Practices

There are much more to a good iGEM project than the work in the lab, here among raising the public's awareness of our project and synthetic biology. In aim to do so we held a lecture at the Danish Youth Association of Science (UNF) annually biotech summer camp, regarding the field of synthetic biology, iGEM and some ethical concerns. We involve the students doing the lecture, to hear their opinion on the discussed topics. You can read more about our visit at the UNF ‘s summer camp under A Children’s Book.

The different between right and wrong is important to keep in mind when working with living organism’s DNA. A big part of our project have been to cover ethical aspect regarding our project and indeed the generally use of synthetic biology. If you are more interest in our ethical work, please go to Ethics.

The use of laboratory animals operates in a grey area, ethical speaking. We have created a survey regarding the use of antibodies and test animals. People from all different continents have answered this survey. It shows that people in general are a bit ambivalent about the use of laboratory animals. However, the majority would like if the animals in the antibody production could be substituted with an alternative, such as E. coli. To see the full analyze of the survey, go to survey.

Note

You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all awards for Human Practices:

Human Practices silver medal criterion
Human Practices gold medal criterion
Best Integrated Human Practices award
Best Education and Public Engagement award

Some Human Practices topic areas

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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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).

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Integrated Human Practices

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