Team:UFMG Brazil/Public Engagement

Project

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Problem and
Solution

Chassis

Devices and
kill switch

Lab Work

Safety

Notebook

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Results

Modeling

Practices

Overview

Integrated Human
Practices

Public
Engagement

Synenergene

Overview

Application
Scenarios

Techno-moral

Team

Our Team

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Education and Public Engagement

(4) Talking to the society

The distance between the academia and the society, beyond restrict the demands that are addressed by science and make them apart from the societal needs, also interferes in the public acceptance of the projects developed by science. This subject was covered by our team work in the Synenergene project, which is described here.

To evaluate the public reaction about Synthetic Biology and our project, since we have the objective of using attenuated pathogens as a disease treatment, and to also assess the concerns and fears of the population about this approach, the team conducted a survey at different points of Belo Horizonte.

Overview of interviewees

Among a total of 302 people interviewed, 52.8% were female, and 46.9% were male (Figure 1).