Team:ETH Zurich/Human Practices
Human Practices
The Experts
The field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research partially lacks answers to the most basic questions on microbiome dysbiosis. However, most experts agree that dysbiosis is integral to the pathogenesis of IBD.[1]
In order to address the right problems in our project, we met a number of experts, with whom we discussed not only technical details, but also ethical and safety issues of the project:
- Prof. Gerhard Rogler, Gastroenterologist and expert on IBD at Universitätsspital Zurich
- Prof. Christophe Lacroix, Expert on lactic acid and its role with probiotic bacteria at ETH
- Prof. Martin Jinek, Expert on CRISPR related protein-RNA interactions at University of Zurich
Prof. Gerhard Rogler
iGEM teams are leading in the area of Human Practices because they conduct their projects within a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.
Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest.
For more information, please see the Human Practices Hub.
Note
You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all awards for Human Practices:
- Human Practices silver medal criterion
- Human Practices gold medal criterion
- Best Integrated Human Practices award
- Best Education and Public Engagement award
Some Human Practices topic areas
- Philosophy
- Public Engagement / Dialogue
- Education
- Product Design
- Scale-Up and Deployment Issues
- Environmental Impact
- Ethics
- Safety
- Security
- Public Policy
- Law and Regulation
- Risk Assessment
What should we write about on this page?
On this page, you should write about the Human Practices topics you considered in your project, and document any special activities you did (such as visiting experts, talking to lawmakers, or doing public engagement).
