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      <p class="model">The general public and the scientific community both influenced our iGEM project, while it was our goal to create a benefit from our project for both groups. Learn about our Human Practice activities!</p>
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          <p class="modelt">After deciding to work with surface layer proteins at the beginning of this year’s iGEM competition, we started to collect experiences and feedback from experts. A presentation was given at a working group of the Chair of Microbiology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg to inform about the project idea and the first results. The following discussion about the handling of S-Layers yielded valuable insights that helped us to plan our prospective project.
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            <p class="modelt">We performed an interview with Prof. Dr. Sonnewald. He calls himself a “grandchild of genetic engineering”, as his doctoral supervisor worked with Jeff Schell, who discovered <i>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</i>. Prof. Dr. Sonnewald was involved in the second field test in Germany, in which genetic modified potatoes were cultivated. Concerning the German genetic law, he sees it problematic that the current law is method based. He suggested to focus on the aim of the method and not on the method itself, because methods change quickly and therefore decelerate the authorization of the work. Furthermore, he criticized that methods like CRISPR/Cas are ruled under the genetic law while random mutagenesis (e.g. radiation) is authorized, even if both have the same result in the end. He informed our team about the problems of the industry with the use of genetic engineering and in general about the genetic engineering history. To sum up, through his own experiences, he was able to give us relevant insights into genetic engineering.
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            <p class="modelt">We performed an interview with Prof. Dr. Sonnewald. He calls himself a “grandchild of genetic engineering”, as his doctoral supervisor worked with Jeff Schell, who discovered <i>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</i>. Prof. Dr. Sonnewald was involved in the second field test in Germany, in which genetic modified potatoes were cultivated. Concerning the German genetic law, he sees it problematic that the current law is method based. He suggested to focus on the aim of the method and not on the method itself, because methods change quickly and therefore decelerate the authorization of the work. Furthermore, he criticized that methods like CRISPR/Cas are ruled under the genetic law while random mutagenesis (e.g. radiation) is authorized, even if both have the same result in the end. He informed our team about the problems of the industry with the use of genetic engineering and in general about the genetic engineering history. To sum up, through his own experiences, he was able to give us relevant insights into genetic engineering.
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    <p class="model">For this, experiences of experts in the work with S-Layers were collected and integrated into the project at the beginning. By holding a lecture in front of a working group, we received constructive feedback about our ideas, about scientific problems at that time and gathered new impulses for further plans. Our project was also influenced by interviews with special scientists, which gave us deep insights in genetic engineering in general, the historic change of the mental attitude of the public towards this topic, political use of GMOs and helpful advices about our project.</p>
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iGEM Erlangen

Human Practices

The general public and the scientific community both influenced our iGEM project, while it was our goal to create a benefit from our project for both groups. Learn about our Human Practice activities!

Scientific community

Presentation at a working group at the Chair of Microbiology

After deciding to work with surface layer proteins at the beginning of this year’s iGEM competition, we started to collect experiences and feedback from experts. A presentation was given at a working group of the Chair of Microbiology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg to inform about the project idea and the first results. The following discussion about the handling of S-Layers yielded valuable insights that helped us to plan our prospective project.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Sonnewald

We performed an interview with Prof. Dr. Sonnewald. He calls himself a “grandchild of genetic engineering”, as his doctoral supervisor worked with Jeff Schell, who discovered Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Prof. Dr. Sonnewald was involved in the second field test in Germany, in which genetic modified potatoes were cultivated. Concerning the German genetic law, he sees it problematic that the current law is method based. He suggested to focus on the aim of the method and not on the method itself, because methods change quickly and therefore decelerate the authorization of the work. Furthermore, he criticized that methods like CRISPR/Cas are ruled under the genetic law while random mutagenesis (e.g. radiation) is authorized, even if both have the same result in the end. He informed our team about the problems of the industry with the use of genetic engineering and in general about the genetic engineering history. To sum up, through his own experiences, he was able to give us relevant insights into genetic engineering.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Koch

We performed an interview with Prof. Dr. Sonnewald. He calls himself a “grandchild of genetic engineering”, as his doctoral supervisor worked with Jeff Schell, who discovered Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Prof. Dr. Sonnewald was involved in the second field test in Germany, in which genetic modified potatoes were cultivated. Concerning the German genetic law, he sees it problematic that the current law is method based. He suggested to focus on the aim of the method and not on the method itself, because methods change quickly and therefore decelerate the authorization of the work. Furthermore, he criticized that methods like CRISPR/Cas are ruled under the genetic law while random mutagenesis (e.g. radiation) is authorized, even if both have the same result in the end. He informed our team about the problems of the industry with the use of genetic engineering and in general about the genetic engineering history. To sum up, through his own experiences, he was able to give us relevant insights into genetic engineering.

General public

The interaction with the public placed a particular importance in our iGEM project. Our aim was to influence the general public by conducting detailed discussions, raising their awareness towards synthetic biology and creating new incentives relating to science. We got in contact with general public in different ways: Information stand in the city center of Erlangen, Attendance at a local high school, a servey as well as performences in the media. There are more infomation in the section Education & Engagement.

Integrated Human Practices

The aim was to create a project which bears an innovative idea and offers a reasonable use for the world. For a thoughtfully planned project, external influences have to be included. Our activities in the context of science and public were mentioned above, but how did they influence our project? How was the public opinion integrated into our work and how was the design of our project affected?

For this, experiences of experts in the work with S-Layers were collected and integrated into the project at the beginning. By holding a lecture in front of a working group, we received constructive feedback about our ideas, about scientific problems at that time and gathered new impulses for further plans. Our project was also influenced by interviews with special scientists, which gave us deep insights in genetic engineering in general, the historic change of the mental attitude of the public towards this topic, political use of GMOs and helpful advices about our project.

The progress of our project was also influenced by the public opinion. Discussions at our information desk in the city center demonstrated the critical attitude of the general public towards genetic engineering, which, however, was often based on unknowingness and prejudices. To tackle these problems, we visited a local high school and elucidated the meaning of genetic engineering and demonstrated the various aspects of it, e.g. the invention of artificially produced human insulin.

The name of our project “bam” (=biocatalytic active membrane) was affected by the teenage slang of the high school students. They brought us to the idea to title our project “bam”, which is a usual phrase in their vocabulary. “Bam” is quite comprehensible and catchy, that makes it perfect for the description of our project.

During the interviews with the experts, our awareness for safety at the lab increased. To transfer the need of lab safety to the public, we designed a game where pedestrians had to fulfil a lab task in a limited time but including all the safety measures (e.g. lab coat, gloves, safety glasses). Subsequently, we informed them about the safety precautions in Germany and their importance.

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