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Upcoming Event

Passend zu unserem Projektthema veranstalten wir eine Informationsveranstaltung mit anschließender Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Gentechnik in Lebensmitteln". Eingeladen dazu sind Politiker aus Freising, Professoren der TU München, ein Vertreter des Bundesamts für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit sowie Studenten der TU München. Wir setzen uns u.a. mit Sicherheitsfragen zur Gentechnik im Bezug auf Lebensmittel auseinander und bieten ein Diskussionsforum für alle Interessierten. Die Veranstaltung wird am 18.09.2012 um 18.00 Uhr am WZW im HS 17 stattfinden. Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen an der Veranstaltung teilzunehmen und mitzudiskutieren!

Overview

As our project envisions genetically modified organisms in the scope of food production, it is essential to involve the general public in our project.

To achieve this, several steps were taken.

Expert Interviews

During the thoeretical stage, two experts on the field of food engineering were interviewed on the desirability and feasibility of certain ingredients.

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Public Relations

To raise awareness for our project during the competition we are closely cooperating with laborwelt.de, a german news organisation focused on biotechnology. Furthermore we regularly give updates on the progress of our project on our Facebook page as well as on our Twitter timeline.

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Video Commercial

Our project‘s aim is to create a beer that is as close as possible to a selling product. Hence we are producing a commercial to advertise our beer as well as our project to a broader audience.

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Politics

Working with genetically modified organisms is highly regulated in Germany. To discuss this situation and possibly work out solutions, we are organising a get-together of politicians from several political parties as well as experts on the field of GMOs mid-september.

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