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                 <p>During the summer we collaborated with the main newspaper in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, <i>Corriere Del Ticino</i>, in the preparation of an article about synthetic biology and iGEM. The two-page article is based on an interview of our team member Mattia Gollub and explains in a comprehensive way what synthetic biology is, the mission of iGEM and the idea of our project. In addition, it presents the main fields where synthetic biology is already used in practical applications. The article also includes an evaluation by the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics on synthetic biology projects. In general, we tried to explain synthetic biology in a simple way and demystify prejudices, bringing people closer to the field. </p>
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                <p>A digital version of the article (in Italian) is available <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/7/78/T--ETH_Zurich--CTD_article.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. Author: Carlo Silini, <i>Correiere Del Ticino</i>, 24.09.2016</p>
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<p> Our main method of reaching our target audiences was through education, whether it is about safety and environment;<br/> where we went to the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:ETH_Zurich/Human_Practices#Study"><u>streets</u></a> of Basel to ask people about their knowledge of the environmental and safety precautions scientists take to make genetically engineered bacteria safe;
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<br/>or whether we gave a talk at the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:ETH_Zurich/Human_Practices#Slam"><u>Basel Science Slam</u></a> on the ethics of scientific misconduct;
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<br/> or by participating in a workshop on the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:ETH_Zurich/Human_Practices#SDG"><u>Sustainable Development Goals</u></a> with other youth organizations trying to develop a strategy to educate and motivate the youth in engaging in the SDG's:
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Not only did we discuss these issues with the general public, but we met with <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:ETH_Zurich/Human_Practices#Experts"><u>Prof. Rogler</u></a> to find out what safety and ethical issues are the most pressing and how we can tackle them.
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Please take a look at our main <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:ETH_Zurich/Human_Practices"><u>human practices</u></a> page for details on the project an our motivation behind our human practices projects.
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Latest revision as of 03:14, 20 October 2016

PAVLOV'S COLI

HUMAN PRACTICES - SILVER

Our focus

For the silver medal criteria we focused on four topics:

  1. Safety
  2. Environment
  3. Ethics
  4. Sustainability

Our main method of reaching our target audiences was through education, whether it is about safety and environment;
where we went to the streets of Basel to ask people about their knowledge of the environmental and safety precautions scientists take to make genetically engineered bacteria safe;
or whether we gave a talk at the Basel Science Slam on the ethics of scientific misconduct;
or by participating in a workshop on the Sustainable Development Goals with other youth organizations trying to develop a strategy to educate and motivate the youth in engaging in the SDG's:
Education was on the forefront of our focus.

Not only did we discuss these issues with the general public, but we met with Prof. Rogler to find out what safety and ethical issues are the most pressing and how we can tackle them.

Please take a look at our main human practices page for details on the project an our motivation behind our human practices projects.

Thanks to the sponsors that supported our project: