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                    <p class="lead">Innovative educational tools and public engagement activities have the ability to discuss the
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                        science behind
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                        synthetic biology, spark new scientific curiosity and establish a public dialogue about
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                        synthetic biology from
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                        voices and views outside the lab.</p>
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                    <h2> Sebiotec 2018 </h2>
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                    <p>The community of bioengineering students of SEBIOTEC carried out an event where representatives
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                        of all
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                        Tecnológico de Monterrey campuses attended. The main purpose of this event was to discuss
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                        topics of interest.
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                        Furthermore, these undergraduates wanted to improve an accurate communication between all the
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                        bioengineering
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                        students. TecCEM team took presence at this event showcasing the main goals of iGEM, as well as
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                        the primary
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                        objectives of the competition. A brief outline of the project showed our aim and aspirations
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                        for the project
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                        also we offered a work plan design indicating our ambitions for it. Furthermore, the value of
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                        hosting the Latin
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                        American Meet Up with all the other teams was highlighted. Contact information was provided to
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                        better the
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                        communication between the scientific mexican community that form part of the Monterrey
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                        Institute of Technology
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                        and Higher Education student body: Tec-Chihuahua, Tec-Monterrey y TecMonterrey_GDL; we also
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                        explained to
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                        non-iGEMers how the competition worked and how to kickstart their teams so they can join next
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                        year. </p>
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                    <h2> Freshmen iGEM introduction </h2>
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                    <p>We had a conference with 1st semester students of Biotechnology Engineering of our school,
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                        Tecnológico de
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                        Monterrey Campus Estado de México. Our goal was to explain them what is iGEM, so they would be
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                        even more
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                        interested in synthetic biology and that in some future decide to join this great iGEM
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                        community. We gave them
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                        the whole panorama of what is required to participate in the competition. Another thing we
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                        explaining the basis of our project "Tec Tissue" was to raise awareness about the problem we
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                        are facing through
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                        and with this they would be more interested in these lines of research. At the end of the
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                        conference the
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                        students were really interested IN participating in the next iGEM competitions and to learn
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                        more about our
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                        project.
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                    <h2>UNIVERSUM</h2>
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                    <p> Day one: Mexico has a deficit in science, the government only invests 1% of the GDP in this
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                        public has a keen interest for new technologies and the improvement of synthetic biology and
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                        this was an
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                        excellent opportunity for us to inspire the desire to learn and move towards action.
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                        On Saturday, July 21st we made a visit to the science museum “Universum” with the interest of
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                        approaching kids
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                        and the general public in order to teach them about the basics of synthetic biology with a
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                        little workshop that
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                        included fun activities and dynamics where everyone could participate. Most of the kids whose
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                        peaked by our workshop. We welcomed with a brief explanation of molecular biology. The kids
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                        enthusiasm and proceeded to do the activities we prepared for them. While the kids were playing
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                        and learning
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                        with the activities, we took a quick survey with the parents or relatives asking some questions
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                        regarding their
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                        take on burns, prevention, and treatment. The activities made in our workshop the first day
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                        consisted of
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                        teaching the kids about plasmids and bacterias with a brief introduction of how they work
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                        without making it too
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                        difficult for them. For the next day the activities that took place consisted in more didactic
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                        exercises to
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                        learn about biology and the structure of major skin cells.
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                        Day two: FALTA EL LINK DEL VIDEO </p>
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                    <h2>Innovation week "Entrepreneur challenge"</h2>
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                    <p>The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education promotes innovation among its
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                        students by challenging
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                        them to solve different issues from the real world. With this purpose, first semester students
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                        have to raise
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                        funds in one week and donate them to finance the development of projects born within the same
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                        institution. From
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                        September 24th to 28th we had the opportunity to present our project not only with students of
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                        the biological
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                        sector but all the careers offered in the Campus. However, we were not the only team
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                        participating for the
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                        donations, Tec Tissue was competing with several other projects for the funds and the
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                        recognition of the
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                        institution to participate in the most important event of The Monterrey Institute of Technology
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                        and Higher
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                        Education, the IncMonterrey, (Innovate-Network-Create), we're teams from all Monterrey
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                        Institute compete in one
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                        week to be the most innovative entrepreneur project of the year, were the first price is 1
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                        million pesos to
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                        build up an entrepreneur. And we have the amazing surprise to be one of the project with most
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                        support and to be
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                        selected to go to this event in November. </p>
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                    <h2>Interview for "CONECTA"</h2>
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                    <p>The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education publishes each month the best news
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                        official website regarding the outstanding stories of academic achievements of students. For
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                        the May edition,
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                        we were interviewed by Mariana Perales, the communication specialist of the institution. She
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                        wrote a note based
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                        on the interview, in which both parts addressed several aspects of the competition and the
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                        performance of the
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                        team throughout the development of the project. Since we represent the only Mexican University
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                        that
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                        participates in the competition, the note was embraced with pride by the community and the
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                        Thanks to this interview, we were able to share and spread our project with more than the
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                        14,000 followers of
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                        the Facebook page. The following note can be find in the next link:
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                        <a class="text-human-practices" href="https://tec.mx/es/noticias/estado-de-mexico/salud/tectissue-busca-revolucionar-el-proceso-de-cicatrizacion">TecTissue
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                            CONECTA</a>
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                     <h2>Sol of Mexico Newsletter publication</h2>
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                        all around the world. Keeping this aim in mind, we decided to analyze some of the issues that
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                        faces. After brainstorming and trying to identify the most relevant aspects of each proposal,
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                        that burn injuries, representing the third cause of infant mortality in Mexico, was an issue
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                         project could be the future in treatment in burns and how is going to compete in the
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                         iGEM. The notice can be read in the following link:
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                         <a href="https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/doble-via/alumnos-del-tec-buscan-solucion-a-quemaduras-1973329.html"
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                        complexity of the concern lies in the complications it causes not only for the victim but for
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                        the risk of infection, complications, physical and psychological aftermath, cost of treatment,
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                        Looking back to the first moments of TecTissue, we can tell that the project has evolved thanks
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                        short, they made us understand that Tec Tissue was no longer a project for a competition but
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                        thousands of people who believe in us.</p>
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                            <p>We attended a lecture about the applications of novel polymers in skin regeneration,
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                                Leyva Gómez, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry by the UNAM and with experience in the field
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                                of it. It made us realize about key factors such as pore size, applications of
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                                This conference helped us to completely create a notion about the necessary parameters
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                            <p>The objective of our project is to aid people that have suffered from burn injuries and
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                                during
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                                the process,
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                                doctors have helped us with the understanding of the medicine involved. That's why we
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                                visited
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                                the physician
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                                Ph.D. Fernando Osobampo, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who treats burned people
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                                in the
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                                Traumatology and
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                                Orthopedics Hospital and also Ph.D. Pablo Rodriguez Ferreyra, which is in charge of
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                                Burnings
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                                Unit of General
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                                Hospital of Toluca. We presented them our project and got some feedback with the
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                                purpose of
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                                improving it. Being
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                                plastic surgeons have given them an up-close approach. They know about the pain that
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                                patients
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                                experience during
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                                his healing process. With this in mind, they gave us some advice on the best
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                                application
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                                method, focusing on
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                                the growth factor concentration to induce the correct proliferation and the way of
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                                administration.
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                                They informed us about the main problems in patients besides the pain. One is that the
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                                treatment is very
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                                expensive due that recovery requires a lot of care, time and materials, this situation
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                                often
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                                gets worse and way
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                                more expensive because of the lack of knowledge of the nurses attending the patients
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                                properly.
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                                Also, both
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                                doctors shared with us the statistics of the cost of treatment and duration.
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                                Additionally, they
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                                suggested
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                                focussing in just one kind of injury, in order to have better results.
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                                Finally, Ph.D. Osabampo & Ph.D. Pablo Rodríguez gave us his approval and congratulated
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                                us
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                                because of the impact
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                                this project could have on the life of the patients.
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                                Thanks to the meetings, we decided to focus on second-degree burns, reduce the leptin
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                                concentration and the way
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                                of administration to be topical.</p>
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                            <h2>Ph.D. Aurora Antonio Perez.</h2>
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                            <p>In synthetic biology, the expression and purification of recombinant proteins can be
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                                very
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                                complicated. The
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                                protocols used needed to be evaluated to get the best results possible. That is why we
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                                contacted Ph.D. Aurora
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                                Antonio Perez, a specialist in recombinant proteins and enzymes. She helped us with our
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                                problems and made us
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                                change several protocols and then we succeed in obtaining the results we wanted. </p>
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                    <div class="row" id="meetup">
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                        <div class="col">
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                            <h2>iGEM Meet-Up Latin America</h2>
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                            <p>This activity can be seen on the collaborations page. This event helped each assistant
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                                team to
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                                obtain feedback
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                                from experts to improve our projects. In our case, it made us define exactly the type
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                                of burn
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                                we wanted to
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                                treat and to reject some bad approaches we thought could solve the problem. </p>
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                    <div class="row" id="rinoq">
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                        <div class="col">
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                            <h2>Rino Q.</h2>
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                            <p>On July, 5th, and 6th, we had the opportunity to visit Rino-Q, which stands for
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                                “Integral Rescue
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                                of the Burnt
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                                Child” in Spanish. It is a foundation in charge of the overall rehabilitation of kids
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                                and
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                                adults who have
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                                suffered burns. We had to book a hotel since we come from the State of Mexico and
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                                traveled to
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                                San Luis Potosi.
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                                We arrived and got a brief tour of the facilities. After that, we had a meaningful
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                                conversation
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                                with the
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                                director of the foundation, Gerardo Manuel García Lozano and his wife, Beatriz Eugenia
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                                Hernández Contreras.
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                                They explained to us the complications of treating with burned people as well as the
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                                costs it
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                                implied. One of
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                                the most important aspects to consider when addressing the problem is the amount of
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                                time
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                                patients remain
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                                hospitalized due to their burns. This represents one of the main opportunities for our
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                                project.
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                                The next day we taught a group of kids who were part of the foundation about synthetic
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                                biology
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                                and prepared
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                                some activities to reinforce what they learned through games and interactive dynamics.
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                                In the
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                                end, we
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                                approached the parents and families of the kids so that they could talk about their
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                                experiences
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                                and
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                                testimonies. After the visit, we realized that, in addition to the statistics and
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                                technical
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                                information
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                                regarding burned people and their treatment, we have a moral commitment with the kids
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                                and
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                                society in general
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                                because we have the possibility and therefore the duty to help.</p>
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                            <h3 id="rinoqapp">Rino Q app:</h3>
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                            <p>As a token of our gratitude for the collaboration with the foundation Rino-Q, we
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                                designed and
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                                gave them an app
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                                that contains information regarding burn injuries in terms of prevention, treatment,
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                                and
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                                contact information
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                                for assistance in case of emergency, among others.
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                                We designed the app with an objective in mind: helping people in need. This app could
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                                generate
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                                a positive
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                                impact in Mexico since it gathers information from several resources and displays it in
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                                a brief
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                                understandable
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                                way. The interface is meant to be user-friendly, dynamic, interactive and fast in order
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                                to
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                                provide valuable and
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                                timely information or advice depending on the case. Additionally to the previously
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                                mentioned
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                                advantages, we
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                                count on the fact that being a digital format can enhance the diffusion of the
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                                preventive
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                                culture Mexicans
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                                need.
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                                The app represents and reinforces our commitment towards Rino Q, the kids, and all the
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                                people
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                                that inspire us
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                                to move forward despite the adversities and encourage us to give our best. We hope the
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                                app can
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                                help people and
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                                prevent burn injuries or diminish the damage they cause, which in the end, is our final
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                                aim.
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                    <div class="row" id="universum">
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                        <div class="col">
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                             <h2>UNIVERSUM</h2>
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                            <p>During two days we visited UNIVERSUM to help people get acquainted with the risks of
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                                burn
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                                mistreatment.
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                                Moreover, we collected data regarding the common conception of burn injury prevention.
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                                According to the survey
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                                data we compiled, one of the main issues in our country is the lack of prevention and
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                                the
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                                deficient design of
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                                public spaces in which fire or explosion risks are considerably high. Additionally, one
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                                of the
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                                most valuable
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                                activities was introducing people to the concept of biology as a tool to provide new
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                                treatment
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                                alternatives in
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                                different fields of medicine. The activities done can be found in public engagement
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Public Engagement

Innovative educational tools and public engagement activities have the ability to discuss the science behind synthetic biology, spark new scientific curiosity and establish a public dialogue about synthetic biology from voices and views outside the lab.

Gif Human Practices

Sebiotec 2018

The community of bioengineering students of SEBIOTEC carried out an event where representatives of all Tecnológico de Monterrey campuses attended. The main purpose of this event was to discuss topics of interest. Furthermore, these undergraduates wanted to improve an accurate communication between all the bioengineering students. TecCEM team took presence at this event showcasing the main goals of iGEM, as well as the primary objectives of the competition. A brief outline of the project showed our aim and aspirations for the project also we offered a work plan design indicating our ambitions for it. Furthermore, the value of hosting the Latin American Meet Up with all the other teams was highlighted. Contact information was provided to better the communication between the scientific mexican community that form part of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education student body: Tec-Chihuahua, Tec-Monterrey y TecMonterrey_GDL; we also explained to non-iGEMers how the competition worked and how to kickstart their teams so they can join next year.

Freshmen iGEM introduction

We had a conference with 1st semester students of Biotechnology Engineering of our school, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Estado de México. Our goal was to explain them what is iGEM, so they would be even more interested in synthetic biology and that in some future decide to join this great iGEM community. We gave them the whole panorama of what is required to participate in the competition. Another thing we achieved by explaining the basis of our project "Tec Tissue" was to raise awareness about the problem we are facing through and with this they would be more interested in these lines of research. At the end of the conference the students were really interested IN participating in the next iGEM competitions and to learn more about our project.

UNIVERSUM

Day one: Mexico has a deficit in science, the government only invests 1% of the GDP in this sector, but the public has a keen interest for new technologies and the improvement of synthetic biology and this was an excellent opportunity for us to inspire the desire to learn and move towards action. On Saturday, July 21st we made a visit to the science museum “Universum” with the interest of approaching kids and the general public in order to teach them about the basics of synthetic biology with a little workshop that included fun activities and dynamics where everyone could participate. Most of the kids whose interest was peaked by our workshop. We welcomed with a brief explanation of molecular biology. The kids really showed enthusiasm and proceeded to do the activities we prepared for them. While the kids were playing and learning with the activities, we took a quick survey with the parents or relatives asking some questions regarding their take on burns, prevention, and treatment. The activities made in our workshop the first day consisted of teaching the kids about plasmids and bacterias with a brief introduction of how they work without making it too difficult for them. For the next day the activities that took place consisted in more didactic exercises to learn about biology and the structure of major skin cells. Day two: FALTA EL LINK DEL VIDEO

Innovation week "Entrepreneur challenge"

The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education promotes innovation among its students by challenging them to solve different issues from the real world. With this purpose, first semester students have to raise funds in one week and donate them to finance the development of projects born within the same institution. From September 24th to 28th we had the opportunity to present our project not only with students of the biological sector but all the careers offered in the Campus. However, we were not the only team participating for the donations, Tec Tissue was competing with several other projects for the funds and the recognition of the institution to participate in the most important event of The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, the IncMonterrey, (Innovate-Network-Create), we're teams from all Monterrey Institute compete in one week to be the most innovative entrepreneur project of the year, were the first price is 1 million pesos to build up an entrepreneur. And we have the amazing surprise to be one of the project with most support and to be selected to go to this event in November.

Interview for "CONECTA"

The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education publishes each month the best news and updates on its official website regarding the outstanding stories of academic achievements of students. For the May edition, we were interviewed by Mariana Perales, the communication specialist of the institution. She wrote a note based on the interview, in which both parts addressed several aspects of the competition and the performance of the team throughout the development of the project. Since we represent the only Mexican University that participates in the competition, the note was embraced with pride by the community and the lectors of the site. Thanks to this interview, we were able to share and spread our project with more than the 14,000 followers of the Facebook page. The following note can be find in the next link: TecTissue CONECTA

Sol of Mexico Newsletter publication

The Sol of Mexico is one of the most popular newspaper in the country since 1965 and haves millions of lectors each year. And we have the amazing pleasure that they wanted to make a note about TecTissue, where we were interviewed by Alejandro Suarez, one of the principal journalist of the paper, in order to explain how our project could be the future in treatment in burns and how is going to compete in the international competition iGEM. The notice can be read in the following link: Interview Sol de Mexico