Team:LMU-Munich/Human Practice/Workshops

Workshop Concept

Theory:

basic principles of genetics

DNA, RNA, proteins

Practical experiments including:

Isolation of banana DNA

GFP-Hydra

Blue white screening

Bioluminescent bacteria

BioBrick Designing with paper parts

Discussion:

Safety and security aspects of synthetic biology Moral issues

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Report First Workshop

Our first workshop took place on Friday, September 2, in the Biocenter of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. Our participants, aged 18 to ??? had little (based on high school) to no knowledge about the basics of molecular biology. Therefore we explained the localication and function of DNA in the cellm the central dogma (DNA->RNA->Proteins)of molecular biology as well as the organisation of genes and operons in detail. Knowing now what DNA is, how it is the