Team:TU Munich/Human Practice/Movie
From 2012.igem.org
Survey
Results
Here you can see the results of the survey about genetic engineering in general and especially in food.
1200 people took part in this survey and the results showed us, that in Germany, there is still a sceptical and controversial opinion about genetic engineering. Most people accept genetic engineering in medical and pharmaceutical issues, but in food genetic engineering is not tolerated. Yet, unfortunalety, many people don't have a well-founded background about genetic engineering and consequently they are sceptical about it. That's why an important part of our project was to inform people about the opportunities of genetic engineering.
TUM: Junge Akademie
We cooperated with "TUM: Junge Akademie", a collegiate association of our university. They created a homepage to inform people about genetic engineering. Besides the survey, they interviewed experts about the issue. One of our big goals was to inform people about genetic engineering and to moderate the sceptical opinion of many people. That's why the cooperation with "TUM: Junge Akademie" was a perfect addition to our project.