Communication & Education

Develop and implement education, science communication, and/or outreach materials related to synthetic biology.

Communication

SZ-SHD is an active member in iGEM community

4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup


Throughout the project we have collaborated widely with the local iGEM community including the following teams; NWU-CHINA-A, NWU-CHINA-B, LZU-CHINA to hold the fourth North western China IGEM Meetup on July 23rd. We gathered discuss our projects and experimental issues with each other, we aided our peers where we could and gained valuable insights from our amazing peers.

Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC)


We were privileged to attended the Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC) meet. The 9(th) CCiC was held in Shenzhen and is the most significant academic synbio conference in China where come from far and wide to present their projects, exchange ideas, and get advice from others. We presented our project, including what we have accomplished so far in experiments, human practice, hardware, modelling and so on.

First term of synbio challenge in China


Members of our team(Yuming Zhou, Lei Yingjie) also attend as invited audience to the First term of synbio challenge in Shenzhen, China. Although there was no high school open for this year, we greatly enjoyed the opportunity to meet our experienced peers and are hopeful that SZ-SHD can participate in the future.

Education

Children's picture book

Our teacher Mr Mackay has a young son called Torin and he just started kindergarten. As there are not many popular science picture books for young people on the market, we collaborated with worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge. We hope that this will inspire Torin to get into synthetic biology in the future. Students from SZ-SHD and worldshaper-HZBIOX provided artists, and LZU-CHINA invited Professor Lifang Li to provide guidance and help as a style guide. Lifang Li is a Professor of literature and Dean of the School of Arts of Lanzhou University and, a member of the International Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL). She has been engaged in the study of children's literature theory and criticism for more than ten years. She suggested that we must confirm the audience first. Our target audience was primary and middle school students, thus the language needed to be easy to understand. Simplifying professional vocabulary is extremely challenging but a lot of fun. After finishing, in order to ensure that the audience can understand the content, we set up a questionnaire in the following offline education activities. We found that most people could understand picture books and found them interesting and gained a lot of new knowledge. Only a few people reported they were not fully engaged or that they do not understand. We found the main reason for this was because they did not understand the professional terms. We continue to improve the picture book and hope that it can be published in the future.

Education

Writing textbook

We collaborated with RS_United_China to write a textbook on the topic of how to design a SynBio experiment step by step. It explains many important procedures such as; plasmid construction, wester blotting and using an electron microscope to observe expression of products. Our sincere hope is that after reading this book, students can briefly learn how to do it on their own.

Education

Offline education activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX. Our three teams engaged and led young children in creative activities such as; making DNA models, pipette gun head collages, and making plasmid balloons. We hope that this will engage future generations to be interested in and understand the basic knowledge about synthetic biology. The main task of the SZ-SHD team in this event is to make posters and promote the event. Our teams collaborated to produce a brief introduction to synthetic biology through animations which can help children who are without a basic understanding of what synthetic biology is. The event was a huge success with hundreds of children and adults attending. At the end of the event, each child who completes all three tasks received a small gift, for example, a key chain. We also provided them with the children’s picture book and questionnaire to feedback on. From the feedback, we determined to improve the picture book and produce something that can used in education.

Education

Open class at school

We used our advantages as a school team to publicize and give public lessons at Dulwich High School for year 10 and 11 students. We conducted propaganda in the school bulletin and gave presentations about the introduction and basics of synthetic biology such as what synthetic biology is, protein synthesis, plasmid, the use of synthetic biology, and so on. In the first session, we taught them how to use a pipette and played the game 'who uses the pipette most accurately'. In the second session, we held an experimental class with the theme of detecting 'Who Killed Mr Dalling' by using the fingerprinting technique and taught them the use of gel electrophoresis. All the students had a great experience and learned a lot.

Education

Online lecture

Covid has taught us a lot about online learning! Instead allowing the rolling lockdowns and online learning brought on by the cirus we realised that the internet is a good source of education and promotion. It's a good place for us to reach a wide audience, not only limited to our small region. We held a meetings on Microsoft Teams and Tencent meeting where we talked about the introduction and basics of synthetic biology such as plasmid, DNA and the potential use of synthetic biology.

Education

Science population on social media

We often post popular science articles and videos on social media. We mainly post on the official account on WeChat which has many followers, but we also post on others such as Bilibili and Twitter.

Education

Outreach product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them

Education

Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free. We promoted our project at school assembly, and gave the mask to everyone.

Related Photos

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4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup

We collaborate with NWU-CHINA-A, NWU-CHINA-B, LZU-CHINA and other 3 teams to hold the 4(th) Northwestern China IGEM Meetup on July 23rd.

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4th Northwestern China iGEM Meetup

We collaborate with NWU-CHINA-A, NWU-CHINA-B, LZU-CHINA and other 3 teams to hold the 4(th) Northwestern China IGEM Meetup on July 23rd.

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Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC)

The 9th CCiC held in ShenZhen is the most significant academic conference in China where all the teams can present their projects, exchange ideas, and get advice from others.

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Conference of China iGEMer Community (CCiC)

The 9th CCiC held in ShenZhen is the most significant academic conference in China where all the teams can present their projects, exchange ideas, and get advice from others.

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First Term of Synbio Challenge in China

Members of our team(Yuming Zhou, Lei Yingjie) also attend as invited audience to the First term of synbio challenge in Shenzhen, China.

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First Term of Synbio Challenge in China

Members of our team(Yuming Zhou, Lei Yingjie) also attend as invited audience to the First term of synbio challenge in Shenzhen, China.

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First Term of Synbio Challenge in China

Members of our team(Yuming Zhou, Lei Yingjie) also attend as invited audience to the First term of synbio challenge in Shenzhen, China.

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Questionnaire Targeting the Public

We learned from the questionnaire that synthetic biology is not well-known to the public.

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Questionnaire Targeting the Public

We learned from the questionnaire that synthetic biology is not well-known to the public.

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Questionnaire Targeting the Public

We learned from the questionnaire that synthetic biology is not well-known to the public.

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Questionnaire Targeting the Public

We learned from the questionnaire that synthetic biology is not well-known to the public.

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Questionnaire Targeting the Public

We learned from the questionnaire that synthetic biology is not well-known to the public.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Children’s Picture Book

We collaborated with Worldshaper-HZBIOX and LZU-CHINA to draw children's picture books about synthetic biology based on the contents of the three teams' projects to expand people's knowledge.

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Offline Education Activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX.

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Offline Education Activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX.

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Offline Education Activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX.

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Offline Education Activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX.

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Offline Education Activities

On August 7, 2022, the Science and Technology Museum in Hangzhou held a synthetic biology education event with three IGEM teams: LZU-CHINA, SZ-SHD, and worldshaper-HZBIOX.

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Open Class at School

We used our advantages as a school team to publicize and give public lessons at Dulwich High School for year 10 and 11 students with a game-like deduction activity of 'Who Killed Mr Dalling'.

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Open Class at School

We used our advantages as a school team to publicize and give public lessons at Dulwich High School for year 10 and 11 students with a game-like deduction activity of 'Who Killed Mr Dalling'.

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Open Class at School

We used our advantages as a school team to publicize and give public lessons at Dulwich High School for year 10 and 11 students with a game-like deduction activity of 'Who Killed Mr Dalling'.

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Online Lecture

We held a meeting on Tencent meeting, talking about the introduction and basics of synthetic biology such as plasmid, DNA and the potential use of synthetic biology.

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Online Lecture

We held a meeting on Tencent meeting, talking about the introduction and basics of synthetic biology such as plasmid, DNA and the potential use of synthetic biology.

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Science Popularization on Social Media

We post popular science articles and videos on social media regularly, such as our official account on Wechat, Weibo and Bilibili.

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Science Popularization on Social Media

We post popular science articles and videos on social media regularly, such as our official account on Wechat, Weibo and Bilibili.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Outreach Product

In order to promote igem and make others be interested and involved in synthetic biology, we designed many outreach products and contacted manufacturers to produce them.

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Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free.

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Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free.

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Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free.

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Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free.

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Workshop

We held a workshop at school to share our outreach products with students. If they subscribe to our WeChat official account, they can choose a mask for free.

SZ-SHD

Our Books

Children Picture Book

One-hour Crash Course in Synthetic Biology