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− | <h6>After our Cardiff-by-the-Sea STEM Day event, several members of our team surveyed local community members in a popular market area on their opinions/pre-existing knowledge about genetic engineering. This opened a lot of interesting conversations such as discussions of the general public perception of controversial topics such as GMOs and catalyzing interest in the future that synthetic biology holds. We met a man whose job was to clean oil spills (he talked about the majority of techniques used, such as the use of sponges) at his company, Seattle NRC Environmental Services, which was a 24 hour response center to environmental, industrial, and emergency concerns. A direct result of this enlightening discussion, we were more eager on meeting with companies and hearing how our project could be directly implemented or would better be appreciated by someone in the field. Thus, we not only invoked public opinions but also discovered new ways we could make our project a reality in application and implementation! </h6> <br> | + | <h6>After our Cardiff-by-the-Sea STEM Day event, several members of our team surveyed local community members in a popular market area on their opinions/pre-existing knowledge about genetic engineering. This opened a lot of interesting conversations such as discussions of the general public perception of controversial topics such as GMOs and catalyzing interest in the future that synthetic biology holds. We met a man whose job was to clean oil spills (he talked about the majority of techniques used, such as the use of sponges) at his company, Seattle NRC Environmental Services, which was a 24 hour response center to environmental, industrial, and emergency concerns. A direct result of this enlightening discussion, we were more eager on meeting with companies and hearing how our project could be directly implemented or would better be appreciated by someone in the field. Thus, we not only invoked public opinions but also discovered new ways we could make our project a reality in application and implementation! Find the survey results and graphs under the <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:CCA_San_Diego/HP/Silver">Silver Human Practice page!</a> </h6> <br> |
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