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| − | The "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (LNdW)" stands for the Long Night of the Sciences in
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| − | English and has been taking place for 15 years in Berlin and Potsdam. It is also called the
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| − | smartest night of the year due to its scientific and breakthrough character taking place yearly. A
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| − | diverse program, comprising hundreds of exhibitiors, offers thousands of visitors the
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| − | opportunity get exciting insights into the scenery of sciences, and research. Visitors are invited
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| − | to participate in fascinating experiments, as well as to exchange the latest research findings in
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| − | various fields. The LNdW not only enables exchange of information and knowledge between
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| − | experts, but also between experts and people without any prior knowledge. The range of the
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| − | topics, thereby, is as broad and varied as our world: Be it ancient studies or modern
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| − | technologies, languages, natural sciences, music, or medicine and health, everyone will find
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| − | We took part in the LNdW this year and presented our project Enzymatic Flagellulose , its aims
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| − | and findings, to the audience visiting the chemistry faculty in the campus of the Technical
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| − | University Berlin. Visitors, from all ages, including complete families and friends had the
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| − | opportunity to see our lab and perform easy experiments while guided by our students. We
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| − | presented a very clear workflow highlighting the problem and our steps to solve it. Our
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| − | participation in the LNdW allowed us to draw attention to both the iGEM competition in
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| − | general and to the problematic issue about microplastics. We could entrust many people to be
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| − | more conscious about microplastics and take better care of its consumption and disposal, and
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| − | in turn, reduce the contamination of our environment. At the same time we established contact
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| − | for subject-specific questions and we thrilled many high school and university students to
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| − | participate in the iGEM competition next year. Furthermore, we received positive feedback
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| − | from our visitors and they encouraged us in our aims and optimization of our idea. It was very
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| − | important for us to take the non-scientific audience to the lab so the general public gets the
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| − | feeling that scientists have a transparent and open mind, willing to communicate and share.
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| − | This event pretty much relates and adds value to the “Science Café”, where we took the lab and
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| − | the scientists to the people. We are already looking forward to LNdW 2016!<br/><br/>
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| − | <h5>Berliner Wasserbetriebe</h5>
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| − | We visited the “Berliner Wasserbetriebe” (wastewater treatment plant of the city of Berlin), in
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| − | Ruhleben, at the beginning of our project. We wanted to see, learn and experience with our
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| − | own eyes the processes that wastewater goes through once it reaches the treatment plant. For
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| − | us this was a key step in our project because it provided insights about the possibility of
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| − | including our research and solutions in already established facilities. We were extensively
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| − | informed about the history, and the construction of this wastewater treatment plant. We were
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| − | allowed to see every purification step and were enlightened about the technical structures.
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| − | Also, we discussed about necessary changes for the future and about a changeover of the plant.
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| − | Moreover, we acquired an overview about current problems and basic approaches for the
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| − | optimization of the plant. We consulted with employees of the plant and talked about current
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| − | research works about microplastics and others, including drug residues present in water.
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| − | Another subject we brainstormed about was the form, the size, and the place of action of our
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| − | project called Enzymatic Flagellulose, that aims to eliminate microplastics through degradation.
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| − | It was a nice experience to see how the plant actually works and to see how complexly the
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| − | whole plant is constructed. They kindly offered to test our prototypes in the future and to
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| − | provide additional guidance about the possible logistics to implement a microplastics
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| − | degradation unit in the system. Additionally, they offered us to link us to other research groups
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| − | in the wastewater treatment field and some possible contacts for funding. We thank the
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| − | “Berliner Wasserbetriebe” for the time they offered us and are very grateful for their help in
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| − | our project. Here are some impressions of this awesome day at BWB:<br/><br/>
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| − | <h5><a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Entrepreneurship">Grants 4 Apps - Bayer</a></h5>
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| − | The iGEM Berlin 2015 team presented the Enzymatic Flagellulose project at a pitch
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| − | night organized by Bayer's initiative "Grants4Apps". The event aimed to provide a
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| − | startup-familiar solution platform to young innovators willing to eliminate healthcare
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| − | threats. The project was very well accepted by an audience of healthcare practitioners,
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| − | scientists and investors due to its multidisciplinary approach. We walked the extra
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| − | mile and talked about a possible but accidental consumption of microplastics by
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| − | humans or animals. We addressed this possible scenario by drawing attention to the
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| − | fact that microplastics need to be correctly degraded or eliminated before or after they
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| − | reach the water treatment plant. The head of the initiative provided us with contacts
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| − | for further development of the idea in the business field. By doing this, we
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| − | complemented the previous community-inclusive participation of iGEM Berlin, in the
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| − | Science Cafe and the LNdW, by addressing the corporate world and the big names in
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| − | <h5><a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Collaborations">Collaborations</a></h5>
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| − | UI-Indonesia iGEM team (Questionnaire about family planning)<br/>
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| − | Team CGU_Taiwan (Questionnaire about every teams moral issues – I also translated the
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| − | questionnaire into german)<br/>
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| − | iGEM Paris Saclay (Questionnaire per E-Mail über Chassis und Sicherheit)<br/>
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| − | iGEM Oxford (if Skype chat takes place)<br/>
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| − | iGEM TU Delft (text for WIKI)<br/>
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| − | IIT Kharagpur iGEM team (survey about food spoilage)<br/>
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| − | Kent iGEM team (questionnaire about nanowires)<br/>
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| − | Korea_U_Seoul (survey about synthetic biology and tools)<br/>
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| − | NEFU_China (couldn’t open questionnaire.. if we answer their questions we will have them as
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| − | collaboration partners too)<br/>
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| − | 2015 CU_Boulder team<br/>
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