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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> Whether Tuebingen is a town with a university, or a university with a town is debatable. What is fact, however, is that around a third of Tuebingen’s inhabitants are students. And where students are, there are many alternative ideas and strong political ideals, which are expressed very loudly. Maybe because of this, Tuebingen has been one of the few cities in Germany governed by the green party.  
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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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<p>However, even though the conditions for research in Tuebingen are very good, it is not an easy place for research in the biological or medicinal fields. Genetical engineering and animal experiments are very strongly criticised. Of course, these are not problems specific for Tuebingen. On the one hand, people are easily influenced by those with the loudest opinion and what is published through the media, which often contains half-truths or outright wrong facts. On the other hand, the communication and information of those people not directly involved with this kind of work is lacking.  
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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>Because of this, the iGEM Team Tuebingen wants to build a bridge between scientist and the public. To accomplish this, we participated in the 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.  We further organised two events to target different audiences:  The Synbio-Day, and School Class @ Lab.
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Human Practices

Introduction

Whether Tuebingen is a town with a university, or a university with a town is debatable. What is fact, however, is that around a third of Tuebingen’s inhabitants are students. And where students are, there are many alternative ideas and strong political ideals, which are expressed very loudly. Maybe because of this, Tuebingen has been one of the few cities in Germany governed by the green party.

However, even though the conditions for research in Tuebingen are very good, it is not an easy place for research in the biological or medicinal fields. Genetical engineering and animal experiments are very strongly criticised. Of course, these are not problems specific for Tuebingen. On the one hand, people are easily influenced by those with the loudest opinion and what is published through the media, which often contains half-truths or outright wrong facts. On the other hand, the communication and information of those people not directly involved with this kind of work is lacking.

Because of this, the iGEM Team Tuebingen wants to build a bridge between scientist and the public. To accomplish this, we participated in the 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. We further organised two events to target different audiences: The Synbio-Day, and School Class @ Lab.

Synbio-Day

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School class @ lab

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Note

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  • Human Practices silver medal criterion
  • Human Practices gold medal criterion
  • Best Integrated Human Practices award
  • Best Education and Public Engagement award
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  • Philosophy
  • Public Engagement / Dialogue
  • Education
  • Product Design
  • Scale-Up and Deployment Issues
  • Environmental Impact
  • Ethics
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Public Policy
  • Law and Regulation
  • Risk Assessment
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