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Revision as of 21:38, 14 September 2015
HUMAN RACTICES
Our project explores complex communication in yeast communities, but the communication between science and nonscience communities is commonly overlooked. Throughout the course of our project, we looked at the myriad of ways scientists (within and outside of the iGEM team) communicate their thoughts, projects, and ideas amongst each other. Some of these commonly used outlets include, but are not limited to, lectures, seminars, and published journal articles. However, social media is becoming a more prominent source of scientific outreach. More and more scientists are using websites such as Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter to convey their research.
Yet despite the increasing number of users in these social media sites, there still exists a large disparity between the science community/iGEM and the general public, especially within the field of synthetic biology. Our mission is to use the burgeoning field of social media to bridge this gap between the two communities.
