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SynBioThon 2016: rewriting the code
Concept
SynBioThon 2016 (SBT16) is a Synthetic Biology tournament, in which teams of students work for a weekend to create a genetic device that can solve some kind of problem.
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 wetalked 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 obout 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.
