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Revision as of 12:01, 10 September 2015
Café Scientifique
On September the 3rd our team had an opportunity to talk about synthetic biology and present iGEM in a popular event, called Café Scientifique. Café Scientifique is an exclusive event, because event takes place in a café and is mostly for non-scientists, but the topics vary from archeology and human origin to stem cell research and biotechnology. This is a discussion-like event, in which we got a chance to participate, present our topic and iGEM competition and hear opinions of people from various fields.
Our team member Ingrida presented what is synthetic biology and iGEM competition. Together with the audience we discussed pros and cons of synthetic biology and GMOs. Everyone knows that our society is highly afraid of genetical engineering and its possibly outcomes. People agreed that a dialogue between scientists and society is essential, when we are talking about biotechnology. There are some opinions and fears, associated with synthetic biology and GMOs, but also we observed that audience knew some serious advantages of this scientific area.
Our team especially liked one comment from the audience, that one hundred years ago people were exceptionally afraid of radio waves. They thought that radio waves will increase the rate of diseases, birth defects and development abnormalities. We could say the same thing almost about every new invention - radio, electricity, biotechnology. The audience agreed, that nobody knows the long term impact of GMOs, however, there are no logical reasons to be terrified.
This event proved that biosciences are interesting for society, because audience was large and active. We hope that this discussion will contribute to people's understanding about biosciences, synthetic biology and genetical engineering. In addition, our team was amazed by how many people after discussion shared the interest to join the iGEM team next year. We are really happy to make an impact on synthetic biology community development here, in Lithuania!
We are happy that people support us in every step.