on experimenting with others. the rise of d-i-w-o science

ONON EXPERIMENTING EXPERIMENTING WITH OTHERS. WITH OTHERS.

THE RISE OF DIWO SCIENCETHE RISE OF DIWO SCIENCEERI GENTRY| ERI GENTRY| ERI@BIOCURIOUS.ORG | @ERIGENTRY | @ERIGENTRY

WWBD? What would Bill (Gates) do?

“If I were a teenager today, I’d be hacking biology… Creating artificial life with DNA synthesis. That’s sort of the equivalent of

machine-language programming.”

- In an interview by Steven Levy, author of Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Growing Communities of Citizen Scientists

A collaborative, collegiate environment.BioCurious doesn’t take IP.

A place for education, collaboration, and innovation.

Biotech: today, cheap enough to exist outside of university and corporate labs. And people are interested! What we need is a place to work, learn and have fun… safely.

This is what BioCurious will bring.

BioCurious? Experiment with friends.BioCurious? Experiment with friends.The Bay Area Community lab / non-profit Biotech hackerspace.

Biohacks: fun and functionBiohacks: fun and function

Webcam Microscope

Open Source Scanning-Tunneling Electron Microscope (STM)

Sacha De'Angeli

The Dremelfuge

Cathal Garvey

Pearl Biotech

Tito Jankowski

Homemade Incubator

DIY Microbial Fuel Cell

Abbie Groff

Homemade Clean Bench

Homemade Shaker

First iGEM competition, Summer 20045 teams

2010 iGEM competition130 teams, 2000 partcipants

2009 Winners: Cambridge

E. Chromi: Pigment-changing bacteria

University of Virginia 2009 iGEM team

The “Arsenic Sponge.” GOOD!

Arsenic. BAD!

2008 Winners: Slovenia

H. Pylori Vaccine

Open Source Standard Biological Parts

$235

Ginkgo BioWorks and New England BioLabs

““Dry” group experimentsDry” group experiments

This is your brain. This is your brain on butter.

(no offense)

Butter Mind. 21 days. 45 participants asking “will eating butter make me smarter?”

Seems like. But, like any good research study, we’re doing it again. Butter Mind 2 coming soon…

You’re invited!: SpikerBox – Neuroscience for everyoneWed, March 9th, 6.30p @ Hacker Dojo.

more at meetup.com/biocurious

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