Picture by Natronaut team member Menéndez-Abascal Sitges, 2024. Created with <ahref="https://www.biorender.com/"style="text-decoration: none;"onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'"onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'"> BioRender.com </a>.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Video 1.</b> Natronaut's 3D Chamber System Model.</h4>
3D rendering created by Natronaut team member Jakub Cichocki, with the 3D modelling software <ahref="https://www.blender.org/"target="_blank"style="text-decoration: none;"onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'"onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'">Blender</a> and video created with <ahref="https://www.canva.com/"style="text-decoration: none;"onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'"onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'"> Canva</a>.
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<pstyle="color: #333;"> As can be seen, the system is composed of six distinct sections:
This video follows a day in the life of Natronaut team member Maria Sole Zanetti, during the dry lab period of Natronaut's journey.
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<pstyle="color: #333;"> Additionally, after this video was posted, the team received requests for a similar video once the laboratory work was set, to see the practical aspects behind iGEM. This is why, later on, a second video was posted.
This video follows a day in the life of Natronaut team member Devyani Ravi, during the wet lab period of Natronaut's journey.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">The team even received a few private messages responding to the video, asking for more details on the iGEM experience and how to apply to the program.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 1.</b> Natronaut at the Introduction Day</h4>
Natronaut team members Devyani Ravi and Jakub Cichocki representing the team and MSP-iGEM at the introduction day.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">Some first-year students mentioned the fact that one of the reasons they applied to MSP was to join, for this reason, the team will also attend the Bachelor’s Open Day on October 12th, in which prospective students will know about the research opportunities.
The 2024 iGEM Lab Tunes Spotify playlist, created by Natronaut team member Nil Bashoglu.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">The shared playlist is meant to be played during laboratory experiments, and all people who opened it were able to add their own music.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 3.</b> Natronaut's Color Palette</h4>
To the left, Natronaut’s chosen colour palette with HEX values (Coolors, n.d.). To the right, the colour palette is displayed under different colour-blindness types: protanomaly, deuteranomaly, and tritanomaly (Nichols, n.d.).
Postcard created by Natronaut team member Natasha Nunez, using the PRO visual design suite from our sponsor, <ahref="https://www.canva.com/"style="text-decoration: none;"onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'"onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'"> Canva</a>. The postcard incorporates a piece of Maastricht, seen with the introduction of the famous bridges, and considering Natronaut's colour palette.
Postcard created by Natronaut team member Natasha Nunez, using the PRO visual design suite from our sponsor, <ahref="https://www.canva.com/"style="text-decoration: none;"onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'"onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'"> Canva</a>. The postcard incorporates a piece of Maastricht, seen with the introduction of the famous bridges, and considering Natronaut's colour palette.
The Introduction page of the GMO awareness and education survey conducted by Natronaut. Survey created by Natronaut team member Virginia Peluso.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">Introduction page of the GMO awareness and education survey conducted by Natronaut. Survey created by Natronaut team member Virginia Peluso.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure2.</b> Natronaut's GMO Awareness and Education Survey Results </h4>
Results of the GMO awareness and education survey, indicating the highest community concerns surrounding GMOs are in food production, while concerns are lower for bioremediation and medical applications.
Results of the GMO awareness and education survey, indicating the highest community concerns surrounding GMOs are in food production, while concerns are lower for bioremediation and medical applications.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">However, when specific apprehensions were assessed, nearly 50% admitted to being worried about environmental impacts, 62% expressed concern over “health risks”, as well as 62% mentioned ethical implications. Finally, nearly half of respondents (49.6%) indicated a fear of lack of transparency from the agent using the GMOs.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 3.</b> Interview with Umberto Di Majo</h4>
Natronaut team members interviewing Umberto Di Majo from Unimer.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">Once again, we thank Unimer for providing us with a perspective on what the reality and considerations behind organic fertilizer production involve.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 4.</b> Meeting with Marloes van der Zwalm</h4>
Natronaut team members meeting with Dr. Henry Lee and Lilian Ling from Cultivarium.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">Our project underwent incredible changes after this meeting, particularly since we were having trouble achieving successful assemblies, and a shortage of comprehensive information regarding working with <i>*V. natriegens</i>* at the time.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 7.</b> Natronaut at the 2024 SynBioNL Event</h4>
Natronaut’s presentation at the Dutch iGEM 2024 Meet, given by team members Virginia Peluso and Jakub Cichocki, on behalf of the Natronaut team.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">This experience was an incredible opportunity to gain extremely insightful feedback on the project. As it was still in the early stages of Natronaut’s wet lab, the suggestions and questions we received were invaluable. It was a first test drive to understand how our project would be received. Additionally, having an outside perspective was extremely important, as they often found issues or tips we initially did not perceive.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 9.</b>Natronaut Presentation at the European iGEM 2024 MeetUp</h4>
Natronaut’s presentation at the European iGEM 2024 MeetUp given by team member Maria Sole Zanetti.
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<pstyle="color: #333;">After the presentation session was concluded, all teams had lunch together. This was an opportunity to network and exchange ideas. Afterward, the RePET team gave us a tour of their laboratories and the faculty of biology. We thank the RePet for organizing and hosting the event. The environment was welcoming, professional, and insightful.
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<h4style="color: #396d7e;"><b>Figure 10.</b>Natronaut at the European iGEM 2024 MeetUp</h4>
