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Team:KIT-Kyoto/Human Practice
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- Today, science alienation is still a big problem that transcends borders. Japan suffers of a similar alienation that poses a barrier towards further advancement of science and technology. In biology, genetic modification epitomizes the magnitude of this problem among people who regard synthetic technologies and sciences as “something strange”, or “something dangerous” in general. Whereas genetically modified foods are sold on the counter, consumers don't pick or choose food with labels. This results from the scarcity or lack of information on genetic modification on the part of the general public. Since a more rapid advancement of the field of life sciences is expected in the near future leading to more complicated technologies, information and communication will also become critical. Moreover, while we benefit from technology, this is increasingly becoming “a black box”. Unknown technology is not familiar any longer.
- Accordingly, to let people in Japan and in the world know about more information of genetic modification, we tried activities below.
A briefing for high school students
At the open campus in August(2011/08/10)
- We introduced iGEM and our activities. To make the lecture simple, we tried to avoid using technical terms.
- Besides, we displayed model organisms genetically modified, for example, Drosophila and E.coli. Students could see Drosophila mutants, both organisms were genetically modified. We aimed to make their understanding clear, and make them have a feeling of familiarity for genetic modification.
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