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Human Practices

HP On the Road:

We went outside on the road to come in contact with people. We spread postcards with the topic synthetic biology and talked about the “fear of genes”.

Furthermore, we gave presentations at our university to inform the general public.

We are also going back to go back to school, to talk about Biotechnology as a field of studying - a topic which went way to short in our school time.

HP On the Web:

We think that nowadays, using the social is at least as important as going outside to the road. Therefore, we also became active on Facebook and developed strategies to inform the people.

First, we asked people in a survey what they now about vitamin B₁₂, and about biotechnology

We started a big campaign to inform people about Vitamin B₁₂ - a substance of which probably everyone already heard of. However, we gave the facts probably not everyone knew about.

Engagement:

Presentations
Discussions
Schools
Information
Press

The Idea of Human Practice

Our understanding of human practice is to strenghthen the awareness of the importance of synthetic biology with all consequences on their own life. For instance, thinking of genetically modified crop plants, many people might have developed a negative attitude against GMOs, not being aware of the fact that the cheese they eat is probably fermented by genetically modified yeast cells.

Knowing that we are natural scientists and therefore necessarily have an understanding about synthetic biology, we try to reach people with many different other backgrounds. We did this in form of presentations, street campaigns, and the use of social media. We think that this is very important, because our work in the field of synthetic biology must be accepted by society in order to carry applicable fruits one day.

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-<p>Apart from developing and working on a scientific project in the lab, iGEM teams are encouraged to &ldquo;look into the mirror&rdquo; and to understand what others think about their project. This can range from thoughts about actual applications of the project to a general view on synthetic biology.</p>
-<p>Our iGEM team tried to address the aspect of human practices by approaching it from both sides.</p>
+<p>Our understanding of human practice is to strenghthen the awareness of the importance of synthetic biology with all consequences on their own life. For instance, thinking of genetically modified crop plants, many people might have developed a negative attitude against GMOs, not being aware of the fact that the cheese they eat is probably fermented by genetically modified yeast cells.</p>
+<p>Knowing that we are natural scientists and therefore necessarily have an understanding about synthetic biology, we try to reach people with many different other backgrounds. We did this in form of presentations, street campaigns, and the use of social media. We think that this is very important, because our work in the field of synthetic biology must be accepted by society in order to carry applicable fruits one day.</p>