One of the first and most important issues for scientist nowadays is the rejection of society towards certain technologies. In the case of synthetic biology and genetic plant breeding techniques, this afraid is remarkable. But the important question is, why does this happen? We conducted a survey about plant breeding techniques, comparing CRISPR/Cas9 with transgenic and other traditional techniques. We concluded, as expected, that the problem relies on education and the lack of communication from scientific community towards non-expert people. For that reason, we decided to do our part and begin to spread the word of synthetic biology. We gave a workshop of genetic and synbio for children between 10 and 12 years old in the City of Arts and Science during the Summer School, with the slogan “Scientists of the Future”. The sooner they begin to understand how synbio works, the better they can analyze and evaluate by themselves its benefits and disadvantages. Our team did not forget about adults. Sometimes is it just necessary to explain in a relaxed and enjoyable way to change minds and convince people. We gave a talk in a pub in Valencia, participating in the initiative “Skepticals in the Pub”, about what is synbio and what can it do for us in the future.

Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.