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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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<li>Human Practices silver medal criterion</li>
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<h5>Some Human Practices topic areas </h5>
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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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<li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Manchester/HumanPractices">2013 Manchester </a></li>
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<p>Mathematical modeling is a key component of synthetic biology. However, efficient collaboration between modelers and experimentalists is not always easy. The challenges we faced ourselves in combining our modeling and wetlab efforts inspired us to study this topic further. To get some insight on how iGEM teams tackle this issue, we launched a questionnaire. We were interested in how the teams were able to integrate their wetlab and modeling efforts, what kind of problems they faced in this and how they approached these problems.</p>
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<p>As we found the share of respondents with a mathematical background surprisingly low compared to our own team, we decided to go through teams from 2014 to find what study fields iGEM participants are coming from. We then compared the results to professional synthetic biology groups to see whether there were any differences.</p>
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<p>To read more about the questionnaire and its results, see our page for <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Questionnaire">Combining modeling and experimentation in iGEM</a>.</p>
  
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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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<p style="padding-bottom:10%;margin-bottom:0;">On top of the Human Practices study, we also wanted to <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Outreach">spread the word of synthetic biology</a>. As the only iGEM team in Finland, we reached out to both high schools and universities across the country, giving presentations on synthetic biology and iGEM, in hopes of inspiring students to start teams of their own. To increase the layperson’s knowledge on synthetic biology, iGEM and our project, we held a talk and workshops on a Science picnic mainly aimed at families. We were also active on social media and featured on several media outlets. While looking for partners in the scientific community, business and industry in Finland, we also increased awareness of synthetic biology.</p>
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 14 September 2015

Human practices

Combining modeling and experimentation in iGEM

Mathematical modeling is a key component of synthetic biology. However, efficient collaboration between modelers and experimentalists is not always easy. The challenges we faced ourselves in combining our modeling and wetlab efforts inspired us to study this topic further. To get some insight on how iGEM teams tackle this issue, we launched a questionnaire. We were interested in how the teams were able to integrate their wetlab and modeling efforts, what kind of problems they faced in this and how they approached these problems.

As we found the share of respondents with a mathematical background surprisingly low compared to our own team, we decided to go through teams from 2014 to find what study fields iGEM participants are coming from. We then compared the results to professional synthetic biology groups to see whether there were any differences.

To read more about the questionnaire and its results, see our page for Combining modeling and experimentation in iGEM.

Outreach

On top of the Human Practices study, we also wanted to spread the word of synthetic biology. As the only iGEM team in Finland, we reached out to both high schools and universities across the country, giving presentations on synthetic biology and iGEM, in hopes of inspiring students to start teams of their own. To increase the layperson’s knowledge on synthetic biology, iGEM and our project, we held a talk and workshops on a Science picnic mainly aimed at families. We were also active on social media and featured on several media outlets. While looking for partners in the scientific community, business and industry in Finland, we also increased awareness of synthetic biology.