When people are asked “what do you think Synthetic biology is about?”, most of people have right recognition about synthetic biology.

Q7. Do you know iGEM?

iGEMという大会を知っていますか？

About 60% of people don’t know iGEM.

Q8. If yes, how do you know it?

「はい」と答えた方はどこで知りましたか？

Most of people who know iGEM, they knew the iGEM from their friend as well as Q5. So, people who know synthetic biology probably know iGEM.

Q9. How do you pronounce "iGEM"?

"iGEM"の読み方は次のうちどれだと思いますか？

About 60% people know right pronunciation of iGEM.

10. Where do you think the iGEM Jamboree is held?

iGEMの本選はどこで開催されていると思いますか？

About 50% of people don’t know where iGEM Jamboree held.

Q11. What do you think is important in iGEM?

iGEMとはどのようなことを競う大会だと思いますか?

The answered question was separated into 3 opinions.

Q12. How many Japanese teams do you think participate iGEM?

iGEMの日本のチームは何チームいるか知っていますか？

About 50% of people recognize the right number of Japanese teams take part in iGEM.

Q13. How many teams do you think there are in the whole iGEM society?

世界にはiGEMが何チームいるか知っていますか？

Most answered question was that there are 100 teams!

Q14. What do you think of, when you hear "E. coli"?

「大腸菌」という単語から連想するものは何ですか?

Most answered question is the Good for science. But the second is Dirty. People who specialize in science can recognize E.coli was the Good for science. But common people tend to imagine that E.coli is dirty.

Q15. What do you think of, when you hear "Genetic modification"?

「遺伝子組み換え」という単語から連想するものは何ですか？

Most answered question is advenced technology but the second is "scary".

Q16. Did you know that genetically modified E. coli can collect heavy metal ions?

遺伝子組み換え型大腸菌を使って重金属を回収することが出来ることを知っていますか?

About 70% of people don’t know that modified E.coli can collect heavy metal ions.

Q17. Did you know that genetically modified E. coli can become luminescent?

遺伝子組み換え型大腸菌が青色に光ることが出来ることを知っていますか?

About 70% of people don’t know that modified E.coli can become luminescent.

Q18. Did you know that genetically modified E. coli can be regulated by light?

遺伝子組み換え型大腸菌を光で制御出来ることを知っていますか?

About 70% of people don’t know that modified E.coli can can be regulated by light.

Q19. We bought a squid at a nearby supermarket. What do you think we did with them?

私達は近所のスーパーで石川県産のイカを買いました。そのイカをどうしたでしょう。

About 50 % of people imagine correctly what we have done with a squid. And this is the most important question because people who know the right answer recognize that we can enjoy synthetic biology using familiar things around everyday life.

Q20. After this questionnaire, do you think synthetic biology is interesting?

合成生物学について、なんとなく興味を持っていただけたでしょうか？

Most of people became interested in synthetic biology via this questionarier. So, we were succeeded to attract people to synthetic biology.

Q21. Do you also feel that you want to participate iGEM competitiong?

iGEMに参加したいと思ってもらえたでしょうか?

As the results of Q20 and Q21, most of people became interested in synthetic biology but about 60% of people don’t feel like to participate iGEM competiting. This is because awareness of iGEM is still low. So when people recognize iGEM is very interesting competition, more people can feel like to participate in iGEM!!.