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− | <p>We thought of many ideas to involve the public and integrate their concerns into our project but finally decided that an interactive bioart exhibition is something that has never been done before in the iGEM competition. | + | <p>We thought of many ideas to involve the public and integrate their concerns into our project but finally decided that an interactive bioart exhibition is something that has never been done before in the iGEM competition. In addition, we prepared a short guide for the creation of bioart exhibitions. </p> |
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− | <h5>We completed the investigation of | + | <h5>We completed the investigation of our field of exploration by surveying the potential end-users of our SynORI system. To do this we reached out to various hands-on laboratories around the globe.</h5> |
<p>We conducted a survey which aimed to investigate the issues of cotransformation and plasmid incompatibility and to gather the information necessary to assure that SynORI system would be beneficial and widely used in the laboratories around the globe. The survey consisted of 15 questions and involved local experts as well as international laboratories, which we reached with the help of many teams from the iGEM competition. The results of the survey are summed up in following points:</p> | <p>We conducted a survey which aimed to investigate the issues of cotransformation and plasmid incompatibility and to gather the information necessary to assure that SynORI system would be beneficial and widely used in the laboratories around the globe. The survey consisted of 15 questions and involved local experts as well as international laboratories, which we reached with the help of many teams from the iGEM competition. The results of the survey are summed up in following points:</p> | ||
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<p>Synthetic biology is one of the most debatable fields of science which elicits both public's flair for incredible inventions and great fears of the unknown. Today, the advancement of this field of science enabled the synthesis of customized genetic elements and systems for various applications on an unprecedented scale. Contemporaneously, this raised a wave of critical reconsideration of the role and meaning of human creation itself. Synthetic biologists often refer to a famous quote by theoretical physicist Richard Feynman: "What I cannot create, I do not understand", but do we really understand what we create? In addition, synthetic biology raises many more similar questions. Are we satisfied with current definitions of life? Who is in charge to define the future of humanity? What are the boundaries between human and non-human agencies?</p> | <p>Synthetic biology is one of the most debatable fields of science which elicits both public's flair for incredible inventions and great fears of the unknown. Today, the advancement of this field of science enabled the synthesis of customized genetic elements and systems for various applications on an unprecedented scale. Contemporaneously, this raised a wave of critical reconsideration of the role and meaning of human creation itself. Synthetic biologists often refer to a famous quote by theoretical physicist Richard Feynman: "What I cannot create, I do not understand", but do we really understand what we create? In addition, synthetic biology raises many more similar questions. Are we satisfied with current definitions of life? Who is in charge to define the future of humanity? What are the boundaries between human and non-human agencies?</p> | ||
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<p>Set along with the challenges of contemporary life, scientists are in a constant need to compare and contrast their definitions of creation, innovation and engineering of life with the public, specialists in the humanities, social sciences and arts. Therefore, we set a discussion which created an opportunity for collective thinking on the progression of synthetic biology and life sciences within the perspective of big themes of ethical responsibility, safety and future of humanity. We presented ethical issues and biosafety concerns relevant to the field of synthetic biology, the construction of synthetic life, and our project, as well as explained the importance of establishing a mutual partnership between scientists, lay public, and specialists of social sciences and arts. In addition to the lecture and discussion, we documented the experience and shift of minds of the participants by asking to express how they felt about our SynORI project before and after the event. We have learnt that on ethical and social grounds people mostly feared the reduction of the value of life itself. Almost equally important were the legal and environmental concerns of the domestication of nature. We have realized that all these issues apply to our project therefore extended the static investigation of ethical aspects of synthetic biology as we took it to the next level by setting up an interactive exhibition to embrace the mutual partnership with the society.</p> | <p>Set along with the challenges of contemporary life, scientists are in a constant need to compare and contrast their definitions of creation, innovation and engineering of life with the public, specialists in the humanities, social sciences and arts. Therefore, we set a discussion which created an opportunity for collective thinking on the progression of synthetic biology and life sciences within the perspective of big themes of ethical responsibility, safety and future of humanity. We presented ethical issues and biosafety concerns relevant to the field of synthetic biology, the construction of synthetic life, and our project, as well as explained the importance of establishing a mutual partnership between scientists, lay public, and specialists of social sciences and arts. In addition to the lecture and discussion, we documented the experience and shift of minds of the participants by asking to express how they felt about our SynORI project before and after the event. We have learnt that on ethical and social grounds people mostly feared the reduction of the value of life itself. Almost equally important were the legal and environmental concerns of the domestication of nature. We have realized that all these issues apply to our project therefore extended the static investigation of ethical aspects of synthetic biology as we took it to the next level by setting up an interactive exhibition to embrace the mutual partnership with the society.</p> | ||
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