Team:NYU Abu Dhabi/Engagement
Workshop in Indonesia
On August 3, Nisa, one of the team leaders of the 2017 iGEM NYUAD team, visited an after-school program for elementary school students at the Ar-Rahmah Mosque, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In line with iGEM NYUAD team’s mission this year, she spoke to 25 students about the importance of food and personal hygiene in preventing pathogenic E. coli infection. This workshop is part of the iGEM NYUAD team’s human practices, demonstrating that the scope of iGEM NYUAD’s work includes not only developing a portable device to detect shiga-toxin producing E. coli in the lab, but also raising awareness of everyday hygienic practices, particularly in places where food safety remains a high concern.
iGEM workshop
Foundations of Science 1 & 2 and Foundations of Science 3 & 4 aim to connect Chemistry, Biology and Physics together. This course is compulsory for all science and engineering majors in NYU Abu Dhabi. The iGEM NYU Abu Dhabi team held a workshops during these two courses in order to establish the importance of interconnectedness of sciences and engineering. We presented iGEM competition, what it aims for and what our team has accomplished by participating.
