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Team:Valencia/human practices
From 2012.igem.org
Our Blog: Synth(ethic) biology.
We have created a blog to dump in it various articles about Synthetic Biology, interviews, experiences of previous years, several activities… Click on the photo below to visit it.
Seminar in Barcelona:
Our team mate Alex Damián carried out a seminar about Synthetic Biology and our project in iGEM at a Marine Sciences Research Institute in Barcelona. There, the audience was composed by people of different fields of study and years of experience.
First of all, he gave a little explanation introducing Synthetic Biology and the importance of outreach activities, international student contests as iGEM…
He finished the speech by giving an interactive time composed of questions and a little discussion about recent papers of Synthetic Biology…
Read more about this at:
http://igemvalencia2012.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/seminar-in-barcelona/
An evening at Cheste:
In a village on the outskirts of Valencia, we carried out a series of activities through which we taught children and their parents what are DNA and Synthetic Biology. It is necessary to add that, besides learning, they enjoyed the different activities.
http://igemvalencia2012.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/an-evening-at-cheste/
Interview with Justo Aznar Lucea:
In view of the concern about bioethics, we decided to interview the director of the Institute of Life Sciences, in which there is an area of Bioethics. At this interview we asked him his opinion about synthetic biology and about iGEM. It can be read by clicking on this link.
http://igemvalencia2012.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/interview-with-justo-aznar-lucena-m-d/
What do you know about Synthetic Biology?
With the aim to know the opinion of the majority of the population, we are doing an opinion poll and, afterwards, we will analyze the results statistically.
http://igemvalencia2012.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/what-do-you-know-about-synthetic-biology/
