Team:UNSW Australia/Public Engagement
During our project, the team developed a variety of activities and resources that aimed to engage the public in synthetic biology research. From educating academics and peers to high school students, the team jumped head first into ensuring our project was being tested and considered by a wide audience.
Through taking to the stage for our research symposium and faculty speeches we were able to share our story but also to challenge the general public to question and consider topics current to the field of synthetic biology. This was built upon with our PLOS Synbio article that summarised this discussion of our project and synthetic biology for a wider audience to consider. We also worked to inspire the next generation of scientists, taking our project and the relevant school topics to a workshop for high school leavers. Running this, alongside developing our package for in class education, enabled us to develop a sustainable impact on the engagement of schools in synthetic biology, to be built on in the future.
To learn a little bit more about each of our outreach and engagement pursuits, please click on the following headings: