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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Elderly"> <b> Our visit to Hamburg dementia home: </b> </a> We have been talking to elderly people who are effected by age related diseases to understand how ageing really effects the ageing population first hand. Have a look at some of the stories of the people at the care home! </p>
 
<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Elderly"> <b> Our visit to Hamburg dementia home: </b> </a> We have been talking to elderly people who are effected by age related diseases to understand how ageing really effects the ageing population first hand. Have a look at some of the stories of the people at the care home! </p>
  
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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> <b> Education/Outreach: <b> </a> As a response to our survey which showed that more then 3/4 of the sample wished that they had learnt about synthetic biology at school, we wanted to reach out to as many age groups as possible and run several different <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> educational</a> workshops </p>
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<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> <b> Education/Outreach: </b> </a> As a response to our survey which showed that more then 3/4 of the sample wished that they had learnt about synthetic biology at school, we wanted to reach out to as many age groups as possible and run several different <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Education"> educational</a> workshops </p>
  
 
<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Law_and_Regulation"> <b> Law and regulation in London: </b> </a> We have been talking to members of parliament, UCL political societies and London assembly members to get a view of our project from a law point of view. Will our ideas be accepted into society and will people in London want this?</p>
 
<p> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:UCL/Human_Practices/Law_and_Regulation"> <b> Law and regulation in London: </b> </a> We have been talking to members of parliament, UCL political societies and London assembly members to get a view of our project from a law point of view. Will our ideas be accepted into society and will people in London want this?</p>
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<p> The Blog link: http://ucligem2016.wix.com/ucligem2016 </p>
 
<p> The Blog link: http://ucligem2016.wix.com/ucligem2016 </p>
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<p> As mobile phones are becoming increasing part of our lives, we thought that developing an app may be a great way to get more people more aware of synthetic biology. We have decided to create a game that works by getting users to create certain biobricks, where the gene of interest will only complete the biobrick if the plasmid backbone is cut with the correct restriction enzymes. We want to make it as user friendly as possible and we are hoping to integrate our project and iGEM into the app as well. </p>
 
<p> As mobile phones are becoming increasing part of our lives, we thought that developing an app may be a great way to get more people more aware of synthetic biology. We have decided to create a game that works by getting users to create certain biobricks, where the gene of interest will only complete the biobrick if the plasmid backbone is cut with the correct restriction enzymes. We want to make it as user friendly as possible and we are hoping to integrate our project and iGEM into the app as well. </p>
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<p> We were able make more people aware of our project by getting our project advertised through the UCL website (Biochemical engineering News section). We are also working on getting the project advertised on the UCL newsletter (myUCL). </p>
 
<p> We were able make more people aware of our project by getting our project advertised through the UCL website (Biochemical engineering News section). We are also working on getting the project advertised on the UCL newsletter (myUCL). </p>
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<p> Also follow our vlog where we upload fun videos of the team members and vlog throughout our iGEM journey </p>
 
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<p>iGEM teams are leading in the area of Human Practices because they conduct their projects within a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.</p>
 
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<p>Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest. </p>
 
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<p>For more information, please see the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Human_Practices/Survey">Human Practices Hub</a>.</p>
 
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<h3> Is ageing a disease </h3>
 
<h3> Is ageing a disease </h3>
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<p>You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Awards">awards</a> for Human Practices:</p>
 
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<li>Human Practices silver medal criterion</li>
 
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<p>On this page, you should write about the Human Practices topics you considered in your project, and document any special activities you did (such as visiting experts, talking to lawmakers, or doing public engagement).</p>
 
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Dundee/policypractice/experts">2014 Dundee </a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Policy_Practices_Overview">2014 UC Davis </a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Manchester/HumanPractices">2013 Manchester </a></li>
 
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Revision as of 11:54, 22 September 2016

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UCL iGEM 2016 | BioSynthAge

OVERVIEW

Ageing is an inevitable process that will affect all of us and it's important that we explore what people from every profession, background and age think about our project as it will impact every single one of us. In the following sections, you can have a glimpse at the decisive factors that drove our project and continue to influence the progress of novel ageing technologies in the future.

Public Engagement/General Public: From the very beginning we have engaged scientific experts in order to ensure that our project is addressing a genuine need as defined by those who know best.

The experts: From the very beginning we have engaged scientific experts in order to ensure that our project is addressing a genuine need as defined by those who know best.

Religion, Synthetic Biology and Ageing: We have been talking to religious leaders and religious members of the public to find out what they they think about our project and synthetic biology and to find an answer to whether religion actually acts as a barrier to the development of synthetic biology.

Our visit to Hamburg dementia home: We have been talking to elderly people who are effected by age related diseases to understand how ageing really effects the ageing population first hand. Have a look at some of the stories of the people at the care home!

Education/Outreach: As a response to our survey which showed that more then 3/4 of the sample wished that they had learnt about synthetic biology at school, we wanted to reach out to as many age groups as possible and run several different educational workshops

Law and regulation in London: We have been talking to members of parliament, UCL political societies and London assembly members to get a view of our project from a law point of view. Will our ideas be accepted into society and will people in London want this?

Public Policy:

Ageing and art:

Industry:

Our iGEM blog

We also wanted the general public to know about our project and iGEM so we decided to make a blog highlighting our general experiences as we go along this iGEM journey! We are also working on posting some tips for future GEM teams, based on what we are learning as we go through the process.

The Blog link: http://ucligem2016.wix.com/ucligem2016

Our App

As mobile phones are becoming increasing part of our lives, we thought that developing an app may be a great way to get more people more aware of synthetic biology. We have decided to create a game that works by getting users to create certain biobricks, where the gene of interest will only complete the biobrick if the plasmid backbone is cut with the correct restriction enzymes. We want to make it as user friendly as possible and we are hoping to integrate our project and iGEM into the app as well.

Press release

We were able make more people aware of our project by getting our project advertised through the UCL website (Biochemical engineering News section). We are also working on getting the project advertised on the UCL newsletter (myUCL).

Also follow our vlog where we upload fun videos of the team members and vlog throughout our iGEM journey

Is ageing a disease