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         <center>For the human practices section of our project, we shared our enthusiasm for synthetic biology with our community. There is an annual festival of light and art, called Illuminarium, to celebrate the springtime. We educated students at Illuminarium by presenting a transformation using the E.Chromi kit. We included the  pGRN (a green pigment-producing plasmid) and pPRL (a purple pigment-producing plasmid) plasmids to transform the E.Coli and presented two plates with the two transformations. We explained the process of transformations and the goals of synthetic biology. We also informed the community of our project through posters and conversation. Many students had never heard of iGEM or synthetic biology, and their enthusiasm after speaking with us was apparent. </center>
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         <center>For the human practices section of our project, we shared our enthusiasm for synthetic biology with our community. There is an annual festival of light and art, called Illuminarium, to celebrate the springtime. We educated students at Illuminarium by presenting a transformation using the E.Chromi kit. We included the  pGRN (a green pigment-producing plasmid) and pPRL (a purple pigment-producing plasmid) plasmids to transform the E.Coli and presented two plates with the two transformations. We explained the process of transformations and the goals of synthetic biology. We also informed the community of our project through posters and conversation. Many students had never heard of iGEM or synthetic biology, and their enthusiasm after speaking with us was apparent. <p><p>
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Originally, we had planned to do labs with middle schoolers in the area since middle school is typically the time when people learn about base pairs and DNA. We thought that showing them what one can do with science and biology would be a helpful way to contribute to the public and plant seeds in young minds. Since synthetic biology is a new technology and will be integral knowledge in the future, children should have more exposure to it. However, the schools that we contacted were participating in and practicing for the MCAS tests, and we were unable to adjust their schedules to have us in their classrooms. In the next year, we hope to share our ideas and passions with the greater community and help expose more people to synthetic biology.
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For the human practices section of our project, we shared our enthusiasm for synthetic biology with our community. There is an annual festival of light and art, called Illuminarium, to celebrate the springtime. We educated students at Illuminarium by presenting a transformation using the E.Chromi kit. We included the pGRN (a green pigment-producing plasmid) and pPRL (a purple pigment-producing plasmid) plasmids to transform the E.Coli and presented two plates with the two transformations. We explained the process of transformations and the goals of synthetic biology. We also informed the community of our project through posters and conversation. Many students had never heard of iGEM or synthetic biology, and their enthusiasm after speaking with us was apparent.

Future:

Originally, we had planned to do labs with middle schoolers in the area since middle school is typically the time when people learn about base pairs and DNA. We thought that showing them what one can do with science and biology would be a helpful way to contribute to the public and plant seeds in young minds. Since synthetic biology is a new technology and will be integral knowledge in the future, children should have more exposure to it. However, the schools that we contacted were participating in and practicing for the MCAS tests, and we were unable to adjust their schedules to have us in their classrooms. In the next year, we hope to share our ideas and passions with the greater community and help expose more people to synthetic biology.