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<h2> Human Practices </h2>
 
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<li><a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Practices/SynBio_Challenge">SynBio Challenge</a></li>
 
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Our team understood since the beggining of our project the big implications of synthetic biology beyond the bench. We interacted with stakeholders and integrated their advice and input in the direction of our research, taking into account the restrictions to GMM in EU and India. Talking to locals, we realized the means at their disposal and the social implications of our research in comparison with other scientific projects that aimed at improving nutrient availability. Making a demo EFSA board, we realized the safety issues and the improvements needed to take the next step. It changed the design and the overall initial idea, but more importantly, the presentation and perspectives of the project. This summer was a challenge to meet the requirements both inside and outside the lab of a humanitarian project that aims at being succesful, in order to improve people's lifes.</p>
  
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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>By interacting with high schools in the SynBio challenge, we demonstrated that research and synthetic biology itself can introduce new practices and methods to high school education, improving students' learning and engagement. Strikingly, this change can help put students who have lost their motivation and become problemmatic back on track. Research values such as interdisciplinarity, collaboration and independence are valuable not only for science students, but for all citizens. That's why we have engaged also with citizen science, encouraging citizens from India and France to participate in the direction of our project and putting them in an central place for our research. We have in fact made a citizens review board to evaluate the bioethics of implementing our project. This, and the fact that our product and market target was situated in India, made our iGEM project a true citizen science experiment.</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>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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<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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<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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<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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Latest revision as of 23:42, 19 November 2015

Human Practices

Our team understood since the beggining of our project the big implications of synthetic biology beyond the bench. We interacted with stakeholders and integrated their advice and input in the direction of our research, taking into account the restrictions to GMM in EU and India. Talking to locals, we realized the means at their disposal and the social implications of our research in comparison with other scientific projects that aimed at improving nutrient availability. Making a demo EFSA board, we realized the safety issues and the improvements needed to take the next step. It changed the design and the overall initial idea, but more importantly, the presentation and perspectives of the project. This summer was a challenge to meet the requirements both inside and outside the lab of a humanitarian project that aims at being succesful, in order to improve people's lifes.

By interacting with high schools in the SynBio challenge, we demonstrated that research and synthetic biology itself can introduce new practices and methods to high school education, improving students' learning and engagement. Strikingly, this change can help put students who have lost their motivation and become problemmatic back on track. Research values such as interdisciplinarity, collaboration and independence are valuable not only for science students, but for all citizens. That's why we have engaged also with citizen science, encouraging citizens from India and France to participate in the direction of our project and putting them in an central place for our research. We have in fact made a citizens review board to evaluate the bioethics of implementing our project. This, and the fact that our product and market target was situated in India, made our iGEM project a true citizen science experiment.

Practices



SynBio Challenge
DIλ
Events
Collaborations

Safety



Safety Overview
Safety Form
Review Board
Acceptance of the product