Team:RUM-UPRM/Human Practices Overview
Human Practices
SynBio101: Summer Camp
SynBio101: Summer Camp is an educational summer experience in which iGEM RUM-UPRM presents and teaches high school students the fundamental concepts of synthetic biology. In this week-long, the students experienced topics on genetic circuits, bioinformatics, applications, among others. At the end of the week, the students were able to give us feedback on our project and were able to present in groups original prototypes. To learn more about our SynBio101: Summer Camp click here.
Integrated Human Practices
iGEM RUM-UPRM is compromised with involving the community in the project. By incorporating the ideas and thoughts of the public, we were capable of creating a two way conversation. We educate them about synthetic biology and the problems we want to solve in Puerto Rico, while the community helps us build the knowledge we need, allowing us to have different perspectives while developing our investigation. To know more about our Integrated Human Practices click here to see more information!
Education & Public Engagement
Being the only team from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean gave us the responsibility of being agents of change in our regions. In order to do so, we had to educate the Puerto Rican public to understand what synthetic biology is and what is possible to do with it. We had to develop activities that fit into the needs of every specific public we presented to. Click here to find out more about this part of our project.
Inclusion
By doing more inclusive work we brought to our attention different perspectives into our project. Not only did we gain a new view point for our genetic circuit but also, we learned what aspects we should take into consideration for the educational efforts we were doing. We want to be able to create a safe space for synthetic biology in Puerto Rico where everyone feels included, accepted and validated. If you want to learn more about how we did it, click here.