Team:Thessaloniki/Human Practices
Integrated Human Practices
From the very beginning of our iGEM journey, to get the best out of our work, we engaged with experts and potential users on the industry, to gain feedback and improve our work. This included professionals with backgrounds such as synthetic biology, computer sciences, academia, education, and industry. This page aims to showcase the integration of this feedback into the various aspects of our project.
Read moreEducation and Public Engagement
Education and Public engagement describe the myriad of ways in which the activity and benefits of higher education and research can be shared with the public. Engagement is by definition a two-way process, involving interaction and listening, to generate mutual benefit. For the above to occur, our team went off the lab and participated in a variety of different activities. Our goal was to encourage society to reach the University, learn more about Synthetic Biology and fill the gap between higher education and community once and for all.
Read moreOutreach
In this section, we describe in detail every appearance of our team in local newspapers, national newscasts and more. Through these channels and social media, we aimed to inform the public about the potential synthetic biology applications and provide them with enough information to evaluate the possible hazards of an innovation. Our goal was to familiarize the local community with Synthetic Biology and iGEM competition. We are pleased to report that we were more than welcomed from the society and furthermore we were invited to additional outreach events following the Giant Jamboree.
Read moreDesmos Protocol
Our Human Practices work for this year has come in a full circle with the development of DESMOS protocol. Concisely, the DESMOS framework is a fully developed problem solving and characterizing method. Solving problems regarding the development of a project, iGEM or any other, from project design and modeling our work to fundraising and presenting the proposed work to the public, is crucial for the outcome. This year we developed our whole project implementing PESTLE analysis in our decision making and problem-solving techniques. For an analytical, step-by-step explanation of the protocol, click here.
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