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'''''9th - 15th August 2010'''''
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==Monday 26th July==
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This Thursday meeting took place at RIDS instead of the usual one. This was not just any Thursday. Today Dr. Jane Gregory would provide an insight into the iGEM ethics section where all the group members had to discuss any issues regarding the project, that would otherwise not have been mentioned. It was an opportunity to gain a more breadth & depth understanding of what is synthetic biology, but this time, not from a scientist perspective, but from a public point of view. Many aspects of the synthetic biology were discussed and a common route to communicate those messages to the general public was developed. It was an opportunity to discuss further ideas with Veronica, that came all the way from Brussels for this meeting, regarding our progress on the public engagement area.
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Dr Gregory started off the debate by asking us all to reveal something
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about ourselves that we had never previously disclosed. Much to our shock
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and surprise Ali confessed to being a keen fitness enthusiast. A real
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revelation. And we also have a champion kick-boxer in our midst!
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Many aspects of the synthetic biology were discussed and a common route to
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communicate those messages to the general public was developed. The summit
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was also an opportunity to discuss further ideas with Veronica, our team
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mate who has been tirelessly criss-crossing around Europe from Rome to
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Brussels to London in an effort to canvass European-wide opinions of
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synthetic biology from a range of general publics.
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Management
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Dr Gregory also provided valuable insight into our team's group dynamic
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and immediately identified that perhaps we were too reliant on our iGEM
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Instructors and could be more independent if we appointed a student team
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leader. We hope to implement some if not all of Dr Gregory's suggestions
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over the coming weeks, liaising closely with Veronika.
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[https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_6 '''Week 6''']
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[https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_8 '''Week 8''']
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[https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_1 '''1'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_2 '''2'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_3 '''3'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_4 '''4'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_5 '''5'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_6 '''6'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_7a '''7'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_8 '''8'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_9 '''9'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_10 '''10'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_11 '''11'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_12 '''12'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_13 '''13'''] [https://2010.igem.org/Team:UCL_London/Week_14 '''14''']
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 28 October 2010

UCL IGEM 2010

RETURN TO IGEM 2010

Ethics- Week 7

9th - 15th August 2010

UCL-ethicsworkshop.JPG

Ethics Dr. Jane Gregory provided us with a fascinating insight into the ethical dimension of synthetic biology as an emerging new science. Dr Gregory explained concepts such as how there are actually many 'general publics' and not simply one 'general public' as team members from science and engineering backgrounds we had been led to believe.

Dr Gregory started off the debate by asking us all to reveal something about ourselves that we had never previously disclosed. Much to our shock and surprise Ali confessed to being a keen fitness enthusiast. A real revelation. And we also have a champion kick-boxer in our midst!

Many aspects of the synthetic biology were discussed and a common route to communicate those messages to the general public was developed. The summit was also an opportunity to discuss further ideas with Veronica, our team mate who has been tirelessly criss-crossing around Europe from Rome to Brussels to London in an effort to canvass European-wide opinions of synthetic biology from a range of general publics.

Management Dr Gregory also provided valuable insight into our team's group dynamic and immediately identified that perhaps we were too reliant on our iGEM Instructors and could be more independent if we appointed a student team leader. We hope to implement some if not all of Dr Gregory's suggestions over the coming weeks, liaising closely with Veronika.

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