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Workshop on Synthic Biology

To give the general public the a glimmer of our iGEM experience and we developed a workshop where they can feel like a real scientist and go into battle with oil pollution at sea by making their own BioBrick. To give our self developed workshop we visited the Science Day for Teachers and at the Science Day for Kids. The goal is to inspire and fascinate teachers and in science interested people for the challenging opportunities that science and technology can offer.

What do we do at the workshop?

This workshop consisted out of two parts. In the first part, every participant will feel like a real scientist. They get the opportinuty to join our team and built their own BioBrick for oil degredation. But before we let them tinker with DNA pars, we give a short introduction into the building blocks of life. Then they have to roll up their sleeves! Participants are provided with a Parts Registry and a modular of parts in the form of cards. In this way, they were challenged to think about how the various parts have to be combined.

But how promising is Synthetic Biology?

The second part of the workshop is all about discussion. It is the opinion of the audience that counts! Some propositions are put forward.

Synthetic biology is too good to ignore, or its just a hype? with propositions do you agree with. Different opion will lead to interesting discussions.

A firm discussion on the regulation of synthetic biology was born. According to most, the application of this science should not only be in the hands of commerce. On the other hand, it was suggested that is not a good idea to only let the society decide on its fate. Fear of the unknown is a major challenge for many people. By being afraid of what may or may not happen, people may eliminate new science.

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 ==Workshop on Synthic Biology==
 To give the general public the a glimmer of our iGEM experience and we developed a workshop where they can feel like a real scientist and go into battle with oil pollution at sea by making their own BioBrick.
-To give our self developed workshop we visited the [http://www.wtacademie.nl/ Science Day for Teachers] and at the [http://www.delft.nl/content.jsp?objectid=51425 Science Day for Kids].
+To give our self developed workshop we visited the [http://www.wtacademie.nl/ Science Day for Teachers] and at the [http://www.delft.nl/content.jsp?objectid=51425 Science Day for Kids]. The goal is to inspire and fascinate teachers and in science interested people for the challenging opportunities that science and technology can offer.
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 What do we do at the workshop?
-Every participant will feel like a scientist. But before we let them tinker with DNA pars, we give a short introduction into the building blocks of life. Then you have to roll up your sleeves! Make the right bricks for your bug by using the right parts from the registry.
+This workshop consisted out of two parts. In the first part, every participant will feel like a real scientist. They get the opportinuty to join our team and built their own BioBrick for oil degredation. But before we let them tinker with DNA pars, we give a short introduction into the building blocks of life. Then they have to roll up their sleeves! Participants are provided with a Parts Registry and a modular of parts in the form of cards. In this way, they were challenged to think about how the various parts have to be combined.
 But how promising is Synthetic Biology?
-The second part of the workshop is all about the opinion of the participant. Some propositions are put forward. Synthetic biology is too good to ignore, or its just a hype? with propositions do you agree with. Different opion will lead to interesting discussions.
+The second part of the workshop is all about discussion. It is the opinion of the audience that counts! Some propositions are put forward.
+Synthetic biology is too good to ignore, or its just a hype? with propositions do you agree with. Different opion will lead to interesting discussions.
+A firm discussion on the regulation of synthetic biology was born. According to most, the application of this science should not only be in the hands of commerce. On the other hand, it was suggested that is not a good idea to only let the society decide on its fate. Fear of the unknown is a major challenge for many people. By being afraid of what may or may not happen, people may eliminate new science.