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Posted by JonathanCline in policy on 12 12th, 2009 | No Comments
U.S. Office of Science and Technology Po... The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, under directives from the President Obama administration, is soliciting public feedback. Note the deadline! (Dec. 10th-20th for this phase) Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Implementation Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at...
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Posted by mac in DIYscience, diybio, policy on 11 17th, 2009 | No Comments
The Bigger Picture: Domesticating Biotec... Scientific American Oct 1953 - Evolution in Bacteria DIYbio aims to be “the institution for the amateur,” developing and providing access to all of the resources a professional might have and an amateur might want, such as equipment, protocols, access to literature, etc. And we are collectively...
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Posted by mac in DIYscience, policy on 11 11th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Crafting the Biological... Sophia Roosth, a doctoral student at MIT, presented a talk at The Kennedy School of Government STS seminar series on 9 Nov 2009 called “Crafting the Biological: Open-Sourcing Life Science, from Synthetic Biology to Garage Biotech.“ It’s a fantastic talk.  Sophia has been engaged...
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Posted by Jason Bobe in policy, safety on 07 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Environmentally Benign DIYbio... Some scientists are really making an effort to make their own labs environmentally benign. I discovered the term in reference to Angela Belcher’s work using environmentally benign viruses. One goal for amateur biologists and DIYers is to figure out how to operate in ways that are “environmentally...
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