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On a sunny weekend in July, our team was offered the opportunity to inspire the public for synthetic biology at the local annual science fair.
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In the heart of Freiburg's old town centre we explained the key of life: DNA - the genetic information.
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This year we had the great opportunity to inspire the public for biology at the science fair that took place the central square in Freiburg, called the „Münsterplatz“. We tried to explain in a simple way the key of our lifes: DNA - the genetic information. One of our goals was to bring people in touch with this molecule. On two hot summer days in July, our team helped curious visitors to extract DNA from bananas and tomatos.  
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Children and elderly people were overwhelmed by the simple but fascinating experiment at our <em>iGEM</em> booth. We offered an easy but highly visual experiment of showing the hidden world of genetics.
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People of all ages and different backgrounds were fascinated by the simple experiment at our iGEM booth. Attracted by flasks with colourful liquids everyone passing by took the time not only to visualize DNA but also to learn something about our project.  
 
We also saw it as our duty to spread the idea of the <em>iGEM</em> competition and to present our project -the <em>DiaCHIP</em>- to the visitors of the science fair. Therefore we had an interview on stage together with a local radio station. We used the chance to inform people on synthetic biology and about <em>iGEM</em> in particular.
 
We also saw it as our duty to spread the idea of the <em>iGEM</em> competition and to present our project -the <em>DiaCHIP</em>- to the visitors of the science fair. Therefore we had an interview on stage together with a local radio station. We used the chance to inform people on synthetic biology and about <em>iGEM</em> in particular.
 
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Freiburg Science Fair - Inspire the public for science

  • Cougar

    Preparations

  • Lions

    Explaining

  • Snowalker

    Take a look at DNA

  • Howling

    Presentation

Excited children, curious tourists and the magic of DNA wrapped around a piece of wood

On a sunny weekend in July, our team was offered the opportunity to inspire the public for synthetic biology at the local annual science fair. In the heart of Freiburg's old town centre we explained the key of life: DNA - the genetic information.

While giving curious visitors the chance to extract DNA from bananas and tomatoes, we aimed at illustrating the importance and power of this small molecule. People of all ages and different backgrounds were fascinated by the simple experiment at our iGEM booth. Attracted by flasks with colourful liquids everyone passing by took the time not only to visualize DNA but also to learn something about our project. We also saw it as our duty to spread the idea of the iGEM competition and to present our project -the DiaCHIP- to the visitors of the science fair. Therefore we had an interview on stage together with a local radio station. We used the chance to inform people on synthetic biology and about iGEM in particular.

Here we provide a simple protocol for DNA isolation from fruits:

Material:

  • Lysis buffer: 5 g NaCl, 50 ml dishwashing detergent (the use of different colored dishwashing detergent fascinates the experimenter), 450 ml Water
  • 70% - 99% ethanol (ice cold)

Workflow:

  • smash one half of a banana with a fork within a beaker
  • add approximately 25 ml of Lysis buffer and stir the solution with the fork, so that you get a more or less homogenous solution
  • filter the solution through a paper filter into a new beaker to get rid of the crude cell fragments
  • put 1-2 ml of the filtered solution into a test-tube
  • slowly pipette the ice cold ethanol into the test-tube
  • two phases of alcohol and water are formed with precipitated DNA being visible in the alcohol phase