Merge pull request #179 from MyersResearchGroup/addOutreach

added outreach page to website

config/_default/menus.toml

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   url = "/courses"
   weight = 70  
 
+[[main]]
+  name = "Outreach"
+  url = "/outreach"
+  weight = 72
+
 [[main]]
   name = "Contact"
   url = "#contact"

content/authors/admin/_index.md

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 The Genetic Logic Lab is run by <a href="/author/chris-myers/">Chris Myers</a>. The research in the lab focuses on the interdisciplinary synthetic biology work in the overlap between electrical engineering, mathematical modelling, and genetic biology. Examples of work include: the creation of genetic design automation programs similar to electronic design automation programs for circuit designs, stochastic verification of genetic models, and a repository for storing and sharing genetic constructs.
 
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-<!-- The Genetic Logic Lab is always looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students. If you're interested in working in the new, exciting interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology, feel free to <a href="/#contact">reach out</a>! --> 
+<!-- The Genetic Logic Lab is always looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students. If you're interested in working in the new, exciting interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology, feel free to <a href="/#contact">reach out</a>! --> 
+
+We are hosting an outreach event for undergraduate students interested in synthetic biology! <a href="/outreach/">Click here for more info and to register</a>!

content/outreach/index.md

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+# Outreach
+type = "widget_page"
+headless = false  # Homepage is headless, other widget pages are not.
+title = "Outreach"
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content/outreach/main.md

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+widget = "awesome"
+headless = true
+active = true
+weight = 1
+
+title = ""
+subtitle = ""
+
+[advanced]
+ # Custom CSS. 
+ css_style = ""
+
+ # CSS class.
+ css_class = ""
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+
+# Synthetic Biology Workshop
+
+<p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Dates:</strong> June 17-18, 2024</p>
+<p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong >Location:</strong> University of Colorado Boulder</p>
+<p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Room:</strong> TBA</p>
+<p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Registration Deadline:</strong> June 10th</p>
+
+<p style="font-size: 16px;">This workshop is free to all attendees. Meals will be provided for the event.</p>
+
+**Register for the Workshop:** <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJymK6jK3u3jopTuSWuPojhUD9RnT1k_hsTVJVtsjka_QKSA/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="font-size: 24px;">Register via Google Form</a>
+
+
+## <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is Synthetic Biology?</span>
+
+
+<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 20px;">
+    <div style="flex: 1; min-width: 250px; padding: 10px; display: inline">
+        <p>Researchers are now able to engineer synthetic genetic circuits for a range of applications in the environmental, medical, and energy domains. Crucial to the success of these efforts is the development of methods and tools for genetic design automation (GDA). While inspiration can be drawn from experiences with electronic design automation (EDA), design with a genetic material poses several challenges. In particular, genetic circuits are composed of very noisy components making their behavior more asynchronous, analog, and stochastic in nature. This workshop presents a design-build-test-learn workflow for synthetic biology. We will introduce data repositories that provide information about genetic parts, sequence-level design tools to compose these parts into circuits, and modeling and simulation tools to evaluate alternative design choices. We will also introduce basics about the experimental methods used to build and test these genetic designs. Finally, we will demonstrate how laboratory automation can accelerate this entire workflow.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div style="flex: 1; min-width: 250px; padding: 10px;">
+        <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zggU1KCgc7A?si=q9Z2_HH18-ZcNIFT" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+## <span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics Covered</span>
+
+<div style="padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 60%;">
+<ul style="list-style-type: none; display: inline; font-size:20px">
+    <li>- Biological parts and repositories where to find them</li>
+    <li>- Genetic devices and software to construct them</li>
+    <li>- Experimental techniques to build and test designs</li>
+    <li>- Modeling and analysis of biological circuits</li>
+    <li>- Laboratory automation</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;">
+    <img src="IMG_9397.jpg" alt="Amazing Scientists at Work!" style="max-width: 50%; height: 35%; margin: auto; display: block;">
+</div>
+
+
+### More Information
+
+<div style="display: inline;">
+    <p>This event is organized by the FLUENT Research Group. To learn more about our projects, <a href="https://fluentverification.github.io">visit our website</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+This project is funded by grants 1856733, 1856740, and 1900542 from the National Science Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSF.
+
+<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 20px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 30px;">
+    <img src="nsf.jpeg" alt="NSF Logo" style="max-height: 40px;">
+    <img src="cu.png" alt="CU Boulder Logo" style="max-height: 40px;">
+    <img src="UState.png" alt="Utah State University Logo" style="max-height: 40px;">
+    <img src="USF.png" alt="University of South Florida Logo" style="max-height: 40px;">
+</div>
+
+**Questions? Contact Chris Myers at:** [email protected]