HOW SAFE IS “SAFE ENOUGH”? APOCALYPTIC SCENARIOS 11
ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION 15
HUMAN PRACTICES DEBATE 21
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BIOSAFETY ARE GMOs AND SYNTHETIC ORGANISMS DANGEROUS? yes 8 % 8 % 4 % i don’t know enough to form an opinion some of them 80 % no 23 Case by case study!
OPINION CHANGED EXITPOLL BECAUSE OF THE DEBATE? 22 % 35 % 11 % 32 % still in favour of synthetic biology still against synthetic biology the debate gave me new insights food for thought “The scientists... do not seem to be aware of the potentially huge societal 24 shifts they are contributing to.”
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE K.U. LEUVEN · Organized a children's workshop and an intriguing debate · Worked in a multidisciplinary team of scientists and designers · Extensive characterization of the inducible promotors · INP and AFP work! · In silico modeling of a dual inhibition system · Quantification of the effect of INP and AFP on the ice nucleating temperatures in different kinds of water 25
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE K.U. LEUVEN · Contacts with the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation and the Ice rink of Leuven look very promising · Participation in Meeting of Young Minds, European iGEM Jamboree · Two high school classes made a project about E.D. Frosti and we helped them · Working together with flemish parliament, discusssing application of AFP · Sat together with dr. Lino Paula from the European ethics commission 26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS · Professor Winderickx · Our instructors: Lyn, Ruben, Erwin and Hanne · Don Bosco summercamp · All of the participants of our debate 27
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