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Deutsches Museum Munich

Figure 1: Our poster for the museum (german)

We had the chance to introduce the Physco Filter and our iGEM team to the public at the visitors lab at the German Museum of Munich. Green biotechnology is perceived rather negatively in Germany, but the majority of expressed concers relates to applications in agriculture and food. So in addition to presenting our project and answering a lot of interested questions about sythetic biology, we asked people about their views to see if projects like the Physco Filter can bring a different perspective into the public debate about biotechnology.

Because of the Octoberfest, we had a large and very international audience with whom we had very interesting discussions. We had prepared a poster aimed at a larger audience in German language, but we could have needed posters in English, Italian, French, Russian, Chinese and Hebrew as well and had the chance to use all the forgein language skills we had. The feedback we received was much more positive than expected. People complimented our idea and considered this application of green biotechnology as much more feasible due to its thorough biosafety profile.

We really enjoyed this campaign because of all the valuable feedback and the large diversity of input we got. It was very inspiring to meet and talk to all those people and once again, our iGEM activities enriched our views.

PhyscoFilter presentation at the German Museum

Survey on the public perception of biotechnology

The public perception of biotechnology in Germany is traditionally not very positive. But how much do people know about sythetic biology and are red, white and green biotechnology perceived equally postive or negative? On iGEM day Germany, we set out to inform, explain and investigate. How much impact does the pollution of water through pharmaceuticals and hormones have on people´s private life as well as globally according to public opinion? Are projects adressing these problems able to increase the acceptance of sythetic biology? And would people want to use our filter or support its use in public sewage plants?

Figure 2: Our questionnaire page 1 (translated to English)

Figure 3: Our questionnaire page 2 (translated to English)

Images from our information booth in the city of Freising

13th Munich Science Days

http://www.muenchner-wissenschaftstage.de/2013/front_content.php

Media coverage on iGEM 2013 project

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[http://www.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=185&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=573 TUM WZW News] (german)

Figure 5:

[http://www.tip-itp.eu/2013/09/igem-team-tu-munich-visiting-labs-of-the-tip-in-freiburg/ TIP News]

Figure 6:

[http://www.biotechnologie.de/BIO/Navigation/DE/root,did=166602.html?listBlId=74462&] (german)

"A gateway to a lot of Synthetic Biology" - The part about our last years iGEM project is from minute 14.20 on. An interesting video from the beginning to the end by the way.

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[http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/biowissenschaften_chemie/moos_sauberes_wasser_abwasserreinigung_physcofilter_220378.html] (german)

Figure 8:

Bild vom Besuch des Deutschlandfunks

Media coverage on iGEM 2012 project after the Jamboree

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An [http://aleszu.com/2013/01/munich-scientists-tinker-with-yeast article] in the [http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/beeradvocate-magazine-72-pierogies-baileys-range-lawsons-vivant-buenos-aires-class-of-2012.59179/ BeerAdvocate magazine #72] written by Aleszu Bajak.