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2. post an enormous sign offering everyone “Free DNA!”.</p> | 2. post an enormous sign offering everyone “Free DNA!”.</p> | ||
<p class="BodyText"> Inspired by projects from the DIYbio community, our team offered a basic biology experiment to patrons of the Farmer's Market. Visitors to our table were invited to extract DNA from strawberries using store bought products available in every household. Young children, in particular, enjoyed the cookies, while parents, grandparents and others enjoyed the opportunity to ask us questions about iGEM, the chemical reactions of our experiment, GMOs, science, education, and more. A highly diverse group of people visited our stall, including middle school teachers, postgraduate researchers, kindergarteners, market vendors, and at least one very curious homeless person. The questions they asked often surprised us; we had not expected to field questions ra<span class="BodyText">nging from the most basic to highly specialized all within the same day. The messages we conveyed to our visitors were simple:</span></p> | <p class="BodyText"> Inspired by projects from the DIYbio community, our team offered a basic biology experiment to patrons of the Farmer's Market. Visitors to our table were invited to extract DNA from strawberries using store bought products available in every household. Young children, in particular, enjoyed the cookies, while parents, grandparents and others enjoyed the opportunity to ask us questions about iGEM, the chemical reactions of our experiment, GMOs, science, education, and more. A highly diverse group of people visited our stall, including middle school teachers, postgraduate researchers, kindergarteners, market vendors, and at least one very curious homeless person. The questions they asked often surprised us; we had not expected to field questions ra<span class="BodyText">nging from the most basic to highly specialized all within the same day. The messages we conveyed to our visitors were simple:</span></p> | ||
- | <p class="BodyText"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/ | + | <p class="BodyText"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/4/4a/HPPic2.png" width="275" height="317" align="left" />1. Science and engineering are not solely the domain of professionals, but can be pursued in everyday life.<br /> |
2. Synthetic biology, an emerging discipline that integrates many fields of science, engineering, and information technology, asks important questions and offers unique, exciting opportunities for invention and creativity. <br /> | 2. Synthetic biology, an emerging discipline that integrates many fields of science, engineering, and information technology, asks important questions and offers unique, exciting opportunities for invention and creativity. <br /> | ||
3. iGEM is an example of young people who are inspired and driven to innovate.</p> | 3. iGEM is an example of young people who are inspired and driven to innovate.</p> |
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