Team:TU Delft/Perception/Workshop on synthetic biology

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==Workshop on Synthic Biology==
==Workshop on Synthic Biology==

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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]. The goal is to inspire and fascinate teachers and in science interested people for the challenging opportunities that science and technology can offer.

Click here] for Part 1

Part 2 Perception

How promising is Synthetic Biology? The second part of the workshop is all about discussion. It is the opinion of the audience that counts!

With which proposition do you agree?

The following propositions are put forward:

'TU Delft Propositions.jpg




With which proposition do you agree? Vote here!

Pick your proposition
Synthetic biology is too beautiful to ignore
Self regulation by synthetic biologists is enough
Don't let only commercial interests, but also the society, decide about the application of synthetic
Who tries to take billions years of evolution of life into their own hands is acting like god
By engineering new life forms we exceed a moral boundary
A living machine that makes something useful and which is also able to replicate! Beautiful!
The technique goes beyond our understanding
  
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