IGEM

During our campus event, we conducted a questionnaire survey (380 questionnaires included) to know about public awareness of synthetic biology and iGEM and the effect of our exhibition.

The questionnaire

1 .Which is your identity according to the following kinds?

A 、College student  
B 、Postgraduate  
C 、Faculty member  
D 、High school student
E 、Other                          




2. Is your work or study relevant with biology?


A、 Yes
  
B、 No





3 .Have you heard of synthetic biology before the survey?


A、	Yes  
B、	No  
C、	Not clear





4. By what channels do you know synthetic biology?

A、 Internet and other online media  
B、 Faculties publicity  
C 、Schoolmates 
D、	Related books   
E、	Other



5 .Have you heard of iGEM before the survey?

A、 Yes
B、 No 
C 、Not clear







6 .What have you gained from our exhibition?

A、	Enhanced the understanding 
of iGEM and synthetic biology
B 、Changed the view of biology and 
thought this field was practical and fun
C、	 If given chance, would like to participate 
in iGEM next year




    

The analysis of the statistics

According to the statistics, we can see that the main audience of our exhibition are college students and most of them major in biology. Some of them had known something about synthetic biology before our exhibition through surfing the Internet、consulting related books and so on. However, most of them know little about it and the students majoring in other courses even know less. Through our event, 68 percent of them enhanced the understanding of iGEM and synthetic biology, 16 percent changed the view of biology and thought this field was practical and fun, 16 percent expressed that if given chance, they would like to participate in iGEM next year.

According to the statistics, we can see that the main audience of our exhibition are college students and most of them major in biology. Some of them had known something about synthetic biology before our exhibition through surfing the Internet、consulting related books and so on. However, most of them know little about it and the students majoring in other courses even know less. Through our event, 68 percent of them enhanced the understanding of iGEM and synthetic biology, 16 percent changed the view of biology and thought this field was practical and fun, 16 percent expressed that if given chance, they would like to participate in iGEM next year.