Team:Tec-Monterrey/Public Engagement

In Mexico:

Only 21.5% of the population has a good understanding regarding scientific studies.
70% believe antibiotics are used in the treatment of viral and bacterial diseases.

Source: CONACYT-INEGI, Encuesta sobre la Percepción Pública de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (ENPECYT), 2017

With that in mind, we took on the huge responsibility of creating spaces where we could establish a public dialogue about synthetic biology, providing opportunities to discuss the science behind synthetic biology and spark scientific curiosity in the general public.

We believe the diffusion and understanding of science is a huge area of opportunity in our country, which is why we put a lot of hard work into the Public and Education Engagement component of our project, accomplishing an outstanding reach of over 250,000 people through different activities, such as iGEM National Congress of Science, After iGEM, iGEM National Education Tour, Workshops, a youtube collaboration with Curiosamente, articles in magazines of national reach, three presentations in science conferences, two iGEM meetups, and a Science Seminar, just to name a few examples.

National Congress of Sciences 2018

Dates: September 14 & 15, 2018 General description The National Congress of Science was the biggest and most important event organized by Tec Monterrey 2018 Team to interact directly with people with scientific affinities, it reached the participation of over 200 undergraduate and graduate students who came from 18 different states of México to our university: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.
The National Congress of Science gave students the opportunity to learn about topics such as: chemistry, nanotechnology, biotechnology, nanomedicine, synthetic biology, and ecology.
Objectives:

To disseminate science among Mexican undergraduate and graduate students to encourage, both their personal development and the development of our country through science.
To have the opportunity to interact with the scientific community of all around our country, for understanding different points of view and perspectives about the present and future of Mexican research.
To gain a wider network of all the dispersed people with research related affiliations and having the opportunity of connecting points for the creation and development of further projects.

National Educational Tour 2018

National Congress of Sciences

Team:Tec-Monterrey/Public Engagement

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