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Revision as of 17:53, 12 October 2016
SynBioThon 2016
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SynBioThon 2016 (SBT16) is a Synthetic Biology competition, in which teams of students work for a weekend to create an in silico genetic device that can solve some kind of problem.
SBT16 was organized not only as a mean to promote Synthetic Biology within the community but also to make aware about the importance of the application of Synthetic Biology as a high potential tool that allows technological development in Costa Rica.
As an iGEM team, we wanted to improve innovation, creativity, and teamwork among participants; we worked to generate a space for student’s active participation in science.
Reach
For SBT16, we had diverse talks in different classes and universities, trying to reach the most diverse participants. In our college (TEC), we spoke with people of different majors (Biotechnology Engineering, Material Science, Agricultural Engineering, and others). We also went to two other public universities: University of Costa Rica (UCR), where we spoke with people of Biology, Microbiology and Pharmacy, and the National University (UNA), where we talked to students of Biology. We also gave talks in private universities such as UCIMED (Medical School), LEAD University (Business Management), and others.
Prior to the event, we had preparatory workshops with students so they could get a grasp of genetics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics if they weren’t familiar with them. We had three workshops at UCR, one at UNA, and four at TEC. We had about 80 students overall in a full-day session. We had a theoric section where we explained the basics of genetics and molecular biology, and then an activity to test the concepts, and after lunch a demonstrative session of bioinformatics, centered in databases and benchling, which was followed by work.
These workshops encouraged students to participate in SBT16, so once the inscription closed we had 76 students from three different universities, willing to participate in our 54 hour SynBio competition.
The winners
First Place
Hemoalgae
Heparin (anticoagulant) synthesis in microalgae to provide a lower cost product.
Second Place
Bet PRO
Genetic modification of a yeast so it can produce Betaine from tyrosine.
Third Place
PAP-aleve
Production of a fosfatase with higher analgesic effect than morphine and no side effects.
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