Team:INSA-Lyon/HumanPractice

• HUMAN PRACTICE SUMMARY
• BIOLOGY PERCEPTION
• PROJECT'S INTEREST

Welcome in the Human Pratice section of our project !

We first discussed the link between biology and society in general. Our reflection began with an international survey in order to investigate student perception from different countries around the subject of synthetic biology. Unsurprisingly, some people are still very skeptical about the notion of GMO.
As true IGEMers, we felt it is our duty to combat the misconception by communicating and sharing the ideas behind our project. As a follow-up, our so-called “Curly'on for dummies” is our group initiative where we promote synthetic biology and explain its purposes and how it can benefit the community. Because Lyon is known for its biotechnology pole, we felt it was necessary to investigate lyonnais public opinion on these matters.

Secondly, our Human Practice work mainly focused on heavy metals, especially nickel, and the associated issues encoutered for the environment. It is important to enhance its environmental concentration levels and want to propose a biofilter as a cheap alternative to get rid of water pollutants.
So what would become Curly'on in 2050? Our thoughts are explained through a short novel.

The Human Practice here played a key role: it was not only our starting point but our main guideline through the whole project.

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