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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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<li>Best Integrated Human Practices award</li>
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<h5>Some Human Practices topic areas </h5>
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<h5>What should we write about on this page?</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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<h3>Integrated Human Practices</h3>
 
  
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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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Synthetic biology promises innovation implying not mere invention but actual translation into industry and society. To maximize the social impact of our endeavour, we took our project out of the lab and onto the streets. Talking to as many people as possible helped us in clarifying which hopes and concerns our neighbours see in our research and what requirements for the filter are expected. Among other things, we collaborated closely with the Berlin water suppliers, we pitched our project on various occasions and organized a interdisciplinary Science Café event.</strong>
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        <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Practices" class="sub-link-project"> 1. Sciart Café?</a><br/><br/>
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      <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Practices/LNdW" class="sub-link-project"> 2. LNdW</a><br/><br/>
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        <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Practices/Wastewater" class="sub-link-project">3. Berlin Wastewater Treatment Plan</a><br/><br/>
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        <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Berlin/Entrepreneurship" class="sub-link-project">4. Grants 4 Apps - Bayer</a><br/><br/>
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<h4 class="blue-text project-headline"><FONT FACE="Arial">SciArt Café </h4></FONT>
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Berlin is a colourful and creative place. It is a focal point for the international techno-science art community with venues such as the transmediale, the CTM, the STATE festival, re:publica and many more. Including this vibrant biotech-philiac community was a must-have for iGEM Berlin. For this we organized a Science Café event - the SciArt Café - bringing together synthetic biologists, bio-artists, biohackers and anthropologists in one unique format.<br/><br/>
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Having an open format such as the Scienc Café makes space for in-depth discussions. After listening to four speakers a heated and emotional discussion took place and focused on re-emerging issues such as dual-use, biosecurity, patents, corporate ethics and the relevance of the scientific methods for arts.<br/><br/>
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The event was held in the heart of Berlin (Betahouse – Coworking space in
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Kreuzberg) on August 7 2015 and organized in collaboration with Biofaction.
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Four presentations from different fields, including the iGEM Berlin Enzymatic Flagellulose, xenobiology, sculpturing with slime moulds and behavioral primate sciences/anthropology  made this event a very special one. <br/>We showed and discussed our projects with a language easy for a non-scientific audience to comprehend. We focused on addressing the issue of microplastics
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and the alarming threat that they represent to human health. Additionally, we talked about
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how genetic engineering helps us to be more efficient and generate either enzymes, proteins or
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products that are usually difficult to access and produce. We made a clear emphasis on the
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importance of good scientific practices when it comes to handling genetically modified
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organisms. Although the audience had heard about them before, some points needed to be
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clarified for the public to understand that in our proceedings there is no threat to either
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biodiversity, environment or human health. <br/><br/>
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Moreover, we talked about how important it is to remain “inter- or transdisciplinary” in
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science. By presenting the different members of our team and their diverse academic
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backgrounds we stressed the fact that solution can only be achieved through collaboration
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from different fields. <br/><br/>
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The audience was very happy to obtain first hand information from researchers working on
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topics that concern the society and the government. The main feedback from the audience
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focused on how good it is to make science accessible to the public and how important it is to
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explain complex methods in a visual way. <br/><br/>
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Our participation definitely clarified some points and misunderstandings. The audience asked in detail about the degradation of plastics and the products that are resulting in this process. This allowed us to pitch our idea of a modular filter unit in detail. The public was invited
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to visit the lab anytime and also to help us in anyway from web designing to fund raising.<br/>
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SOCIAL

Synthetic biology promises innovation implying not mere invention but actual translation into industry and society. To maximize the social impact of our endeavour, we took our project out of the lab and onto the streets. Talking to as many people as possible helped us in clarifying which hopes and concerns our neighbours see in our research and what requirements for the filter are expected. Among other things, we collaborated closely with the Berlin water suppliers, we pitched our project on various occasions and organized a interdisciplinary Science Café event.



1. Sciart Café?

2. LNdW

3. Berlin Wastewater Treatment Plan

4. Grants 4 Apps - Bayer

5. Collaborations


SciArt Café

Berlin is a colourful and creative place. It is a focal point for the international techno-science art community with venues such as the transmediale, the CTM, the STATE festival, re:publica and many more. Including this vibrant biotech-philiac community was a must-have for iGEM Berlin. For this we organized a Science Café event - the SciArt Café - bringing together synthetic biologists, bio-artists, biohackers and anthropologists in one unique format.

Having an open format such as the Scienc Café makes space for in-depth discussions. After listening to four speakers a heated and emotional discussion took place and focused on re-emerging issues such as dual-use, biosecurity, patents, corporate ethics and the relevance of the scientific methods for arts.



The event was held in the heart of Berlin (Betahouse – Coworking space in Kreuzberg) on August 7 2015 and organized in collaboration with Biofaction. Four presentations from different fields, including the iGEM Berlin Enzymatic Flagellulose, xenobiology, sculpturing with slime moulds and behavioral primate sciences/anthropology made this event a very special one.
We showed and discussed our projects with a language easy for a non-scientific audience to comprehend. We focused on addressing the issue of microplastics and the alarming threat that they represent to human health. Additionally, we talked about how genetic engineering helps us to be more efficient and generate either enzymes, proteins or products that are usually difficult to access and produce. We made a clear emphasis on the importance of good scientific practices when it comes to handling genetically modified organisms. Although the audience had heard about them before, some points needed to be clarified for the public to understand that in our proceedings there is no threat to either biodiversity, environment or human health.

Moreover, we talked about how important it is to remain “inter- or transdisciplinary” in science. By presenting the different members of our team and their diverse academic backgrounds we stressed the fact that solution can only be achieved through collaboration from different fields.

The audience was very happy to obtain first hand information from researchers working on topics that concern the society and the government. The main feedback from the audience focused on how good it is to make science accessible to the public and how important it is to explain complex methods in a visual way.

Our participation definitely clarified some points and misunderstandings. The audience asked in detail about the degradation of plastics and the products that are resulting in this process. This allowed us to pitch our idea of a modular filter unit in detail. The public was invited to visit the lab anytime and also to help us in anyway from web designing to fund raising.


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