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Together with the iGEM teams from Bonn, Freiburg, Munich, Marburg and Tübingen, we decided to organize a nation-wide event in order to promote synthetic biology, the iGEM competition and, of course, our individual projects. | Together with the iGEM teams from Bonn, Freiburg, Munich, Marburg and Tübingen, we decided to organize a nation-wide event in order to promote synthetic biology, the iGEM competition and, of course, our individual projects. | ||
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We picked September 7th for this “SynBio Day”, when every participating team set up a booth in their respective home town. In Bielefeld, we set up a tent in front of our town hall. There, we put up posters explaining the basics of synthetic biology, as well as our microbial fuel cell project. | We picked September 7th for this “SynBio Day”, when every participating team set up a booth in their respective home town. In Bielefeld, we set up a tent in front of our town hall. There, we put up posters explaining the basics of synthetic biology, as well as our microbial fuel cell project. | ||
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| - | A microscope, connected to a TV, enabled our visitors to examine appearance and movement of different microorganisms. To entertain and educate our young attendants, we also prepared several experiments. We let them use Pipettes to experiment with mixing different kinds of food colors in well plates. With filter paper, they were able to do simple chromatography experiments with different kinds of felt pens/markers. We also did DNA extraction experiments with lots of children. With simple household materials, they isolated the DNA of tomatoes and nectarines and filled them into small reaction tubes, which they took home. | + | A microscope, connected to a TV, enabled our visitors to examine appearance and movement of different microorganisms. To entertain and educate our young attendants, we also prepared several experiments. We let them use Pipettes to experiment with mixing different kinds of food colors in well plates. With filter paper, they were able to do simple chromatography experiments with different kinds of felt pens/markers. We also did DNA extraction experiments with lots of children. With simple household materials, they isolated the DNA of tomatoes and nectarines and filled them into small reaction tubes, which they took home.<br> |
All of these experiments were very well received by children and parents. | All of these experiments were very well received by children and parents. | ||
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| - | With the adults we discussed synthetic biology and genetic engineering. We explained our projects and informed them about the iGEM competition. Most people were quite interested and asked lots of questions. We were happy to have high attendance all day long. | + | With the adults we discussed synthetic biology and genetic engineering. We explained our projects and informed them about the iGEM competition. Most people were quite interested and asked lots of questions. We were happy to have high attendance all day long.<br> |
To assess the general opinion about our project and synthetic biology, as well as to ascertain whether our event had an impact on the opinion of our visitors, we asked some of them to fill out a questionnaire before leaving. The Results can be found here. | To assess the general opinion about our project and synthetic biology, as well as to ascertain whether our event had an impact on the opinion of our visitors, we asked some of them to fill out a questionnaire before leaving. The Results can be found here. | ||
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| + | [[File:IGEM_Bielefeld2013_Boothsynbio.jpg|344px|left|thumb|Our booth in front of the Bielefeld Town Hall]] | ||
| + | [[File:IGEM_Bielefeld2013_Onkelmatze.jpg|344px|left|thumb|The chromatography experiment was fun and lots of colorful and diverse works were produced]] | ||
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| + | [[File:IGEM_Bielefeld2013_Extractionthorbo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Inside the tent, our young attendants could do an isolation of fruit DNA]] | ||
| + | [[File:IGEM_Bielefeld2013_Manu%2Btwins.jpg|300px|left|thumb|With joy and excitement, the children learned basic laboratory techniques from us. Here, Manuel shows two little twin girls how to use a pipet.]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:33, 4 October 2013
SynBio Day
Together with the iGEM teams from Bonn, Freiburg, Munich, Marburg and Tübingen, we decided to organize a nation-wide event in order to promote synthetic biology, the iGEM competition and, of course, our individual projects.
We picked September 7th for this “SynBio Day”, when every participating team set up a booth in their respective home town. In Bielefeld, we set up a tent in front of our town hall. There, we put up posters explaining the basics of synthetic biology, as well as our microbial fuel cell project.
A microscope, connected to a TV, enabled our visitors to examine appearance and movement of different microorganisms. To entertain and educate our young attendants, we also prepared several experiments. We let them use Pipettes to experiment with mixing different kinds of food colors in well plates. With filter paper, they were able to do simple chromatography experiments with different kinds of felt pens/markers. We also did DNA extraction experiments with lots of children. With simple household materials, they isolated the DNA of tomatoes and nectarines and filled them into small reaction tubes, which they took home.
All of these experiments were very well received by children and parents.
With the adults we discussed synthetic biology and genetic engineering. We explained our projects and informed them about the iGEM competition. Most people were quite interested and asked lots of questions. We were happy to have high attendance all day long.
To assess the general opinion about our project and synthetic biology, as well as to ascertain whether our event had an impact on the opinion of our visitors, we asked some of them to fill out a questionnaire before leaving. The Results can be found here.
