but after the talks with experts we decided to focus on one specific project; a bacteriophages detection system for the dairy industry. We used the iGEMmers guide during the beginning or our project to explore our human practices options and had skype conversation with Zoe Robaey. She guided us where to start with human practices, which was very useful.
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<b> 14 april </b><br />
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Cathalijne van Beekvelt works for the ILT. This is the Dutch Inspection of Living environment and Transport. We contacted her because we wanted more information about the regulations that would limit us in bringing our product on the market. She gave us the contact information of Rob Duba, because he knows more about the policies regarding GMOs.
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MISSING: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HONOURS STUDENTS, RATHENAU, RIVM KENNISPARADE, RIVM GAME, SCHOLIERENACADEMIE
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Multiple times we had a talk with Jaco Westra from the RIVM. The RIVM is the National Institute for Health and Environment. The RIVM provides funding and therefore we were committed to do their assignment where we took safety as the most important aspect of our project. The title of this assignment is ‘Thinking before doing’. Think about the safety of your product, before you start developing it. We decided to present all of the safety aspects, we believe to be important, in a card game. Jaco was our contact person during this safety assignment. He gave great tips on how to handle legislation. He also gave us some help with who we could contact for more information.
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On Tuesday the 16th of May 2017 the 17th edition of the Netherlands Biotechnology Conference (NBC-17) was organized by the Dutch Biotechnology Association (NBV). During this day, 135 professionals and students working in the biotechnology work field were connected to each other and informed during several interactive sessions and keynotes about the latest developments in their work field. Here, we gave a pitch about this years’ Groningen iGEM project and were allowed to present our poster together with other Dutch iGEM teams!
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This years’ Maakfestival was held at the Groninger Forum and provided Dutch manufactures – in the broadest sense – who are living in the north of the Netherlands with the opportunity to excite teens about diverse technical projects. We had our own iGEM booth with various attributes from the laboratory, such as (properly sealed) Escherichia coli bacteria with Green Fluorescent Protein and talked about synthetic bacteria to interested people from every age group. Participants were invited to write their own opinion on bacteria, ranging from ‘cute’ to ‘useful’. Besides that Joana gave a short talk about iGEM and synthetic biology in one of the ‘maker talks’. Sometimes, we were even surprised what some children already knew about bacteria. In the end we were really excited to introduce others to the fascinating world of synthetic biology.
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The Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB) is the centre for biomolecular sciences at the University of Groningen. We were invited to give a presentation of our project and show our poster in the poster sessions. During the event we got the opportunity to explain our project to other researchers from the university.
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<b> 11 juli </b><br />
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Previously to the meeting with prof. Martin Goedhart end dr. Maaike de Heij we have tried to contact multiple dairy factories and farmers, but all with no success. The fact that we are using a GMO for our project was probably one of the main factors why this was so difficult. Professor Martin Goedhart and dr. Maaike de Heij gave us great tips about how we should contact companies with our GMO product. After we implemented their advice we gained contact way easier. One of the researchers at a big dairy company was even surprised we were allowed to visit one of their factories!
 
   
 
   
We attended the 12th LAB Symposium in Egmond aan Zee on the 28th of August. This is a yearly one week event about Lactic Acid Bacteria. Thanks to the organising committee we were able to attend the symposium for one day with three people of the team. This was a really great experience. It gave us the opportunity to present our poster during the poster sessions and to talk to researchers who are specialized in working with CRISPR-Cas, bacteriophages and Lactococcus lactis.
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- If our product would lead to less milk spoilage, would that mean farmers can sell less milk?
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During the beginning of our project we asked this question to ourselves. We want our product to be good for everyone. We asked this question to two big dairy companies and one small farmer. Everyone was quite clear about this; no! Especially at the factory they told us that the more cheese they can make, the better. If they lose less product, that does not mean they will but less milk.
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We contacted Richel Bilderbeek to give us some tips about preparing lessons for children from 10 to 12 years old. He is highly experienced in educating 7 till 18 year-olds.
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We are working together with the Scholieren Academie to educate kids. The general goal is informing the kids about the university. What do students do? What am I, a molecular biology student, doing in a laboratory?
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The Scholieren Academie wants to start this project, because research has shown that kids from the eastern part of the province Groningen, choose less for higher education. By starting really early with informing these kids about the possibilities of the university, the Scholieren Academie hopes that children will choose more often for higher education after primary school.
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We went to some schools to give a guest lecture. A few days later, the children came to the lab to do some experiments themselves.
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Revision as of 11:06, 2 October 2017


Silver Human Practices

14 april
At the beginning of our iGEM adventure we were invited by the Rathenau Institute, an institute which promotes safe and ethical research, to visit their introduction to the iGEMmers Guide To The Future. Along with an explanation what that is, we had speed dates with Human Practices experts from the Rathenau and RIVM (government institute for health and environment). Before this event we decided to make a DNA detector, but were not yet sure in what way. We had several option, but after the talks with experts we decided to focus on one specific project; a bacteriophages detection system for the dairy industry. We used the iGEMmers guide during the beginning or our project to explore our human practices options and had skype conversation with Zoe Robaey. She guided us where to start with human practices, which was very useful.

14 april
Cathalijne van Beekvelt works for the ILT. This is the Dutch Inspection of Living environment and Transport. We contacted her because we wanted more information about the regulations that would limit us in bringing our product on the market. She gave us the contact information of Rob Duba, because he knows more about the policies regarding GMOs.

Multiple times we had a talk with Jaco Westra from the RIVM. The RIVM is the National Institute for Health and Environment. The RIVM provides funding and therefore we were committed to do their assignment where we took safety as the most important aspect of our project. The title of this assignment is ‘Thinking before doing’. Think about the safety of your product, before you start developing it. We decided to present all of the safety aspects, we believe to be important, in a card game. Jaco was our contact person during this safety assignment. He gave great tips on how to handle legislation. He also gave us some help with who we could contact for more information.

11 juli
Previously to the meeting with prof. Martin Goedhart end dr. Maaike de Heij we have tried to contact multiple dairy factories and farmers, but all with no success. The fact that we are using a GMO for our project was probably one of the main factors why this was so difficult. Professor Martin Goedhart and dr. Maaike de Heij gave us great tips about how we should contact companies with our GMO product. After we implemented their advice we gained contact way easier. One of the researchers at a big dairy company was even surprised we were allowed to visit one of their factories! “ - If our product would lead to less milk spoilage, would that mean farmers can sell less milk? During the beginning of our project we asked this question to ourselves. We want our product to be good for everyone. We asked this question to two big dairy companies and one small farmer. Everyone was quite clear about this; no! Especially at the factory they told us that the more cheese they can make, the better. If they lose less product, that does not mean they will but less milk. “