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Team member and spoken word poet EVAN CLARK wowed the audience with a performance celebrating the magic of weaving genes and words to create something inspirational. Check out what many attendees considered the highlight of the night!
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The NASA Synthetic Biology Initiative organized an evening event at NASA Ames Research Center for the attendees of SB5.0. Our team helped run the show that night.
The NASA Synthetic Biology Initiative organized an evening event at NASA Ames Research Center for the attendees of SB5.0. Our team helped run the show that night.

Revision as of 05:43, 22 September 2011

Brown-Stanford
iGEM

Introduction

Our team was fortunate to attend a variety of exciting events this summer. These included the Fifth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology (SB5.0), the 2011 NASA Lunar Science Forum, and Maker Faire NYC. At each opportunity, we spread our enthusiasm about synthetic biology in space with those around us. In bridging the gap between career biologists, planetary scientists, and the general public, we tried to paint an exciting vision of the future where synthetic biology and humanity's expansion to the stars are closely intertwined. Here are some highlights!

SB 5.0

In June, we were fortunate enough to be right next to the Fifth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology, held at Stanford University. Our entire team attended this three-day long conference, a gathering of the world's eminent figures in synthetic biology. We heard from some of the founding fathers of synthetic biology, researchers, industry representatives, members of the DIY bio community, educators, and students.

[Picture of presenter stage]

[Picture of workshop panel]

Brown-Stanford was not the only iGEM team in attendance at the conference. We had the chance to meet with delegations from other teams around the world and make new friends before the Jamboree. The conversations we began with other iGEMers grew into the collaborative efforts (INSERT LINK?) we engaged in this summer.

[Picture of iGEM delegates meetup]

SB5.0 was also the introduction of the world's first Synthetic Biology Slam, an open-mic event where participants shared their ideas for the future of synbio- pressing needs, new conceptualizations of the field, project ideas, etc.

Team member and spoken word poet EVAN CLARK wowed the audience with a performance celebrating the magic of weaving genes and words to create something inspirational. Check out what many attendees considered the highlight of the night!

The NASA Synthetic Biology Initiative organized an evening event at NASA Ames Research Center for the attendees of SB5.0. Our team helped run the show that night.

[Picture of NASA event night]

Lunar Science Forum

Picture of Lunar Science Institute building

Picture of Lunar Science poster

Maker Faire NYC

We got in touch with the organizers of Maker Faire, an international event organized by Make Magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset." The first convention was held in the Bay Area in 2006, but has since expanded to satellite locations each year across the US, Canada, and the UK.

Our iGEM team was invited to 2011 Maker Faire NYC, which drew over 25,000 people to the New York Hall of Science in Queens. We had the chance to interact and share our work with an audience of all ages!

[Picture of Maker Faire crowd]

[Picture of full exhibit]

[Picture of children and sandbox]

There

[Picture of talking to groups]

[Picture of survey board]

[Picture of Editor's Choice ribbons!]