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Team:Hong Kong HKU/team/people
Human practice in the iGEM competition is about introducing synthetic biology to people through various ways. This year, the HKU iGEM team wanted to arouse people’s interest towards this new field of science by organizing some talks for both high school students and undergraduates. We also made an animated video about our project which is broadcasted on YouTube for public viewing. Through these activities, we presented the basic information about iGEM and synthetic biology to the youth and the public.
Talk delivered to Sec School Students
On Aug 10th, we gave a talk to 85 secondary school students from 12 schools who were the participants of a science video competition. The presentation consisted of an introduction about iGEM, synthetic biology and our project E. capsi. Since some of the audiences were from junior form, we used many cartoons and analogical examples to illustrate the basic concept such as BioBricks and synthetic biology. Most students showed their interests in this project and some of them asked questions after the presentation. We believe that giving presentation about iGEM to high school students, we, University students can inspire them to think deeply about how synthetic biology can change our lives.
Lab Tour for Biochemist Freshmen
On Aug 24th, we had another seminar for newly admitted Biochemistry major undergraduate. We also prepared some flyers about our project so they can have deeper understanding about iGEM competition. The aim of the talk was to let students have better understanding about the applications and benefits of synthetic biology. At the same time, we wanted to arouse their interests in this relatively new scientific field and encourage them to join iGEM competition in the future. After the talk, the students were taken on a tour to visit the laboratory.
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