Difference between revisions of "Team:Virginia/iGEM Outreach"
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| + | <h2>What are you looking for in a biocontainment method?</h2> | ||
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| + | <legend>Intended use of your system</legend> | ||
| + | Is the intended use of your synthetic organism only in the laboratory? <br /> | ||
| + | <input type="radio" name="inLab" value="yes" /> Yes | ||
| + | <input type="radio" name="inLab" value="no" checked /> No | ||
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| + | Is the intended use of your synthetic organism only in the human body? <br /> | ||
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| + | <input type="radio" name="inHuman" value="no" checked /> No | ||
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| + | <legend>Indicate your level of concern for each biocontainment characteristic (1=not a concern, 3=kind of a concern, 5=very concerned).</legend> | ||
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| + | <p> NOTE: For best results, be selective about your choices; i.e. avoid choosing 5 for every category. </p> | ||
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| + | Ease of implementation: <input type="radio" name="easeImplement" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="easeImplement" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="easeImplement" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="easeImplement" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="easeImplement" value="5" /> 5 <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Cost of implementation: <input type="radio" name="costImplement" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="costImplement" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="costImplement" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="costImplement" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="costImplement" value="5" /> 5 <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Ease of maintaining the contained organism in the environment: <input type="radio" name="easeMain" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="easeMain" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="easeMain" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="easeMain" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="easeMain" value="5" /> 5 <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Cost of maintaining the contained organism in the environment: <input type="radio" name="costMain" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="costMain" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="costMain" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="costMain" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="costMain" value="5" /> 5 <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Effectiveness: <input type="radio" name="effect" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="effect" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="effect" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="effect" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="effect" value="5" /> 5 <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Toxicity to environment: <input type="radio" name="toxic" value="1" checked /> 1 <input type="radio" name="toxic" value="2" /> 2 <input type="radio" name="toxic" value="3" /> 3 <input type="radio" name="toxic" value="4" /> 4 <input type="radio" name="toxic" value="5" /> 5 | ||
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| + | <input type="hidden" name="secret" value="888" /> | ||
| + | <input type="submit" value="SEND" onClick="biocontain(this.form)/> | ||
| + | <input type="reset" value="CLEAR" /> | ||
| + | </form> | ||
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Revision as of 23:07, 17 October 2016
Our outreach to other iGEM teams included attending at a Mini Jamboree, conducting an iGEM-wide survey, producing a pamphlet on biocontainment for iGEM teams, and designing a widget to help teams choose a biocontainment method.
First, we needed to assess the biocontainment knowledge of iGEM teams. We wanted to find out what people knew, and more importantly didn’t know, about biocontainment. We accomplished this first on a small scale, by attending the Mid-Atlantic Mini Jamboree, hosted by the University of Maryland. We exchanged project ideas with other teams. We also hosted a biocontainment forum with the other attending teams. This forum inspired us to create electronic tools and expand our outreach to other teams. We created our online biocontainment surveyto gauge understanding of biocontainment across iGEM teams. Using the results of this survey, we developed a comprehensive pamphlet. We also created an interactive web widget that allows iGEM teams to customize biocontainment that fits their project. Do teams need something robust, something quick, or a method that fulfils other criteria? With our widget, they can find the perfect solution.
UMaryland Mini Jamboree
On July 22, 2016, the University of Maryland (UMaryland iGEM) hosted their second annual Mid-Atlantic Mini-Jamboree. Present were several teams from the east coast who came together to show off their projects, present their progress, and enjoy the company of their fellow iGEMmers.
While there, with the permission of UMD’s team, our team was not only able to present our progress in a fifteen minute presentation, but also hold a very educational forum. The forum was a follow-up to our presentation that not only got the other teams to think about biocontainment, but helped us get direct and immediate feedback on their thoughts.
