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            <h1>Back to School</h1>
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            <h2>A session on synthetic biology</h2>
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In August of 2017, we went to Vana Vani School, IIT Madras to interact with 11th-grade biology students. Our session aimed at introducing synthetic biology to the students in a way by which they can relate to. We drew an analogy between gene editing and a cassette, with the tape wound, containing a song, is the gene. This made the visualization easy for the students. We also discussed the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. After this, we talked about our project by drawing simple analogies. It was a fun filled session, with the students eager to talk and interact. It was an enriching experience for us as a team, to talk with young enthusiastic people interested in biology.
  
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<p>Over the last few years, we have seen teams produce some truly outstanding work in the areas of education and public engagement. Innovative educational tools and public engagement activities have the ability to discuss the science behind synthetic biology, spark new scientific curiosity and establish a public dialogue about synthetic biology from voices/views outside the lab.
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            To create and invigorate enthusiasm for synthetic biology in the incoming freshmen, we initiated a student community called GeneSys. Throughout the August-November ‘17 semester, we’ve met multiple times, nearly once a week, to discuss the basics of synthetic biology and the other prerequisites to good synthetic biology practices. Further, into the next semester, we hope to brainstorm and come up with ideas that can be taken up as projects by the community and take up active research, however small it may be.
  
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To compete for the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Awards">Best Education and Public Engagement prize</a>, please describe your work on this page and also fill out the description on the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Judging/Judging_Form">judging form</a>.
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            The team maintains profiles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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            <a href = "https://www.facebook.com/igem.iitm/"> https://www.facebook.com/igem.iitm/ </a href>
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:SCAU-China/Engagement">2016 SCAU-China</a></li>
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Back to School

A session on synthetic biology

session session

In August of 2017, we went to Vana Vani School, IIT Madras to interact with 11th-grade biology students. Our session aimed at introducing synthetic biology to the students in a way by which they can relate to. We drew an analogy between gene editing and a cassette, with the tape wound, containing a song, is the gene. This made the visualization easy for the students. We also discussed the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. After this, we talked about our project by drawing simple analogies. It was a fun filled session, with the students eager to talk and interact. It was an enriching experience for us as a team, to talk with young enthusiastic people interested in biology.

Genesys

A student community



To create and invigorate enthusiasm for synthetic biology in the incoming freshmen, we initiated a student community called GeneSys. Throughout the August-November ‘17 semester, we’ve met multiple times, nearly once a week, to discuss the basics of synthetic biology and the other prerequisites to good synthetic biology practices. Further, into the next semester, we hope to brainstorm and come up with ideas that can be taken up as projects by the community and take up active research, however small it may be. Also, Genesys has also acted as an initiation into iGEM for the freshmen.

Social Media

The team maintains profiles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The links for our social media handles are as below:

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/igem.iitm/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/igemiitm/?hl=en

Twitter

https://twitter.com/igemiitmadras
Contact Us

igemiitmadras@gmail.com

Department of Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Sardar Patel Road
Chennai, India - 600036