Team:Tuebingen/schoolclassatlab
The field of synthetic biology is often dealt with in the media and in many cases, the possible consequences of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food are discussed highly controversial. A main reason for the high emotionality regarding this topic is the fact that knowledge about genetics and general methods used in gene technology and ecology is rare in public. On September 17th, we therefore invited 40 pupils in their final high-school year from the Mildred Scheel Schule Böblingen to our institute, in order to introduce this controversially discussed topic with them. Our intention was to convey the theoretical as well as the practical background of synthetic biology by talking about gene technology, presenting our iGEM project, and performing daily used gene technology methods with them.