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Stanford–Brown–Spelman iGEM 2014 — BioBricks

Outreach Events
Here are some of the outreach events we conducted this year
  • Held a synthetic biology booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire. May 17th, 2014

  • Hosted a visit by the UCSF-UC Berkeley iGEM team to NASA

  • Taught children about biology through strawberry DNA extraction at World Maker Faire in New York.

  • We presented our project to California Academy of Science scientists and public engagement personnel, seen posing with us here under the Academy's T-Rex!

  • Our team met with and presented to NASA Ames Research Center Director and team sponsor Pete Worden.

  • We presented our project to and engaged with Jim Head, distinguished Prof. of Geological Sciences and Mars researcher from Brown University. Here, Prof. Head feels one our biomaterial samples.

  • Above, our team poses with Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist after having presented our work to her and given her a tour of our lab.

  • We presented our project to and engaged with Jim Head, distinguished Prof. of Geological Sciences and Mars researcher from Brown University. Here, Prof. Head feels one our biomaterial samples.

  • We presented our project to and engaged with Jim Head, distinguished Prof. of Geological Sciences and Mars researcher from Brown University. Here, Prof. Head feels one our biomaterial samples.



  • Gave a synthetic biology presentation at Stanford's high school Bioengineering Bootcamp

  • Presented to our sponsors at DNA2.0. August 1st, 2014

  • Taught synthetic biology at booth in the World Maker Faire, New York

  • Met with Margaret D. Lowman or tree climbing "Canopy Meg," Chief of Science and Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences.

  • Pete Worden, NASA Ames Research Center Director and team sponsor is seen here approving our team's wasp wrangling expedition.

  • Our team posing with Jim Head during his visit to our lab.

  • We participated in the Northern California iGEM Meetup hosted by the UCSC iGEM team. In this photo, we're sharing our project with UCSC team members. August 15, 2014

  • We participated in the Northern California iGEM Meetup hosted by the UCSC iGEM team. In this photo, we're sharing our project with UCSC team members.

  • We participated in the Northern California iGEM Meetup hosted by the UCSC iGEM team. In this photo, we're sharing our project with UCSC team members.

● Brown University's 250th open house
● NASA Ames 75th anniversary open house
● Collaborations with the California Academy of Sciences
● Contributions to the iGEM Newsletter
● Contributions to the iGEM Newsletter
● Northern California iGEM Meetup at the University of California Santa Cruz
People Hosted
We were honored with the opportunity to host the following individuals in our lab at NASA Ames.
● Congressman Ami Bera of California’s 7th Congressional District from the U.S. House of Representatives
● NASA Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden
● NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan
● NASA Chief Technologist David Miller and staff
● Dr. Barry Groves, Superintendent of Mountain View/Los Altos School District and his staff.
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