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<p>iGEM teams are unique and leading the field because they "go beyond the lab" to imagine their projects in a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.</p>
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>For more information, please see the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Practices_Hub">Practices Hub</a>.</p>
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<p>You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards">awards</a> for Human Practices:</p>
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<p>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).</p>
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<p>Read what other teams have done:</p>
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Dundee/policypractice/experts">2014 Dundee </a></li>
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Policy_Practices_Overview">2014 UC Davis </a></li>
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<p>Do you want to be considered for the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards#SpecialPrizes">Best Integrated Human Practices award</a>? Make it easy for the judges to find any wiki content that is relevant to this prize. Highlight this content with a header or separate section.</p>
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<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: transparent;">Over the past few decades, synthetic biology has undoubtedly progressed rapidly to become an essential part of our life. Despite its increasing importance, many have not had the chance to understand it thoroughly, resulting in many misconceptions among the public. Due to unfamiliarity, fear and the lack of knowledge, he society are some major obstacles that deter the advancement of synthetic biology.</span></font><br /><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span "font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:="" &#23435;&#20307;;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt"="" style="">CityU iGEM team is part of the rapidly growing iGEM and synthetic biology community. Thus, it is our responsibility to increase the awareness of people to this emerging field and its applications</span></font><br /><font size="3"><br /><span "font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:="" &#23435;&#20307;;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt"="" style="">Our aim for this outreach is to engage and educate our local community. We aim to spread the positive message of synthetic biology to the general public. Through our outreach program, we would like to rectify the public&rsquo;s misconceptions about the harmfulness of genetically modifies organisms (GMOs) while giving them a positive image of synthetic biology.</span></font><br /><font size="3"><br /><span "font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:="" &#23435;&#20307;;color:red;mso-font-kerning:0pt"="" style="">In order to accomplish what we have set forth to do, we have seriously considered different approaches through which we can build the bridge between synthetic biology and the society.</span></font><br /></div>
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Revision as of 10:03, 13 September 2015

Human Practices - iGEM2015 wiki

Purpose

Over the past few decades, synthetic biology has undoubtedly progressed rapidly to become an essential part of our life. Despite its increasing importance, many have not had the chance to understand it thoroughly, resulting in many misconceptions among the public. Due to unfamiliarity, fear and the lack of knowledge, he society are some major obstacles that deter the advancement of synthetic biology.

CityU iGEM team is part of the rapidly growing iGEM and synthetic biology community. Thus, it is our responsibility to increase the awareness of people to this emerging field and its applications

Our aim for this outreach is to engage and educate our local community. We aim to spread the positive message of synthetic biology to the general public. Through our outreach program, we would like to rectify the public’s misconceptions about the harmfulness of genetically modifies organisms (GMOs) while giving them a positive image of synthetic biology.

In order to accomplish what we have set forth to do, we have seriously considered different approaches through which we can build the bridge between synthetic biology and the society.

What have we accomplished?

  • Made synthetic biology approachable and apprehensible
  • Held exhibition and visits to high schools
  • Engaged the community in the game of synthetic biology

School Visits

 This summer, CityU iGEM team had the opportunity to visit different high schools. Students were engaged in an interactive yet informative module designed by the team in an attempt to increase public awareness about synthetic biology.   

Survey

CityU iGEM team is aware of the controversial nature of our project and concerns people may have with the use of Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs). Owing to this, the team has put together a survey to gather the viewpoints from the general public with regards to issues on bioethics and bio-safety etc.

Exhibition

This exhibition was aimed at introducing the public to synthetic biology and its applications. We had many inquisitive visitors to our exhibition. We believe we were able to bring attention to the importance of this rapidly developing area of science.

Social Media

    The Internet is an ideal platform to spread messages around due to its accessibility and convenience. On our page, we have published write-ups which include updates of our project, captivating articles related to synthetic biology, events that were held and our team member profiles.

Game: Build you own Biobrick

We have designed an  interactive game to engage the community  in the world of synthetic biology.The goal of this game is to allow the general public to get a taste of constructing bacteria with desired functions.