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| − | <p> | + | <p>This year our main goal has been to show the power of synthetic biology via the snake envenoming issue. |
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| + | <p>The Danish legislation is tough on synthetic biology, and it is not possible for high school students to make their own plasmid modifications <a href="#references">[1]</a>. We have, together with the danish organization Biotech Academy’s Biosensor project, made a free kit that will be distributed to high schools. This kit enables an average high school student to work with synthetic biology at his or her own school - while still taking the law into consideration. | ||
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| + | <p>Spreading the word of synthetic biology to the general public has also been at the core of our work. The importance and the solutions it offers, have been spread via presentations, fairs, articles, social media campaigns, but mainly through a documentary. A journalist is filming a documentary about our project, team, and the opportunities of synthetic biology. | ||
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| + | <h2 id="education">Education</h2> | ||
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| + | <p>Whatever the challenge, it is important to spread passion to the researchers of tomorrow. Unfortunately synthetic biology is barely introduced in Denmark at the high school level. Nothing is quite like your first passion, and thus it is not a stretch to imagine that someone’s life can be completely changed by introducing students to synthetic biology at an earlier age. This is why we have decided to focus as much as we have on the Biosensor project, and education in general. | ||
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| + | <h2 id="biosensor">Biosensor</h2> | ||
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| + | <p>The Biosensor project is an effort to expose Danish high school students to the world of experimental synthetic biology. The Biosensor kit makes it possible for high school students to work with biobricks. As stated earlier, certain laws prohibit high school students to work with plasmid modifications <a href="#references">[1]</a>. | ||
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| + | <p>The Biosensor project was created by DTU’s iGEM teams from 2015 <a href="#references">[2]</a> and 2016 <a href="#references">[3]</a>, Biotech Academy, and further developed by the BioBuilders’ 2017 team. We are preparing to ship out the kits to 200 high schools in Denmark by Spring 2018. | ||
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| + | <h4>The Exercise</h4> | ||
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| + | <p>The Biosensor is structured to give students creative freedom in the field of synthetic biology, while being simple. The entire exercise can be completed in just two days of laboratory work and testing. The exercise involves the following: | ||
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| + | <p>1. Digestion of selected genes (2 hours)</p><br /> | ||
| + | <p>2. Ligation of genes and linearized vector to make a Biobrick plasmid (1.5 hours)</p><br /> | ||
| + | <p>3. Transformation of Biosensor (3 hours)</p><br /> | ||
| + | <p>4. Test of Biosensors (1 hour)</p><br /> | ||
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Revision as of 07:03, 1 November 2017
Education and Public Engagement
This year our main goal has been to show the power of synthetic biology via the snake envenoming issue.
The Danish legislation is tough on synthetic biology, and it is not possible for high school students to make their own plasmid modifications [1]. We have, together with the danish organization Biotech Academy’s Biosensor project, made a free kit that will be distributed to high schools. This kit enables an average high school student to work with synthetic biology at his or her own school - while still taking the law into consideration.
Spreading the word of synthetic biology to the general public has also been at the core of our work. The importance and the solutions it offers, have been spread via presentations, fairs, articles, social media campaigns, but mainly through a documentary. A journalist is filming a documentary about our project, team, and the opportunities of synthetic biology.
Education
Whatever the challenge, it is important to spread passion to the researchers of tomorrow. Unfortunately synthetic biology is barely introduced in Denmark at the high school level. Nothing is quite like your first passion, and thus it is not a stretch to imagine that someone’s life can be completely changed by introducing students to synthetic biology at an earlier age. This is why we have decided to focus as much as we have on the Biosensor project, and education in general.
Biosensor
The Biosensor project is an effort to expose Danish high school students to the world of experimental synthetic biology. The Biosensor kit makes it possible for high school students to work with biobricks. As stated earlier, certain laws prohibit high school students to work with plasmid modifications [1].
The Biosensor project was created by DTU’s iGEM teams from 2015 [2] and 2016 [3], Biotech Academy, and further developed by the BioBuilders’ 2017 team. We are preparing to ship out the kits to 200 high schools in Denmark by Spring 2018.
The Exercise
The Biosensor is structured to give students creative freedom in the field of synthetic biology, while being simple. The entire exercise can be completed in just two days of laboratory work and testing. The exercise involves the following:
1. Digestion of selected genes (2 hours)
2. Ligation of genes and linearized vector to make a Biobrick plasmid (1.5 hours)
3. Transformation of Biosensor (3 hours)
4. Test of Biosensors (1 hour)
