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of biological research, to which accessibility is a prerequisite. SMORE needs to be accessible in its readability, | of biological research, to which accessibility is a prerequisite. SMORE needs to be accessible in its readability, | ||
hardware, user experience and data to truly promote interdisciplinarity among researchers from different | hardware, user experience and data to truly promote interdisciplinarity among researchers from different | ||
| − | academic and funding backgrounds. Accessibility is integrated into SMORE in the following aspects: </p> | + | academic and funding backgrounds. Accessibility is integrated into SMORE in the following aspects: </p><br> |
<p> <strong> Readability: </strong> the use of high readability introductory paragraphs in our wiki and in our microfluidic | <p> <strong> Readability: </strong> the use of high readability introductory paragraphs in our wiki and in our microfluidic | ||
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<p> <strong> Data: </strong> open source design of microfluidic device and definitive target site sequence with experimental | <p> <strong> Data: </strong> open source design of microfluidic device and definitive target site sequence with experimental | ||
| − | verification </p> | + | verification </p> <br> |
<p> The four aspects of accessibility ensure researchers from any academic background would enjoy working with SMORE. | <p> The four aspects of accessibility ensure researchers from any academic background would enjoy working with SMORE. | ||
Revision as of 01:36, 31 October 2017
Gold Criteria Human Practices
Integration of Accessibility – A Step Towards Interdiciplinarity
Through a series of investigations, it became apparent that interdiciplinarity is pivotal to the facilitation of biological research, to which accessibility is a prerequisite. SMORE needs to be accessible in its readability, hardware, user experience and data to truly promote interdisciplinarity among researchers from different academic and funding backgrounds. Accessibility is integrated into SMORE in the following aspects:
Readability: the use of high readability introductory paragraphs in our wiki and in our microfluidic device protocol
Hardware: our syringe pump can be easily 3D-printed and assembled, at an affordable cost
User Experience: software for easy and automatic design of oligonucleotides for target site synthesis
Data: open source design of microfluidic device and definitive target site sequence with experimental verification
The four aspects of accessibility ensure researchers from any academic background would enjoy working with SMORE. With the knowledge gap between researchers filled, SMORE provides a friendly platform for interdisciplinary research. On top of that, the high readability of SMORE’s wiki and protocol allows non-academics to appreciate and understand synthetic biology.
Click here to find out more about our HP Silver Criteria: Accesibility - In Discovering the Interdiciplinarity of Synthetic Biology
Click here to find out more about Accessibility: our work in making SMORE accessible to all
