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Team:Stony Brook/Outreach
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In June, the Stony Brook University's iGEM team went to visit Sachem High School East. We spent two days there, speaking to over one hundred different students. We presented to an Advanced Placement Biology class made up of junior and senior students, and three research classes made up of students in all different stages of their high school career. Our presentation consisted of: an introduction to synthetic biology, an overview of iGEM and the competition, our research, and tips for getting involved in research in high school and college. We are currently communicating with the research director at Sachem High School East with the hopes of starting and advising a high school-level team.
In July, our iGEM team made a special visit to Stony Brook University's Biotechnology Summer Camp. This camp is made up of high school students who excel in the biological sciences. Our presentation also consisted of: an introduction to synthetic biology, an overview of iGEM and the competition, our research, and tips for getting involved in research in high school and college. However, we were able to be much more detailed in what we were explaining. We also showed them some of our current mathematical models, and demonstrated our software.
While educating the younger generation is important, we also wanted to spend time educating our peers. Our iGEM team founded and currently runs Stony Brook's first and only Synthetic Biology Club. This past semester, we presented at the annual Fall Involvement Fair. We were able to speak to hundreds of Stony Brook students about synthetic biology and our iGEM team. We also had people signup to join the club and stay informed.Our first general body meeting was a huge success! We had tons of interested students come down and spend a few hours learning! We think that the students had a great time and learned a lot. We plan on having meetings monthly, having different activities at each
