In our persuits we have been inspired by and support mutually with Collegium Invisibile and Offtopicarium who also realize some bottom-up initiatives and have excellent Human Practice. What is more we are searching for new ways of communication in science via Scientia Crastina (latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’). Our aim is to encourage to seek new possibilities of collaboration of the interdisciplinary projects through open communication.

We believe that the person with a great idea behind is more powerful than one who depend merely on facts. So, everything what we have done was based on that philosophy. We understand, however, that our contribution is only a droplet in the sea of knowledge. Still, we envisage project to be a small thing with greater perspectives. We have started from listening what others want to say and, asking them questions to understand better the context of our project. We would be extremely pleased if a someone could find something from our ideas, transform it and find new application for it.

Lanthan Hospital

Celulare: transforming healthcare

Our ultimate goal of the Human Practice is to add valuable contribution to healthcare transition by proposing a more synthetic biology-oriented approach for medicine. At the same time we want to encourage you to become more resource-efficient through optimal allocation of scarce material. Startegy to achieve this we comprised in the raport “ Cellulare: transforming healthcare" presenting Future Lanthan Hospital Model. download the report (pdf file)

The basic idea behind Lanthan Hospital Model is to integrate synthetic biology lab with hospital. This is sort of start-up strategy with systems impact, which we present in the context of a broader healthcare transformation. What is more we have proposed several possible applications for novel economic concepts of Nobel Prize Winners in ‘Nobel Lantan Economy and Nobel Human Practice’ section. We would like to show new application for mechanism design (engineering part of the economy) and the stable matching algorithm allowing to better resource-management addressing the needs of the patients. We also aim to provide a contribution to the processing of medical data and open source science, since in the era of big data in medicine such measures seems to be necessary for the rapid transformation of healthcare. Here, we see new application for Cellulare, (and in futher perspective iGEM itself) to finally bring idea of transform healthcare with synthetic biology. We believe that synthetic biology approach, especially iGEM itself may ‘influence the world from protein, to policy, to pixels.” To make it happen we comprise our Human Practice in Future Lantan Hospital Model.

We have a bright vision of the future so we start from collaboration and sharing, moving to implement of our dreams in practice, see all 4 annexes to the raport in 'Collaboration and Future Perspectives' section (pdf file) . We support the project on estimation of potential gains from KPD to more facile implementation of pilot program in Poland (here we feature also its preliminary results) and would like to contribute to gifted and STEM education in medicine by creating workshops connected with Future Lanthan Hospital. We have been inspired by Collegium Invisibile and Offtopicarium who also realize some bottom-up initiatives and have excellent Human Practice. What is more we are searching for new ways of communication in science via Scientia Crastina (latin for ‘The Science of Tomorrow’).

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Summary

Nowadays, in the big data era, medicine will be inevitably transformed by systems biology. Rapid developments in deep sequencing, metabolomics and so called "personal medicine" have already changed medical sciences. Hence, we would like to add a valuable contribution to that healthcare transition by proposing a more synthetic biology-oriented approach for medicine. Our project ‘Cellulare’ touches both healthcare transformation for data analysis and optimal allocation of deficit resources. Our question is how to design a hospital only having access to limited resources, equip it in modern technologies (biomedical and IT), and finally how to combine modern technology and pro-ecological design in order to improve the work of healthcare. To address this difficult issue, we developed Future Lanthan Hospital Model, which is aimed to show that recovery of lanthanides (rare earth elements) from electronic waste (smartphones, tablets etc.) by synthetic biology methods, could be a beneficial supporting strategy for a modern hospital. We have proposed integration of a hospital with a supplementary synthetic biology lab, in which lanthanide remediation project could take place. First, such a solution would contribute to the public image of the hospital as a rationally functioning institution with eco-friendly profile. Secondly, it could allow to equip the hospital in modern technologies based on rare-earth metals. Simultaneously, we suggest mechanism design (engineering part of the economy) and the stable matching algorithm allowing better resource-management that would address the needs of the patients. By Future Lanthan Hospital Model we would like to show beneficial changes for society resulted from implementation of modern technologies in medicine and educate people about applications, safety and some security problems related to cutting-edge technologies. In the end we also aim to provide a contribution to the processing of medical data and open source science, since in the era of big data in medicine such measures seems to be necessary for the rapid transformation of the healthcare.

At the end of September our iGEM Team took part in Festiwal Nauki (Science Festival)– an annual event held all over Warsaw, organized since 1997. The aim of the Festival is to talk, show and share science with the entire society, to gain social endorsement for further progress of science in Poland. It is also an opportunity for anyone to do science on their own – by taking part in discussions, lectures, workshops, shows and many more events held every day for 10 days.

As a Team, we prepared two things for this occasion: workshop called “Design your own gene” and a stand devoted to synthetic biology and recycling. On our stand we were showing in simple ways what is synthetic biology and what we can do with it. We were also talking about our project, showing that not only bacteria can be used for recycling, but that it is also possible to use some basic trash to create something useful or pretty – like newspaper baskets or crayon boxes from milk containers. Most of our listeners there where young children.

The bioinformatics workshop was dedicated to older listeners, who already knew a little about biology. We were trying to show them what synthetic biology is and how the process of genetical engineering really looks like. Listeners where given a basic program that would show them if the sequence created by them will work as a gene.

This event was a very important part of our Human Practice, where we could meet our target people face-to-face. Overall, Science Festival was a great experience for us and an amazing way to meet and talk with people about synthetic biology and our project. Both children and adults seemed fascinated by the idea of bacteria recycling lanthanides and many people said they are looking forward to see our project become everyday reality.

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