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<h1>Developing a solution</h1>
<p> To resolve this communication difficulty and to facilitate the understanding and collaboration between us (modelers and biologists), we have developed an interdisciplinary communication tool.</p>
<p> To resolve this communication difficulty and to facilitate the understanding and collaboration between us (modelers and biologists), we have developed an interdisciplinary communication tool.</p>
<p> For this purpose we prepared two educational flyers: </p>
<p> For this purpose we prepared two educational flyers: </p>
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<li>Flyer "<a href="http://igemgrenoble-files.perso.sfr.fr/ModelFlyer.png">Modeling for Biologists</a>" which was realized by the biologists of our team under the supervision of the modelers, in order to explain the essentials of mathematical modelling approaches to other biologists. </li>  
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<li>Flyer "<a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/9/91/M_for_B.png">Modelling for biologist</a>" which was realized by the biologists of our team under the supervision of the modelers, in order to explain the essentials of mathematical modelling approaches to other biologists. </li>  
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<li> Flyer "<a href="http://igemgrenoble-files.perso.sfr.fr/BioFlyer.png">Biology for Modelers</a>" performed by the members of our team involved in computer modelling, under the supervision of the biologists and aimed at explaining the basics of genetics to other fellow modelers. </li>
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<li> Flyer "<a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2011/5/54/B_for_M.png">Synthetic Biology for modellers</a>" performed by the members of our team involved in computer modelling, under the supervision of the biologists and aimed at explaining the basics of genetics to other fellow modelers. </li>
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<p> Swapping the roles of the team members during the realization of the flyers allowed us to include the point of view of “non-experts” and to focus on essential points which often appear trivial and therefore unimportant to the experts.
<p> Swapping the roles of the team members during the realization of the flyers allowed us to include the point of view of “non-experts” and to focus on essential points which often appear trivial and therefore unimportant to the experts.
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<p> Intrest for iGEM community ?! Sure !! Since the strength of iGEM teams often reposes on bringing together a critical mass of expertise in different disciplines, we developed flyers that can foster the communication between experts and thus enhance their work efficiency. Especially during the initial phases of the project, the flyers could boost interdisciplinary work within mixed teams. It therefore makes sense to integrate them in the iGEM KIT so as to make them available to the iGem community right from the start.  
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Interest for iGEM community ?! Sure !! Since the strength of iGEM teams often reposes on bringing together a critical mass of expertise in different disciplines, we developed flyers that can foster the communication between experts and thus enhance their work efficiency. Especially during the initial phases of the project, the flyers could boost interdisciplinary work within mixed teams. It therefore makes sense to integrate them in the iGEM KIT so as to make them available to the iGem community right from the start.  
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<p> As an educational tool, universities or high schools can also use the flyers. They help explaining the basics of synthetic biology and pinpoint the complementarity between experimental and theoretical approaches in engineering.  
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As an educational tool, universities or high schools can also use the flyers. They help explaining the basics of synthetic biology and pinpoint the complementarity between experimental and theoretical approaches in engineering.  
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<h5>1. Modelling for biologists </h5>
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Building the equation: as a first step, we identify the principal phenomena (rate of synthesis, of degradation, of repression) and their respective parameters (protein concentration, synthesis rate, constant of degradation) involved in the construction of such equation. As an example, we took GFP protein expression.
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Interpreting the curves: here we showed how to interpret the different cases obtained while interpreting the differential equation.
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Highlighting biologist intervention: finally, we underline the role of the biologist by precisely identifying the critical steps during its interaction with a modeler, in particular in the experimental determination of parameters used by the modeler.
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<h5> 2. Biology for modelers </h5>
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To elaborate this flyer, we tried to answer the following question: « What does modeler need to know about synthetic biology in order to efficiently work with biologists?”.
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Our approach was based on the step by step description of a genetic circuit construction. Below are the details of critical points exposed on this flyer:
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<li>Composition of the circuit: we first identify the main elements (Gene, Promoter, Terminator…) composing a genetic circuit and detail their role and interactions.</li>
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<p> To estimate the educational impact of our flyers, we organized a meeting with 46 students (mostly Undergraduate, Graduate and PhD) from various backgrounds (Life Sciences, Physics and Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences).
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None of them was involved in our project and synthetic biology was for most of them unheard of. Three <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/igem.org/6/6d/Test_Human_Practice_%283%29.pdf">quiz</a> sessions were held on August 20th/October 25th in Grenoble and on September 20th in Paris.
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The session in Paris involved the <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Grenoble/HumanPractice/collaboration">collaboration</a> with <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt"> iGEM Paris Bettencourt 2011</a> team and they recruited students from the Master Interdisciplinary Approach of the Living (AIV: Approche Interdisciplinaire du Vivant) from the Center of Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) at Paris Descartes University.</p>
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<p>We prepared a <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/igem.org/6/6d/Test_Human_Practice_%283%29.pdf">quiz</a> to evaluate the content and the efficiency of our flyers in promoting interdisciplinary communication skills.</p>
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<p> Our approach was based on a step by step building up of a differential equation expressing the variation of protein concentration as a function of time. Below are details of critical points exposed on this flyer:
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<ol>1. Building the equation: as a first step, we identify the principal phenomena (rate of synthesis, of degradation, of repression) and their respective parameters (protein concentration, synthesis rate, constant of degradation) involved in the construction of such equation. As an example, we took GFP protein expression. </ol>
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<ol>2. Interpreting the curves: here we showed how to interpret the different cases obtained while interpreting the differential equation. </ol>
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<ol>3. Highlighting biologist intervention: finally, we underline the role of the biologist by precisely identifying the critical steps during its interaction with a modeler, in particular in the experimental determination of parameters used by the modeler.</ol>  
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<li>Students were divided into  two groups: group (A) received the flyers and group (B), as negative control, did not receive them.</li>
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<li>The quiz was given to all participants. And at the same time, the flyers were given to the group A.</li>
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At the end of the test, we also gave the flyers to the participants of group B and ask them whether they would have been useful. Finally, we invited all the participants to debate about interdisciplinarity in such a discipline.  
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By collecting their different opinions and analyzing the videos, we made the following conclusions:
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Participants of group B (without flyers) showed more difficulties than those of group A to interact and to understand the questions.
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During the test the flyers were read several times by group A participants, revealing their utility as educational support. 
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The importance of modeling in synthetic biology needed to be more explicitly represented on our flyers. We completed them in this way. The new version is given here.
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All the participants were convinced that biologists and modelers have to work closely together in order to carry out a project in synthetic biology, concluding that the vision and applications of this emerging field will certainly influence many other scientific and engineering disciplines.
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<p> Our approach was based on the step by step description of a genetic circuit construction. Below are the details of critical points exposed on this flyer:
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<ol>2. Circuit’s reguIation: here we present an example of a regulation network in which LacI and IPTG  play the roles of repressor and activator, respectively. </ol>
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From this experience, we learned how to overcome interaction difficulties between scientists of different fields and foster efficient communication between team members. The interdisciplinary approach of synthetic biology helped us to enlarge our views on topics that are indeed closely related to our work in iGEM, but that we sometimes forget when we are just ‘doing science and engineering.
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<ol>- Students were divided into  two groups: group (A)  received the flyers and group (B), as negative control, did not receive them.  </ol>
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<ol>3.The importance of modeling in synthetic biology needed to be more explicitly represented on our flyers. We completed them in this way. The new version is given here. </ol>
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<ol>4. All the participants were convinced that biologists and modelers have to work closely together in order to carry out a project in synthetic biology, concluding that the vision and applications of this emerging field will certainly influence many other scientific and engineering disciplines. </ol>
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<p> The positive feedback received from the participants encouraged us to renew this experience with 10 students coming from Paris Descartes University by collaborating with the iGEM Paris Bettencourt 2011 team. These students have freshly integrated the Master called "Interdisciplinary Approach of Living"  (AIV: Approche Interdisciplinaire du Vivant) from the Center of Interdisciplinary Research (CIR).</p>
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<p> The Quiz conditions were similar to those realized in Grenoble, except that for practical reasons, we have prepared numerical quiz. Students could then answered the questions on line.</p>
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<p> Concerning the answers about the mechanism of the genetic system, we found that students from group A (Test with flyers) give more precise answers, which is in concordance with the previous results obtained in Grenoble. The interaction between students will be studied soon after analyzing the videos documents. </p>  
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<p> From this experience, we learned how to overcome interaction difficulties between scientists of different fields and foster efficient communication between team members. The interdisciplinary approach of synthetic biology helped us to enlarge our views on topics that are indeed closely related to our work in iGEM, but that we sometimes forget when we are just ‘doing science and engineering.</p>  
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Developing a solution

To resolve this communication difficulty and to facilitate the understanding and collaboration between us (modelers and biologists), we have developed an interdisciplinary communication tool.

For this purpose we prepared two educational flyers:

  • Flyer "Modelling for biologist" which was realized by the biologists of our team under the supervision of the modelers, in order to explain the essentials of mathematical modelling approaches to other biologists.
  • Flyer "Synthetic Biology for modellers" performed by the members of our team involved in computer modelling, under the supervision of the biologists and aimed at explaining the basics of genetics to other fellow modelers.

Swapping the roles of the team members during the realization of the flyers allowed us to include the point of view of “non-experts” and to focus on essential points which often appear trivial and therefore unimportant to the experts.

1. Content of the flyers

2. Flyers evaluation

3. Conclusion

Interest for the iGEM community

Interest for iGEM community ?! Sure !! Since the strength of iGEM teams often reposes on bringing together a critical mass of expertise in different disciplines, we developed flyers that can foster the communication between experts and thus enhance their work efficiency. Especially during the initial phases of the project, the flyers could boost interdisciplinary work within mixed teams. It therefore makes sense to integrate them in the iGEM KIT so as to make them available to the iGem community right from the start.

As an educational tool, universities or high schools can also use the flyers. They help explaining the basics of synthetic biology and pinpoint the complementarity between experimental and theoretical approaches in engineering.

Content of the Flyers

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Flyers evaluation

To estimate the educational impact of our flyers, we organized a meeting with 46 students (mostly Undergraduate, Graduate and PhD) from various backgrounds (Life Sciences, Physics and Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences). None of them was involved in our project and synthetic biology was for most of them unheard of. Three quiz sessions were held on August 20th/October 25th in Grenoble and on September 20th in Paris. The session in Paris involved the collaboration with iGEM Paris Bettencourt 2011 team and they recruited students from the Master Interdisciplinary Approach of the Living (AIV: Approche Interdisciplinaire du Vivant) from the Center of Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) at Paris Descartes University.

We prepared a quiz to evaluate the content and the efficiency of our flyers in promoting interdisciplinary communication skills.

Conclusion

From this experience, we learned how to overcome interaction difficulties between scientists of different fields and foster efficient communication between team members. The interdisciplinary approach of synthetic biology helped us to enlarge our views on topics that are indeed closely related to our work in iGEM, but that we sometimes forget when we are just ‘doing science and engineering.

Concretely, improving communication between modelers and biologist of the team made us realize the necessity to:

  1. Characterize the initial state of the system.
  2. Identify the crucial elements of the toggle switch and quorum sensing that should be measured.
  3. Determine the necessary and sufficient set of parameters that specify the context and biological state of our system.
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