We focused on schools as part of our outreach. To make it inclusive, we visited government run as well as private schools.
Visit Higher Secondary Govt. School
We visited Higher Secondary School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Students were mainly under the age group of 12-14 years. The majority of the students belonged to marginalised farming communities. They thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and the activities evident from their enthusiastic participation during the session. Finally, as a token of our appreciation, we distributed chocolates to them.
Videos from the Government school
Visit: The Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal, MP
For our science education and communication, we wrapped it up with one of the well-known schools in India. We made students aware of environmental pollution due to stubble burning and non-biodegradable plastic.
Video from The Sanskaar Valley School
Synfinity- The iGEM IISER Bhopal Blog
As SynBio becomes more prominent, everyone should understand it at whatever depth suits them. With this thought, we started a blog called Synfinity on the applications of synthetic biology, e.g., food, plant-based therapeutics, conservation, etc, along with awareness through social media.
The articles posted in the blog were:
- SYNFINITY: The Infinite Applications of Synthetic Biology
- The Chronicles of Gut Bacteria
- The Subtle Art Of Thermophilic Bacteria
- A Meat of Culture
- Tiling-a key to evolution?
- SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES