DIYbio Boston at Cambridge Science Festi...
Posted by jasonm in Boston DIYbio, DIYscience on 04 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Doing the infamous dna extraction If you’re in the Boston area, drop by the Cambridge Science Festival between noon and 4:00pm this Saturday, April 25, to visit the DIYbio table! We’ll be in the tent at the opening Science Carnival – see the Cambridge Science Festival’s schedule...
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DIYbio interview on Food Chain Weekly Ra...
Posted by jasonm in Uncategorized on 04 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Mac Cowell, Sandra Porter, and Meredith Patterson (who wrote her thoughts on the show) were in a fascinating discussion about DIYbio on the Food Chain weekly radio program with Michael Olson this morning. The audio will be available to download soon.
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iGEM Closes Doors to Amateurs...
Posted by mac in iGEM, safety on 04 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
How can amateurs participate in iGEM? - Several weeks ago the Director of iGEM (my old boss) asked me to drop by to chat. He basically told me iGEM wasn’t going to allow amateur teams for 2009, despite earlier statements to the contrary, for two reasons: iGEM depends on the academic institution...
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FAQtastic!...
Posted by mac in Uncategorized on 04 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
diybio faq at openwetware.org Bryan Bishop has herioically created a DIYbio FAQ (three cheers!).  In the interest of neutrality, I copied his latest version to OpenWetWare/wiki/DIYbio/FAQ today and I encourage everyone to edit that version mercilessly.  Otherwise Bryan will become the official keeper...
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DIYbio San Francisco – Glow in the...
Posted by tito in San Francisco DIYbio on 04 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Step 1. Planning our experiment The pressure cooker shot out steam, like an enormous teapot. At over 200˚F, steam had just sterilized our liquid agar, the favorite food of growing cells. We’re on our way to make glowing cells with the Carolina Sciences “Green Gene Colony Transformation...
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