Is OpenTrons the Makerbot of biotech? In some ways.
When I was a molecular biologist, folks used to ask me what I did. I used to say, “Squirt things into tubes and wait.” OpenTrons takes that drudgery...
Tag: diybio
The quest for the $500 home molecular biology laboratory >> Medical Laboratory Observer December 2011
“Molecular diagnostics and molecular biology in general are becoming more pervasive every day in a range of applications but are still seen by many as bei...
Genome at Home: Biohackers Build Their Own Labs | Magazine
“A tiny spare bedroom is not an ideal space for a high tech biofabrication facility. To get to the one Josh Perfetto is putting together, visitors must wa...
James King – speculative deisgner
Here’s another speaker for my proposed panel for SXSW [http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10348] on DIYbio. James King is a speculative designer worki...
Cathal Garvey – indie biotech
As you might be aware, I proposed a panel for SXSW [http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10348] on DIYbio. One person who I think epitomizes DIYbio is Cathal ...
Follow our efforts to get bio panels into SXSW 2012
Folks, @thisischristina (and writer at SciAm’s Oscillator) and I both submitted panel proposals for SXSW 2012. We’re going to need some help getting...
“DIYbio: hackspaces, open source & f*ck yeah ethics” a proposed SXSW session
I’ve done it. I’ve submitted a proposal to SXSW. Alas, I was only able to submit one, despite all the ideas I had (anyone going to submit others, wa...
Designing Biology at SXSW 2012?
I’ve been thinking of what to do at SXSW Interactive next year around Biology. Biology at SXSW? It’s not as far-fetched as you’d think. The tr...
The Rise of Backyard Biotech – Magazine – The Atlantic
“The small industries and biotech freelancers springing up are, in some ways, like the divisions of the old behemoth drug company, but connected only by t...