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From 2012hs.igem.org

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Human Practices

So far, we have presented to the Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce, and educated them on the positive impacts of iGEM and synthetic biology on students, the economy, and the world. There were over 100 Greenfield businesses there that heard our presentation, and many of them did not know what synthetic biology was before we presented.

We have also presented to the Greenfield Kiwannis Club and gave a similar presentation about the effects of synthetic biology, and informed them on the positives of synthetic biology. In this presentation, we asked for funds to support our lab work and safety materials. One of the members donated 2,000 dollars to our iGEM team, and we can not wait to buy our new lab coats and team shirts.

We then did an activity with the 5th graders at the Greenfield Intermediate School that taught them how we created plasmids and put them into a cell. The students learned about DNA, restriction enzymes, promoters, translational units, selective markers, and how we transform the DNA into a cell. Many of them were very excited about the project, and said that they wanted to do this when they grow up.

Lastly, we presented to the Greenfield-Central School Board about iGEM and what we do. We actually had them do the activity like the 5th graders, but went more in-depth. There were very surprised at how much we knew, and were very supportive of the work that we are doing.