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As part of our Human practices area we give several talks and work on the outreach of Synbio to people, we achieve this by radio interviews, presentations, Science fairs, and talks around the country. We try to raise awarness about the biofuels issue and how we need to look for local alternatives.
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Cetiem talk.
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We were invited by CETIEM ( Student chapter for technology innovation and entrepreneurship for its initials in Spanish) to give a talk in "Young day UNAM edition" to people of engineering majors about synthetic biology and their applications in the industry. This events helps us teach how entrepreneurship and synthetic biology are an  option for young biologists and how is and interdisciplinary field.
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150 persons reached.
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<img src="https://2016.igem.org/File:T--Pumas_Mexico--cetiem.jpg">
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Radio formula interview.
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We were interviewed about our project in the radio program " Radio formula" for its science issue on Tuesdays; we answered some of the public questions about the differences with biotechnology and how do we plan to work in the future.
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500-1k persons reached.
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Campus party.
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Campus party is a technology, science, and entrepreneurship event; we delivered two talks one about biohacking and one about Syner-G to the public in the “special talks” section.
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500-700 peoples reached in  each talk.
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Radio talk “Mala Cabeza”.
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We give a talk in the online radio show “ Mala cabeza”  we talked about what is synthetic biology, its common uses and how it is being used to help people around the world’ we then focused on Synerg-G, the process we are using and how do we plan to achieve our final objective.
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200-300 persons reached
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Complex systems course.
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We give and extracurricular course on complex systems as part of our modeling training, this courses also help us understand the level of the students of our university; we teach them the basic of complex systems and also how it is intermingled with biology.
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30 students attended
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Talk at “ Talleres de ciencia Mexico Merida”
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We gave an online webinar to high school students in the “ Talleres de ciencia Mexico” program at Merida Yucatan. We talked about our project, and how we can use this technology to improve the life’s of people.
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40 students attended.
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Faculty of science.
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We were in the introduction week of the Faculty of Science showing the “Pumas Synbio” project and inviting students to participate, we gave small science experiments and invitation to visit our lab.
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400 freshman students reached.
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<img src="https://2016.igem.org/File:T--Pumas_Mexico--BFC1.jpg">
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American embassy.
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We gave a talk about our experience in entrepenourship in the American embassy and how syntethic biology works with it. 
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200 persons reached.
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Science and humanities fair.
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We gave a presentation in the “ Feria de la Ciencia y las Humanidades” at the Universum Museum; we made small experiments like DNA extraction and models to small children and talk about the future of technology in the country.
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500 persons reached.
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Facebook page.
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Our FB page for the project currently has 1694 likes, we publish science related news as well as any event we are invited and talks. 
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Pumas synbio y taller de bio sintetica.
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“ poner logo oficial”
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Our biggest accomplishment is making the transition from the official “ Workshop in Synthetic biology” to “Pumas Synbio”. Pumas synbio is the name of the student research group that focuses on solving problems in our country by using synthetic biology, we are now officially recognized by the university and we have expanded from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Center for Genomic Science. We have already participated in Cleantech challenge and we are working on vive conciencia y CNER project.
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This group is working with the grad students of biohackademy  trying to expand to public knowledge what we do and working with more official institutions.
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Our total outreach was of aroun 3700 persons reached directly and posible many more by repetitions of the programs and the youtube videos of the talks.
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<p>Do you want to be considered for the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Awards#SpecialPrizes">Best Education and Public Engagement award</a>? Help the judges consider your team for this award by describing your work on this page.</p>
 
<p>Do you want to be considered for the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Awards#SpecialPrizes">Best Education and Public Engagement award</a>? Help the judges consider your team for this award by describing your work on this page.</p>

Revision as of 17:20, 19 October 2016

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As part of our Human practices area we give several talks and work on the outreach of Synbio to people, we achieve this by radio interviews, presentations, Science fairs, and talks around the country. We try to raise awarness about the biofuels issue and how we need to look for local alternatives. Cetiem talk. We were invited by CETIEM ( Student chapter for technology innovation and entrepreneurship for its initials in Spanish) to give a talk in "Young day UNAM edition" to people of engineering majors about synthetic biology and their applications in the industry. This events helps us teach how entrepreneurship and synthetic biology are an option for young biologists and how is and interdisciplinary field. 150 persons reached. Radio formula interview. We were interviewed about our project in the radio program " Radio formula" for its science issue on Tuesdays; we answered some of the public questions about the differences with biotechnology and how do we plan to work in the future. 500-1k persons reached. Campus party. Campus party is a technology, science, and entrepreneurship event; we delivered two talks one about biohacking and one about Syner-G to the public in the “special talks” section. 500-700 peoples reached in each talk. Radio talk “Mala Cabeza”. We give a talk in the online radio show “ Mala cabeza” we talked about what is synthetic biology, its common uses and how it is being used to help people around the world’ we then focused on Synerg-G, the process we are using and how do we plan to achieve our final objective. 200-300 persons reached Complex systems course. We give and extracurricular course on complex systems as part of our modeling training, this courses also help us understand the level of the students of our university; we teach them the basic of complex systems and also how it is intermingled with biology. 30 students attended Talk at “ Talleres de ciencia Mexico Merida” We gave an online webinar to high school students in the “ Talleres de ciencia Mexico” program at Merida Yucatan. We talked about our project, and how we can use this technology to improve the life’s of people. 40 students attended. https://2016.igem.org/File:T--Pumas_Mexico--web2.jpg Faculty of science. We were in the introduction week of the Faculty of Science showing the “Pumas Synbio” project and inviting students to participate, we gave small science experiments and invitation to visit our lab. 400 freshman students reached. American embassy. We gave a talk about our experience in entrepenourship in the American embassy and how syntethic biology works with it. 200 persons reached. Science and humanities fair. We gave a presentation in the “ Feria de la Ciencia y las Humanidades” at the Universum Museum; we made small experiments like DNA extraction and models to small children and talk about the future of technology in the country. 500 persons reached. Facebook page. Our FB page for the project currently has 1694 likes, we publish science related news as well as any event we are invited and talks. Pumas synbio y taller de bio sintetica. “ poner logo oficial” Our biggest accomplishment is making the transition from the official “ Workshop in Synthetic biology” to “Pumas Synbio”. Pumas synbio is the name of the student research group that focuses on solving problems in our country by using synthetic biology, we are now officially recognized by the university and we have expanded from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Center for Genomic Science. We have already participated in Cleantech challenge and we are working on vive conciencia y CNER project. This group is working with the grad students of biohackademy trying to expand to public knowledge what we do and working with more official institutions. Our total outreach was of aroun 3700 persons reached directly and posible many more by repetitions of the programs and the youtube videos of the talks.

Do you want to be considered for the Best Education and Public Engagement award? Help the judges consider your team for this award by describing your work on this page.

Here are two examples of excellent Education and Public Engagement from 2015: