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<h4>General public</h4> | <h4>General public</h4> | ||
<p>To promote synthetic biology to the general public, we approached the people behind the science festival <a href="http://thinkfest.helsinki.fi/english" target="_blank">Thinkfest</a>, organized by the University of Helsinki in early September. Thankfully, we were given a major role in organizing a Science picnic, an event oriented mainly towards families. We brought with us microscopes to check out gram-stained bacteria with, amazing glow-in-the-dark bacteria and even a gene gun! Children could also colour their own superhero bacterium and tell us its special ability, or play <a href="http://igem-qsf.github.io/Flappy-coli/" target="_blank">Flappy Coli</a> previously developed by Aalto-Helsinki. We also had the chance to give a talk on synthetic biology, its possibilities, and our project for an audience of general public in the center of Helsinki during the event.</p> | <p>To promote synthetic biology to the general public, we approached the people behind the science festival <a href="http://thinkfest.helsinki.fi/english" target="_blank">Thinkfest</a>, organized by the University of Helsinki in early September. Thankfully, we were given a major role in organizing a Science picnic, an event oriented mainly towards families. We brought with us microscopes to check out gram-stained bacteria with, amazing glow-in-the-dark bacteria and even a gene gun! Children could also colour their own superhero bacterium and tell us its special ability, or play <a href="http://igem-qsf.github.io/Flappy-coli/" target="_blank">Flappy Coli</a> previously developed by Aalto-Helsinki. We also had the chance to give a talk on synthetic biology, its possibilities, and our project for an audience of general public in the center of Helsinki during the event.</p> | ||
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+ | <figcaption>We had a talk on synthetic biology and our project, and organized related workshops at a science event in downtown Helsinki.</figcaption> | ||
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<h4>Universities</h4> | <h4>Universities</h4> | ||
− | + | <p>As the only iGEM team in Finland we considered inspiring new iGEM teams a priority in our outreach work. Other Nordic countries of similar size also have more than one team, so this should be achievable in Finland as well. Norway has 1 team per 2.6 million inhabitants, Sweden 1 team per 2.5 million inhabitants and Denmark 1 team per 1.9 million inhabitants, whereas our team alone currently represents all the 5.2 million inhabitants of Finland. To get more teams next year and strengthen the iGEM community in Finland we contacted biotechnology researchers in two major Finnish universities outside Helsinki. Thankfully, researchers from <a href="http://www.tut.fi/en/home" target="_blank">Tampere University of Technology</a> and the <a href="http://www.utu.fi/en/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">University of Turku</a> welcomed us to give a presentation for their students and faculty members. We visited the universities and talked about synthetic biology, iGEM, our project and offered our help if anyone was interested in starting an iGEM team of their own. We also discussed with the local researchers about their synthetic biology projects and were given a tour in their facilities. We're confident we'll be seeing more teams in Finland next year!</p> | |
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− | <p>As the only iGEM team in Finland we considered inspiring new iGEM teams a priority in our outreach work. Other Nordic countries of similar size also have more than one team, so this should be achievable in Finland as well. Norway has 1 team per 2 | + | |
<p>Besides inspiring new iGEM teams, we will continue to actively promote iGEM and synthetic biology in our own universities, giving presentations to students in both the University of Helsinki and Aalto University to ensure an ever growing number of applicants for the Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team.</p> | <p>Besides inspiring new iGEM teams, we will continue to actively promote iGEM and synthetic biology in our own universities, giving presentations to students in both the University of Helsinki and Aalto University to ensure an ever growing number of applicants for the Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team.</p> | ||
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<h4>High schools</h4> | <h4>High schools</h4> | ||
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<h2>Media</h2> | <h2>Media</h2> | ||
− | + | <p>To increase awareness of synthetic biology and iGEM among the general public, students, researchers and industry we approached a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as other media outlets. We were also interviewed on the national radio and were invited to take part in a radio series on synthetic biology, to be aired in the summer of 2016. The articles we were featured on as well as the radio interview can be found below.</p> | |
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− | <p>To increase awareness of synthetic biology and iGEM among the general public, students, researchers and industry we approached a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as other media outlets. We were also interviewed on the national radio and were invited to take part in a radio series on synthetic biology, to be aired in the summer of 2016. The articles we were featured on can be found below.</p> | + | |
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− | <li><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/opiskelijat-kehittavat-biopolttoainetta-kansainvalisessa-kilpailussa" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki website (23.7.2015)</a></li> | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/opiskelijat-kehittavat-biopolttoainetta-kansainvalisessa-kilpailussa" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki website (23.7.2015, in Finnish)</a></p></li> |
− | <li><a href="http://www.biotalous.fi/producing-propane-from-cellulose-with-help-of-bacteria/?lang=en" target="_blank">Story on Bioeconomy blog (3.8.2015)</a></li> | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.biotalous.fi/producing-propane-from-cellulose-with-help-of-bacteria/?lang=en" target="_blank">Story on Bioeconomy blog (3.8.2015)</a></p></li> |
− | <li><a href="http://www.teekkarintyokirja.fi/fi/summer-synthetic-biology" target="_blank">Story on Teekkarin työkirja (4.8. | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.teekkarintyokirja.fi/fi/summer-synthetic-biology" target="_blank">Story on Teekkarin työkirja (4.8.2015)</a></p></li> |
− | <li><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/ml/ajankohtaista/2015/2015igem.html?rss=mltdk" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki Faculty of Science website (10.8. | + | <li><p><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/ml/ajankohtaista/2015/2015igem.html?rss=mltdk" target="_blank">Story on University of Helsinki Faculty of Science website (10.8.2015, in Finnish)</a></p></li> |
+ | <li><p><a href="http://areena.yle.fi/1-2923572" target="_blank">Interview on national radio, YLE Radio 1 (11.9.2015, in Finnish)</a></p></li> | ||
+ | <li><p><a href="http://www.myscience.fi/index.php?id=520" target="_blank">Story on MyScience (14.9.2015, in Finnish)</a></p></li> | ||
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<h2>Finding partners</h2> | <h2>Finding partners</h2> | ||
− | <p> | + | <p>For us to succeed in our project it was absolutely crucial to find partners. Without them, there would have been little we could have achieved. Thankfully, we already had the four first big steps in forming an iGEM team covered by the 2014 team and their mentor Markus Linder: we had the students forming the team, Markus as our mentor, a lab bench to work at and the registration fee taken care of. But no, we did not run out of things to do!</p> |
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− | <p>To contact companies, organizations and foundations, we formed a partnership squad within our team. In this work our goal was not just to raise money to cover our costs, but also to raise awareness of synthetic biology within companies and NGOs. Countless applications were written, and we indeed managed to get support from outside our universities as well. Besides this, the contacts we had gave us opportunities to reach out to a wider audience outside academia. For instance, the contacts we had led to our team members taking part in a workshop organized by the Chemical Industries Finland and writing a blog post about synthetic biology and our project on the website of Bioeconomy, a Finnish government program promoting usage of renewable resources to achieve sustainable development. We also contacted the <a href="http://www.vttresearch.com/about-us" target="_blank">Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)</a>, conveniently located across the street. They helped us a lot with their technical expertise by giving us access to their special equipment.</p> | + | <p style="margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:10%;">To contact companies, organizations and foundations, we formed a partnership squad within our team. In this work our goal was not just to raise money to cover our costs, but also to raise awareness of synthetic biology within companies and NGOs. Countless applications were written, and we indeed managed to get support from outside our universities as well. Besides this, the contacts we had gave us opportunities to reach out to a wider audience outside academia. For instance, the contacts we had led to our team members taking part in a workshop organized by the Chemical Industries Finland and writing a blog post about synthetic biology and our project on the website of Bioeconomy, a Finnish government program promoting usage of renewable resources to achieve sustainable development. We also contacted the <a href="http://www.vttresearch.com/about-us" target="_blank">Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)</a>, conveniently located across the street. They helped us a lot with their technical expertise by giving us access to their special equipment.</p> |
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