Team:Tuebingen/Activities/SynBioDay

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Synthetic Biology Day

The Synthetic Biology Day is an initiative by all German iGEM teams. It is a public event with the intention to explain and communicate the field of Synthetic Bilogy to the general public. It was held on August 25, 2012 in the following cities: Bielefeld, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Göttingen, Marburg, München, Potsdam and Tübingen.

Event

townhall in background

Propagating synthetic biology in a town like Tübingen is a delicate business. Tübingen is known for being very ecological and organic. So when we set up our pavillon at 8 am, we were prepared for the worst. Thanks to the sunny weather the cafes around us opened early and the first deserted marketplace got filled continuosely.

A group of bikers stopped by to have a glass of our free ice-tea and were the first to try their knowledge on our synthethic biology quiz. Most questions needed only a little help to be answerd correctly. Throughout the day we had kids enjoying ice tea and sweets, watching their parents discussing topics such as the impact of genetic engineering on agriculture and medicine.

"What happens when I eat a gene?" "How can microorganisms be controlled?" "Do we need genetic engineering to feed the world?"

We provided answers to all these questions and were happy to see, that most of our visitors were thankful for the information we provided.

Pictures

			taking the quiz

Material

All material was presented in German.

Posters are available as pdf documents:

synthetic biology as an engineering discipline
view pdf

definition of terms and idea of synthetic biology in a few words
view pdf

simple and interesting questions concerning genes, proteins, and food
view pdf

Quiz:

first page of questions and answers
view pdf

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-Propagating synthetic biology in a town like Tübingen is a delicate business. Tübingen is known for beeing very ecological and organic. So when we set up our pavillion at 8 am, we were prepared for the worst.
+Propagating synthetic biology in a town like Tübingen is a delicate business. Tübingen is known for being very ecological and organic. So when we set up our pavillon at 8 am, we were prepared for the worst.
 Thanks to the sunny weather the cafes around us opened early and the first deserted marketplace got filled continuosely.
-When groups of bikers stopped by to have a glass of our free ice-tea and were the first to try their knowledge on our synthethic biology quiz. Most questions needed only a little help to be answerd correctly.
+A group of bikers stopped by to have a glass of our free ice-tea and were the first to try their knowledge on our synthethic biology quiz. Most questions needed only a little help to be answerd correctly.
 Throughout the day we had kids enjoying ice tea and sweets, watching their parents discussing topics such as the impact of genetic engineering on agriculture and medicine.
-We were present with an information stand located on the town square, Marktplatz in Tübingen. It is in the heart of the historic city and part of the large pedestrian zone and place of the beautiful townhall.
+"What happens when I eat a gene?"
+"How can microorganisms be controlled?"
-Our large pavillon was an eye-catcher. Several posters attracted the curiosity of the many people passing by.
+"Do we need genetic engineering to feed the world?"
-We engaged many people in interesting conversation but people also came on their own initiative and took the possibility to ask us questions.
-Additionally we designed a quiz with eight basic questions concering Synthetic Biology.
-=== Photos ===
+We provided answers to all these questions and were happy to see, that most of our visitors were thankful for the information we provided.
+=== Pictures ===
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