Experimentally validate that at least one new BioBrick Part or Device of your own design and construction works as expected. Document the characterization of this part in the Main Page section of that Part’s/Device’s Registry entry. Submit this new part to the iGEM Parts Registry. |
We characterized our composite constructs BBa_K1878002 and BBa_K1878003 and verified that they work as intended. |
Convince the judges you have helped any registered iGEM team from high school, a different track, another university, or another institution in a significant way by, for example, mentoring a new team, characterizing a part, debugging a construct, modeling/simulating their system or helping validate a software/hardware solution to a synbio problem. |
link to Collaboration tab with HKUST |
iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the lab bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. Demonstrate how your team has identified, investigated, and addressed one or more of these issues in the context of your project. Your activity could center around education, public engagement, public policy issues, public perception, or other activities (see the human practices hub for more information and examples of previous teams' exemplary work). |
1) We collaborated with the Rice Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) to host a bioethics debate on synthetic biology with young women from a local, underserved high school. 2) At the Houston Children’s Museum, we helped host a Building with Biology public education event. 3) Taking note of the proximity of the Texas Medical Center to Rice, we reached out to physicians for insight regarding current colonoscopy methods. 4) Finally, we made social media posts (Humans of SynBio), featuring passionate members of iGEM teams from around the world, with a goal to inspire the public and correct any misconceptions between the SynBio community and the general public. |
