Overview

The set of P & P activities represents all dimensions reached by project developed by iGEM teams. UFSCar-Brasil team held a series of activities that explored different aspects that Bug Shoo reached in society. Since dengue affects all social classes and the solution lies in solving social, political and educational problems, our main motivation was to address the diversity that characterizes our society and the various problems related to dengue disease. So we developed and performed activities with children from a poor community (see São Carlos 8) and we had the opportunity to know the reality of public health service at our City Hall. We also deepened our involvement in education, promoting interactions between academic community and basic education, discussing the role of the University in social demands. We knew administrative sectors of UFSCar and created ways to raise money. We debated with other Brazilian teams. We also prepared a law project which provides free distribution of less toxic repellents without DEET. Finally, we reflected on aspects of our project that may be relevant to other teams, and how our experience can contribute to the formation of new iGEM teams. We are convinced that our iGEM experiences impacted the society around us and also that we really contributed to the consolidation of synthetic biology in Brazil.