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content.titleShort = "Human Practice";  
content.titleShort = "Human Practice";  
content.titleLong = "Human Practice in General";  
content.titleLong = "Human Practice in General";  
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content.summary= "The major goal in Human Practice is to make synthetic biology easily understandable and interesting for everybody. For that purpose our project's design follows the well-known franchise of Star Wars; our project name 'LOV WARS' was born. The constant references to the Star Wars movies facilitate the access to synthetic biology to a person that is not familiar with the subject. With the most famous icon of Star Wars being the laser sword it offers a great opportunity to present our light induction system in an entertaining way. We put great effort into adapting every aspect of our public presence to Star Wars.";  
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content.summary= "The major goal in Human Practice is to make synthetic biology easily understandable and interesting for everybody. For that purpose our project's design follows the well-known franchise of Star Wars; our project name "LOV WARS" was born. The constant references to the Star Wars movies facilitate the access to synthetic biology to a person that is not familiar with the subject. With the most famous icon of Star Wars being the laser sword it offers a great opportunity to present our light induction system in an entertaining way. We put great effort into adapting every aspect of our public presence to Star Wars.";  
content.text= "<p>The major goal in Human Practice is to make synthetic biology easily understandable and interesting for everybody. For that purpose our project's design follows the well-known franchise of Star Wars; our project name 'LOV WARS' was born. The constant references to the Star Wars movies facilitate the access to synthetic biology to a person that is not familiar with the subject. With the most famous icon of Star Wars being the laser sword it offers a great opportunity to present our light induction system in an entertaining way. We put great effort into adapting every aspect of our public presence to Star Wars.</p><p>Therefore we introduced a <a onclick=node(110)>flash game</a> and a <a onclick=node(109)>comic series</a> called LOV Wars in which we explain basic concepts of synthetic biology and our project. The comic and the LOV Wars shooter arouse interest in people that would normally never engage with the field. That way we can spread the possibilities and advantages that modern genetically engineered organisms offer and clear possible misunderstandings or prejudices against the subject.</p>For the same purpose we organized multiple events for general public at which we presented the tools used in synthetic biology and our project; over the last six months we <a onclick=node(108)>visited several High Schools</a> in Bonn and nearby and gave presentations.  
content.text= "<p>The major goal in Human Practice is to make synthetic biology easily understandable and interesting for everybody. For that purpose our project's design follows the well-known franchise of Star Wars; our project name 'LOV WARS' was born. The constant references to the Star Wars movies facilitate the access to synthetic biology to a person that is not familiar with the subject. With the most famous icon of Star Wars being the laser sword it offers a great opportunity to present our light induction system in an entertaining way. We put great effort into adapting every aspect of our public presence to Star Wars.</p><p>Therefore we introduced a <a onclick=node(110)>flash game</a> and a <a onclick=node(109)>comic series</a> called LOV Wars in which we explain basic concepts of synthetic biology and our project. The comic and the LOV Wars shooter arouse interest in people that would normally never engage with the field. That way we can spread the possibilities and advantages that modern genetically engineered organisms offer and clear possible misunderstandings or prejudices against the subject.</p>For the same purpose we organized multiple events for general public at which we presented the tools used in synthetic biology and our project; over the last six months we <a onclick=node(108)>visited several High Schools</a> in Bonn and nearby and gave presentations.  
In addition we had an information booth in our city center informing passersby about the risks and benefits of synthetic biology with the aid of several posters and flyers. A big highlight was a <a onclick=node(106)>Science slam</a> we arranged. In front of a big audience six scientists from different fields presented an interesting aspect of their academic field. The Science Slam was a great success in terms of getting people in touch with science and without exception received very good critiques.<br> At every opportunity we handed out questionnaires in which we evaluated the public's opinion about synthetic biology and whether our human practice events were informative and interesting.";  
In addition we had an information booth in our city center informing passersby about the risks and benefits of synthetic biology with the aid of several posters and flyers. A big highlight was a <a onclick=node(106)>Science slam</a> we arranged. In front of a big audience six scientists from different fields presented an interesting aspect of their academic field. The Science Slam was a great success in terms of getting people in touch with science and without exception received very good critiques.<br> At every opportunity we handed out questionnaires in which we evaluated the public's opinion about synthetic biology and whether our human practice events were informative and interesting.";  

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