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<h2>Mission Statement</h2> | <h2>Mission Statement</h2> | ||
| - | <p>The UIUC 2012 iGEM team has embraced human practices as an opportunity to develop our own sense of ethics and responsibility while promoting general knowledge about synthetic biology. We have decided to focus our energies on a collaboration to produce informative and thought provoking videos on genetically modified organisms as well as individual presentations on synthetic biology within the Champaign-Urbana community. </p> | + | <p>The UIUC 2012 iGEM team has embraced human practices as an opportunity to develop our own sense of ethics and responsibility while promoting general knowledge about synthetic biology.<br/><br/> We have decided to focus our energies on a collaboration to produce informative and thought provoking videos on genetically modified organisms as well as individual presentations on synthetic biology within the Champaign-Urbana community. </p> |
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<h2>Mission Statement</h2> | <h2>Mission Statement</h2> | ||
| - | <p>The UIUC 2012 iGEM team has embraced human practices as an opportunity to develop our own sense of ethics and responsibility while promoting general knowledge about synthetic biology. We have decided to focus our energies on a collaboration to produce informative and thought provoking videos on genetically modified organisms as well as individual presentations on synthetic biology within the Champaign-Urbana community. </p> | + | <p>The UIUC 2012 iGEM team has embraced human practices as an opportunity to develop our own sense of ethics and responsibility while promoting general knowledge about synthetic biology. <br/><br/>We have decided to focus our energies on a collaboration to produce informative and thought provoking videos on genetically modified organisms as well as individual presentations on synthetic biology within the Champaign-Urbana community. </p> |
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<p>UIUC iGEM was proud to present an exhibit at the 92nd annual 2012 Engineering Open | <p>UIUC iGEM was proud to present an exhibit at the 92nd annual 2012 Engineering Open | ||
House, or EOH. Over two sunny days on March 9 and 10, iGEM presented one of over 230 | House, or EOH. Over two sunny days on March 9 and 10, iGEM presented one of over 230 | ||
| - | exhibits as part of one of the country’s largest science fairs. <br/> | + | exhibits as part of one of the country’s largest science fairs. <br/><br/> |
Our exhibit on synthetic biology | Our exhibit on synthetic biology | ||
and the manipulation of DNA fit perfectly with the event’s theme, “Dream, Design, Discover.” | and the manipulation of DNA fit perfectly with the event’s theme, “Dream, Design, Discover.” | ||
At our booth we explained what DNA was to school children and then amazed them by | At our booth we explained what DNA was to school children and then amazed them by | ||
| - | allowing them to extract their own DNA via salt water and rubbing alcohol! <br/> | + | allowing them to extract their own DNA via salt water and rubbing alcohol! <br/><br/> |
We explained the | We explained the | ||
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YFP, GFP, and mCherry. | YFP, GFP, and mCherry. | ||
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We also discussed the safety and ethics of such genetic | We also discussed the safety and ethics of such genetic | ||
manipulations with parents and professors who stopped by our station. | manipulations with parents and professors who stopped by our station. | ||
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Pictures of the event can be found at our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/igemuiuc/ | Pictures of the event can be found at our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/igemuiuc/ | ||
sets/72157629562673318/">Flikr Page</a> | sets/72157629562673318/">Flikr Page</a> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
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scientists and the general public. | scientists and the general public. | ||
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If you would like to learn more about synthetic biology or | If you would like to learn more about synthetic biology or | ||
schedule a presentation from the 2012 UIUC iGEM team, please contact Asha Kirchhoff at | schedule a presentation from the 2012 UIUC iGEM team, please contact Asha Kirchhoff at | ||
kirchho2@illinois.edu </p> | kirchho2@illinois.edu </p> | ||
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