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− | March for science
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| + | P U B L I C   E N G A G E M E N T |
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− | Frankfurt May the 4th 2019
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− | Without exaggeration, we as human society are currently on a slippery slope towards alt-facts society. In the dire time of climate change,
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− | where strong data-based leadership are needed, we see many country leaders show the opposite of what is needed. They bend, ignore, and, even
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− | worse, sabotage facts and effort to face inconvenient truths. These leaders unfortunately are currently established thanks to the backing by
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− | significant part of uninformed public. This feeds a perpetual cycle where government starts undermining their own scientific departments and
| + | <h1 class="title">Hessian Day</h1> |
− | as consequences public will distrust scientific research and progress. All of this happen simply because of the inconveniences meaningful and
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− | verified results create. We as fledging scientists at iGEM Marburg feel the need to express our opposition against this destructive behavior.
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− | Origin of the march of science and Marburg’s involvement | + | src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/d/da/T--Marburg--_Sensei-Burgis.jpeg" alt="Placeholder image"> |
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− | The March for Science is a protest march started in 2017 in Washington D.C. against the suppression of science and research. More than one
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− | million people participated in the first march 2017 that took place in cities all over the world. We at iGEM Marburg have joined this
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− | coalition and in 2019 we continue this tradition by joining 200 other people in Frankfurt edition of the march on 4th of May 2019. The
| + | Fig.1 - (Left) Our team member Michael explains how the pH value of chemicals can be easily determined |
− | importance of this movement is further justified with opening speech from Angela Dorn, minister of art and science of Hessian state.
| + | using red |
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| + | cabbage juice. (Right) Willi Weitzel successfully extracted DNA out of pepper. |
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− | Why we do it and the impact of our action
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| + | For this year’s Hessentag we went to Bad Hersfeld to represent our iGEM project and the SYNMIKRO of the |
− | We understand as an iGEM team that our present and future work will help shaping society. Thus, we always constantly consider whether our
| + | Philipps-University of Marburg. 862.000 people joined the Hessentag 2019. This makes the Hessentag to the |
− | projects are responsible and good for the world. The science march presents not only a chance to solidify our stance against post-truthism,
| + | biggest event in Hessen where many different topics are represented, like art, music, sports, animal |
− | but also an opportunity to engage with general public about our research and iGEM. Our team members got into conversation about iGEM and
| + | welfare, |
− | potential application of genetic engineering with other fellow marchers; exchanging about concerns and considerations with them. This has
| + | nature or science. Under the motto <b>„Hessen schafft Wissen“</b> (eng.: Hesse creates knowledge), we |
− | helped us | + | introduced |
− | creating a project that is responsible and good for the world. | + | young researchers and other interested people to scientific experiments and the basics of (Synthetic) |
− | </p> | + | Biology. |
− | </div> | + | This project was supported by LOEWE, the state research field of Hesse.</p> |
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| + | We taught how to read the genetic code, how to do microscopy, had a little puzzle to solve, showed pH |
| + | indication at the example of red cabbage and extracted DNA out of pepper.<br> |
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| + | <p style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 1em;"> |
| + | On the first day we shared our area with an informatic-engineering group of Darmstadt. Luckily on the |
| + | second |
| + | day we had the stage for ourselves. Due to the great weather a huge amount of people stopped at our |
| + | location to |
| + | listen attentively to the molecular background of our experiments.<br> |
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| + | Also on the second day, the very famous presenter Willi Weitzel from Germany's TV show „Willi wills |
| + | wissen“ |
| + | visited our booth and extracted the DNA out of pepper, successfully.<br> |
| + | We gained great feedback not only from the kids but also from their parents who looked sometimes more |
| + | amazed |
| + | than their children. On the Hessentag we laid the foundation for the upcoming generation of synthetic |
| + | biologists.<br> |
| + | Many thanks to Tanja Desch who organized the booth for us including all that’s part of it.</p><br> |
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| + | </article> |
| + | <hr> |
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| + | <h1 class="title">March 4 Science</h1> |
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| + | <p style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 1em;"> |
| + | <figure style="float:right; margin-left: 25px"> |
| + | <img style="height: 350px; width: 500px; transform: rotateZ(180deg);" |
| + | src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/e/ed/T--Marburg--marchofscience1.jpeg" alt="march 4 science"> |
| + | <figcaption style="max-width: 400px">Fig.2 - Annsophie and Wihan participating in the march 4 science in |
| + | Frankfurt.</figcaption> |
| + | </figure> |
| + | <p style="text-align: align="justify; margin-bottom: 1em;"> |
| + | <b>Origin of the march and Marburg's involvement</b><br> |
| + | The march for Science is a protest march started in 2017 in Washington D.C. to stress the importance of |
| + | science in society. More than one million people participated in the first march that took place in 2017 |
| + | in cities all over the world.<br> |
| + | We at iGEM Marburg have joined this coalition and in 2019 we continued this tradition by joining 200 other |
| + | people in Frankfurt’s edition of the march on 4th May 2019. The importance of this movement was further |
| + | stressed with an opening speech from Angela Dorn-Rancke, minister of art and science of the hessian state. |
| + | <br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | <b>Why we do it and the impact of our action</b><br> |
| + | We as an iGEM team understand that our present and future work will help shaping society. Thus, we always |
| + | consider whether our projects are responsible and good for the world. The science march not only presents |
| + | a chance to show solidarity with good scientific practice but also an opportunity to engage with the |
| + | general public about our research and iGEM. Our team members got involved in conversations about iGEM and |
| + | potential applications of genetic engineering with other fellow marchers. Through this we could listen to |
| + | their thoughts and concerns and discuss possible solutions with them. It is our conviction that only |
| + | through continuous exchanges with the general public scientists can make an impactful project for a better |
| + | world. |
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| + | </article> |
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| + | src=https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/9/97/T--marburg--Mayor4.jpeg alt="Gruppenbild mit Major"> |
| + | <img style="height: 275px; width:450px" src=https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2019/f/f5/T--marburg--Mayor3.jpeg |
| + | alt="Diskussion"> |
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| + | Fig.3 - (Top) Group photo of our team with mayor Thomas Spies (sixth from the right) in front of the town |
| + | hall. (Bottom) Discussion with mayor Dr. Thomas Spies (left-hand side). |
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| + | <h1 class="title">Mayor Meeting</h1> |
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| + | <b>Meeting with the mayor of Marburg to talk about the future of iGEM</b> |
| + | <p> On 17th July 2019 our team visited the town hall on invitation of mayor Dr. Thomas Spies. |
| + | We presented our project for this year’s iGEM competition and discussed about establishing |
| + | the iGEM project in Marburg, which becomes an inherent part of the University of Marburg. |
| + | The mayor’s reaction to our project was really excited and willingly to support our project. |
| + | </p> |
| + | <p style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 1em;"> We talked about how the iGEM project can be supported |
| + | financially in the long term. We discussed how |
| + | much is |
| + | needed for a year of iGEM including the laboratory and competition costs. The city Marburg and district |
| + | Biedenkopf would support us financially. Furthermore, they would help us with a donations circle, where |
| + | the |
| + | future iGEM Teams could raise money with sponsoring partners, who would like to support the project for |
| + | long-term. There are many scientific companies in Marburg, so it would be great to collaborate with them |
| + | for |
| + | long term. Another point in the meeting was the founding of a society, which will make it easier for the |
| + | iGEM |
| + | Teams with sponsoring and the debureaucratization. The city will also help us with this project and the |
| + | lawyer |
| + | from the city would aid us with the foundation of the charter. An important point about the future |
| + | planning are |
| + | interiors, that can be used from the iGEM Teams for long-term. This would be a group room for the iGEM |
| + | teams, |
| + | where we can work and have meetings, a storage room for the labware and devices and an open lab where the |
| + | iGEM |
| + | team can do their research on the project.<br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | Additionally, we talked about an annual meeting at the |
| + | end of a year where the iGEM teams can summarize |
| + | their |
| + | project and present it to the publicity and make some advertisement for the future teams. The mayor thinks |
| + | it’s |
| + | really important to bring our project and Synbio to publicity and the region in the heart of germany, and |
| + | also |
| + | offered us his help with the press. Despite there is a lot to do in the future we made the first step to |
| + | establish iGEM in our town and are looking for a bright future for the upcoming iGEM teams. |
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| + | </p> |
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| + | </article> |
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| + | <h1 class="title">Press Releases</h1> |
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| + | <b>Advertising iGEM and our project in press</b><br>During this iGEM year we used several opportunities to present our project with its goals |
| + | and iGEM itself. Therefore, our corporate partners published articles to appreciate and |
| + | highlight the importance of standardization and working with phototrophic organisms.<br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | <b>Emphasizing our project on Eurofins</b><br> |
| + | With Eurofins as an important partner of the laboratories in the MPI, they were very interested in our |
| + | project. |
| + | Together with Dr. Andreas Ebertz we wrote an <a |
| + | href="https://www.genomics-expert.com/2019-the-new-green-revolution-igem-marburg-develops-the-fastest-growing-phototrophic-model-organism/" target="_blank">article</a> |
| + | about our project, targets and iGEM itself. This article was then published on the Eurofins website. |
| + | Thereby, we paved the way for future collaborations with Eurofins. We are very thankful for this support |
| + | and |
| + | hope to enjoy upcoming cooperations.<br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | <b>Writing a blog post for Promega</b><br> |
| + | We had a very cordial relationship to Promega this year. Margarethe Schwarz, the area manager of sales in |
| + | our |
| + | region, approached us in the beginning of the year to learn more about our project. She was very excited |
| + | to |
| + | hear about our plasmid purification project and offered us generous support, this eventually evolved into |
| + | the |
| + | biggest corporal collaboration for us. We had the chance to post on the <a href="https://www.promegaconnections.com/it-takes-a-village-automating-plasmid-purification-for-igem/" target="_blank">official blog</a> and decided to tell our |
| + | story of how we refined the plasmid purification, with all its ups and downs. We also had the chance to |
| + | take |
| + | over Promegas Instagram account for a week so we could advertise our collaboration to other Promega |
| + | partners.<br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | <b>Meeting with the administrator of the local chamber of commerce and engineering</b><br> |
| + | We met with Oskar Edelmann, the administrator of the IHK (Industrie und Handelskammer Kassel-Marburg) to |
| + | get |
| + | a better foothold in local businesses. He was very interested in listening to an outline of our project |
| + | and |
| + | had great ideas for how to better include iGEM into the local business networks. We can’t thank |
| + | him |
| + | enough for his thoughts about and advice for our sponsoring and advertising strategy.<br> |
| + | <br> |
| + | <b>Interview with Michael Lange from Deutschlandfunk</b><br> |
| + | Before our panel discussion we gave a short interview to Michael Lange from Deutschlandfunk who acted as |
| + | our |
| + | presenter as well. He regularly reports about the iGEM competition after the Giant Jamboree, so will he do |
| + | this year. In November the winning team was announced together with their project. At that time, our |
| + | <a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/synthetische-biologie-wie-cyanobakterien-aus-sonnenlicht.676.de.html?dram:article_id=462031" target="_blank">interview</a> |
| + | was published as well. |
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