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We were fascinated by the concept of codon bias, which forms the basis for the modelling aspect of our project. We wondered if we could teach this concept with the help of a fun mobile game. We believe games can truly help people of all ages understand core concepts underlying day to day phenomena in a lasting way. This was how the game was born. | We were fascinated by the concept of codon bias, which forms the basis for the modelling aspect of our project. We wondered if we could teach this concept with the help of a fun mobile game. We believe games can truly help people of all ages understand core concepts underlying day to day phenomena in a lasting way. This was how the game was born. | ||
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Revision as of 15:21, 17 October 2016
Contents
HP Silver
Our country, India has been progressively adopting GM crops, which has led to a heated debate in our country. This prompted us to investigate GMO related issues by reaching out to it's stakeholders, general public (consumers and farmers), NGOs and regulatory authorities.
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HP Gold
Once we had finished our survey, we realized that their is a need for the public to know more about GM crops and Synthetic Biology.
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Education & Public Engagement
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Codonut-a game
We were fascinated by the concept of codon bias, which forms the basis for the modelling aspect of our project. We wondered if we could teach this concept with the help of a fun mobile game. We believe games can truly help people of all ages understand core concepts underlying day to day phenomena in a lasting way. This was how the game was born.
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Safety
Experiments were conducted in the undergraduate lab of the Dept. Of Biotechnology at IIT Madras. The lab conforms to the standards for a Bio-safety level 1 lab according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Atlanta. Most members of our lab team also have had extensive wet lab experience previously. Read more...
