Team:Waterloo/Practices
Policy & Practices
Scale-Up: Practicalities of CRISPR Plant Defense
This page explores the various ways through which the Waterloo iGem team has investigated the social, ethical, commercial and legal implications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system. The goal has been to research deployment of our seed construct by exploring patenting regulations, analyzing a detailed approval process outlined by Health Canada and by assessing the safety concerns of genetically modified foods from an environmental standpoint.
Public Engagement: Survey on attitudes toward gene editing
Education: Outreach to university, high school and elementary school students
You can read detailed descriptions of our outreach activities on the Outreach page.
An iGEM Critique
On the 10-year anniversary of University of Waterloo's participation in iGEM, we decided to reflect on the state of iGEM as an educational and scientific endeavour. We feel that iGEM should either focus on its educational mandate and increase accessibility to the competition or recognize that foundational changes are needed if iGEM aims to have significant scientific impact. You can read the full statement from our 2015 project as An iGEM Critique.
Safety
A summary of the work Waterloo iGEM did to address safety concerns for our 2015 project can be found on the Safety page.