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<p> Tuebingen is a special town - with its valued university and one third of its inhabitants being students there is a great interest in research and scientific progress. At the same time a lot of critical thoughts and opinions towards certain research topics exist. Among those are genetic engineering and synthetic biology, topics that are heavily criticized by people.</p>
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<p>Tuebingen is a "green" city. Why green? Because the overwhelming majority of people living here cares a lot for their environment, animals, green energy and other people. And most of them vote for the green party which is why they have been providing a mayor for the last eight years.</p>
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<p> The iGEM Team Tuebingen tries to counteract these tendencies and improve the communication between science and the public.
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<p>It is not easy for life scientists to do research here because e.g. animal experiments or genetical engineering are often critized very strongly. On the one hand people are influenced by fear-mongering news reports rather than scientific knowledge (or insights) and often have negative stereotypes in mind. On the other hand the communication between scientists and the general public is lacking ...
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To accomplish this we organised two events to target different audiences and took action in a third event:  </p>
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This is why we want to build a bridge between scientists and the public to gain a better understanding.
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<p>The SynBioDay started as an annual activity by iGEM teams where we try to explain the pros and cons of synthetic biology to the general public.  
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In order to accomplish this goal we participated in the scientific theme congress "RE-ENGINEERING LIFE oder Wollen wir unendlich sein?", organized by Theatre Freiburg, and we organized two events, the Synbio-Day and School class @ lab.
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Furthermore, we participated in the - open to public - scientific theme congress “RE-ENGINEERING LIFE oder Wollen wir unendlich sein?” (“RE-ENGINEERING LIFE, or Do We Want To Be Infinite?”), organised by the Theatre Freiburg. </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>Human Practices gold medal criterion</li>
 
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<li>Best Integrated Human Practices award</li>
 
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<li>Best Education and Public Engagement award</li>
 
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<h5>Some Human Practices topic areas </h5>
 
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<li>Philosophy</li>
 
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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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<li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Cornell/outreach">2013 Cornell </a></li>
 
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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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Introduction

Tuebingen is a special town - with its valued university and one third of its inhabitants being students there is a great interest in research and scientific progress. At the same time a lot of critical thoughts and opinions towards certain research topics exist. Among those are genetic engineering and synthetic biology, topics that are heavily criticized by people.

The iGEM Team Tuebingen tries to counteract these tendencies and improve the communication between science and the public. To accomplish this we organised two events to target different audiences and took action in a third event:

The SynBioDay started as an annual activity by iGEM teams where we try to explain the pros and cons of synthetic biology to the general public. As a second project we invited a school class to the SchoolClass@Lab day. Furthermore, we participated in the - open to public - scientific theme congress “RE-ENGINEERING LIFE oder Wollen wir unendlich sein?” (“RE-ENGINEERING LIFE, or Do We Want To Be Infinite?”), organised by the Theatre Freiburg.