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<p>With the purpose of the iGEM CIDEB Team divulgation inside our high school, we prepared DNA Week. If we want everyone to know more about iGEM and that our high school is participating, we must start inside the institution. Even though CIDEB had been active for two years before us, many students still do not know what it is about. People know about trends, programs, artists, a new song or video game before it is published, but if you ask for science, very few people know something about it, and even less about synthetic biology. We have a vision of having people concerned about science, about synthetic biology, about iGEM, and we are going to reach it.</p>
 
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<p>Even though iGEM has been in our high school since 2012, most students still did not know what it is about. We have as a goal that future generations inside CIDEB show more interest and curiosity towards biology, and as a consequence, towards iGEM. </p>
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<p>We, as a team, consider important that if we want everybody to know what iGEM is and that our high school is involved in it, the starting point must be inside our own institution.</p>
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<p>With the purpose of spreading iGEM and our project, and taking advantage of the international DNA Day (April 25th), we organized the DNA Week.</p>
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<p>Our DNA Week consisted of a series of presentations and activities, which were given to all groups of the generation that have a chance to be part of the next iGEM CIDEB team. We asked permission to 3 different biology teachers, and we organized the dates and hours in a 4-day schedule, in May 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th. We did a PowerPoint presentation with information about iGEM and our project. We also performed two activities referring to synthetic biology and to our project between the information given, with the purpose of keeping the audience interested in what we were talking about.</p>
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  mso-border-top-themetint:153;mso-border-alt:solid #C2D69B .5pt;mso-border-themecolor:
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   normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>IGEM in our high school<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-yfti-cnfc:4'><b><span lang=EN-US
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   style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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  font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#17365D;mso-themecolor:
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  text2;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>CIDEB 2014’s project</span></b><b><span
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  lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
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   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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   normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>CIDEB_UANL had been
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   115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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  participating in IGEM the last 2 years, obtaining the 3<sup>rd</sup> place in
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  line-height:115%;font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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  both.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  EN-US'>E.CARU consists in 4 modules:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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   normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>CIDEB 2014 project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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   115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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   </td>
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  <td width=299 valign=top style='width:224.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:
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  EN-US'>- The capture of Na<sup>+ </sup>ions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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   115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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   mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
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   line-height:115%;font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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  EN-US'>- The productions of an aroma (Wintergreen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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   115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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  line-height:115%;font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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   normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>E.CARU consists in 4 modules of
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   115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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  Capture of Na<sup>+</sup>, Aroma of Wintergreen, <span class=GramE>Resistance</span>
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  line-height:115%;font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
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  to different environments and Union to silica pearls. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  EN-US'>- Binding to silica pearls. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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   text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-yfti-cnfc:68'><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
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   PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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   mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br>
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<p>Results:</p>
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  color:#17365D;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>LET’S
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<p>We reached our objective. During the explanation, the students seemed surprised about the iGEM competition and the importance of our project.  While listening to us and performing the games, the students have become closer to the team members asking more about how are we doing our project, what should they do if they want to participate, what do we do in each one of our teams (math, human practices, safety, etc.), they were even asking us about the posters that were pasted around the high school. They have shown a lot of interest. Even teachers who looked at us came closer to know about whom we were and how do we work.</p>
+
   PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p>The response given by the students of curiosity participation and interest is very important to us, because it makes us know we did reached our objective by encouraging and diffusing science. Because we are awaking their scientific interest and their enthusiasm to do something related to it. What the last year was a project known by only few students, today is an expectation for the next semester. And it is even better because some of them are the new iGEM CIDEB generation; the possibilities of gaining people who deserve to be part of the team have increased, because they are informed, they like it, and since now, they expect to approach it.<p>
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   text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
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  font-family:Oxygen;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The
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   text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
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   text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-yfti-cnfc:68'><b><span lang=EN-US
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  <v:imagedata src="DNA%20WEEK%20(con%20correcciones)_archivos/image002.jpg"
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  us, for them to understand better what synthetic biology is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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   text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-yfti-cnfc:68'><b><span lang=EN-US
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   text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-yfti-cnfc:68'><span class=GramE><b><span
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<p><b><h2>Impact</h2></b></p>
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<td style="padding-left:12px;"> <p>We achieved our objective. During the explanation, the students appeared
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surprised and interested about the IGEM competition and our project.
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The response given by the rest of the students, of curiosity and participation, is
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a very important approach because we awoke their scientific interest and their
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enthusiasm to do something related to it. By listening to us and playing the games, students came closer to the
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team members asking more about how we were doing our project, what should
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they do if they want to participate, what do we do in each one of our sub-teams
 +
(math model, human practices, safety, and other), and they were even asking us about
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the posters we placed around the school. They showed a lot of interest.
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Even teachers approached the team to know about our work.</p>
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<p align: justify>While
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the last year’s project was only known by a few students, this year is a
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completely different situation. Now, thanks to activities like this, most of
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the students at CIDEB know about <span class=SpellE>iGEM</span>. This is a good
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thing because some of them will form the new <span class=SpellE>iGEM</span>
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CIDEB generation next year, and the possibilities of gaining members who are
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really interested has increased.</p>
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<center><p><b>Image 2.</b> Student learning about our project</p></center>
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iGEM CIDEB 2014 - Project

DNA Week

Objective and Description

Even though iGEM has been in our high school since 2012, most students still did not know what it is about. We have as a goal that future generations inside CIDEB show more interest and curiosity towards biology, and as a consequence, towards iGEM.

We, as a team, consider important that if we want everybody to know what iGEM is and that our high school is involved in it, the starting point must be inside our own institution.

With the purpose of spreading iGEM and our project, and taking advantage of the international DNA Day (April 25th), we organized the DNA Week.


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Image 1. Students listening and participating in the presentations.


Our DNA Week consisted of a series of presentations and activities, which were given to all groups of the generation that have a chance to be part of the next iGEM CIDEB team. We asked permission to 3 different biology teachers, and we organized the dates and hours in a 4-day schedule, in May 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th. We did a PowerPoint presentation with information about iGEM and our project. We also performed two activities referring to synthetic biology and to our project between the information given, with the purpose of keeping the audience interested in what we were talking about.


THE PRESENTATION CONSISTED ON:

What is iGEM?

A general explanation of the iGEM competition.

What is synthetic biology?

The creation of biological machines in order to give new features to organisms.

Talking about DNA

A brief explanation of DNA and genes, which make every organism different from each other.

 

GAME TIME

The first game represented the insertion of modified plasmids to the bacteria.

They used toy guns to shoot the different plasmids into three different bacteria,

taking into account the difference between red, green, and yellow fluorescence proteins in each bacteria.

 

IGEM in our high school

CIDEB_UANL has participated in the iGEM competition for the last 2 years, obtaining the 3rd place in each one.

CIDEB 2014’s project

E.CARU consists in 4 modules:

- The capture of Na+ ions

- The productions of an aroma (Wintergreen)

- Resistance to different environmental conditions

- Binding to silica pearls.


LET’S PLAY

The last game consisted of a bacteria which two students had to transform

into E.CARU, placing in it the characteristics that make it unique:

muscles of resistance, a drawn silica pearl representing the binding

of the bacteria, leaves of aroma and sodium ions (Na+), which represented the capture module.

 


Impact

We achieved our objective. During the explanation, the students appeared surprised and interested about the IGEM competition and our project. The response given by the rest of the students, of curiosity and participation, is a very important approach because we awoke their scientific interest and their enthusiasm to do something related to it. By listening to us and playing the games, students came closer to the team members asking more about how we were doing our project, what should they do if they want to participate, what do we do in each one of our sub-teams (math model, human practices, safety, and other), and they were even asking us about the posters we placed around the school. They showed a lot of interest. Even teachers approached the team to know about our work.

While the last year’s project was only known by a few students, this year is a completely different situation. Now, thanks to activities like this, most of the students at CIDEB know about iGEM. This is a good thing because some of them will form the new iGEM CIDEB generation next year, and the possibilities of gaining members who are really interested has increased.

 IMG_0317

Image 2. Student learning about our project
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