The Weekly DIYbio link fountain of science for children

The DIYbio google group is fast approaching 2000 unique posts.  To highlight some of the more interesting conversations and links, we’ll post a weekly summary on Friday.  We’re hooking up a drinking fountain to the firehose.  So, without further ado – the Week of 30 Jan 2009 in review:

• Doug Ridgway brought some attention to Invitrogen’s 3-step Clonewell Electrophoresis system (thread)

• Kay Aull and Mac Cowell told New Hampshire Public Radio about DIYbio (thread)

• Kay Aull, Jason Morrison, Mac Cowell, and Ben Peterson experimented with Gel Electrophoresis at Willoughby & Baltic

• Bryan Bishop shared a website with a comprehensive (200+) list of Hacker Spaces around the world (thread)

• John Cumbers pointed out some great biochemistry tutorials, particularly J Chris Anderson’s Bare Bones Biochemistry. (thread)

• Professor George Church had an article in SEED about Safeguarding Biology, which Jason Bobe mentioned in response to a Post for Reactions by Roger Brent (topics: BioSafety, BioSecurity, and Responsibility).  (thread)

• Members of the community recapped their interviews with the Monitor 360 consultants, and have a long discussion about the pros and cons of “Biohacking” as an adjective. (Tito, Marnia, Meredith, Andrew, Kay

• Jonathan Cline found a video of a biology + electronics hacking project that measures the health parameters of beehives and reports it to the web. (thread)