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DIYbio events for the week of September 3

September 3, 2017

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Here are your events for the week

Sunday, September 3
Oakland, CA, USA – Open Insulin Lab Day  Work on the Open Insulin project continues

Monday, September 4
Santa Clara and Oakland, CA, USA – Synthetic Biology, Biohacking, and Cheese – Real Vegan Cheese team meeting.  Collaboration between two biohackspaces continues on Real Vegan Cheese

Tuesday, September 5
La Jolla, CA, USA – MicroRNAs: One biologist’s junk is another cell’s regulatory molecule.  Julia Nussbacher talks about what high throughput sequencing and computational biology can can say about the function of some of what was formerly termed “junk” DNA; the portion that codes for micro RNA.

Oakland, CA, USA – The Art of Science, The Science of Art Show, tell and share anything that you are interested in relating to the intersection of art with science, math and engineering.

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Quantum Biology – Community Project

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Cuttle Wranglin’: Studying the RNA Editing capabilities of the Dwarf Cuttlefish  Help to design experiments to perform genome and transcriptome analysis of dwarf cuttlefish, ultimately leading to the identification of highly edited RNA transcripts.

Seattle, WA, USA Citizen Salmon Project  Work continues on genotyping the salmon of the Pacific Northwest

Wednesday, September 6
Brooklyn, NY, USA – Epigentics Talk by Andrew Abrams  Its not just about DNA.  In this talk, Andrew Abrams guides an exploration of what we mean by epigenetics, why it is so important, and how we might be able to harness it for a healthier future.

Oakland, CA, USA – Open Source Insulin Project  Work continues on open source insulin

Oakland, CA, USA – FermentationStation MycoFermentoOmniMondo –  Fun fermentation continues

Santa Clara, CA – Microfluidics:’Lab on a Chip’  Eric Harness guides development of lab analysis automation hardware at the micro and nano level.

Thursday, September 7
Brooklyn, NY, USA Grand Opening Party for Biotech without Borders – Join cofounders Dr. Ellen Jorgensen, Megan Wallner, and Dr. Kumar Vadaparty as they celebrate the opening of  a state-of-the art BSL2 facility that will support early proof-of-concept work and bioentrepreneurship, training and mentoring of students and teachers, and will hold advanced biotech classes and group projects open to the general public

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Bioprinter Community Project  The project to build a living cell printer continues

Friday, September 8 – 10
Munich, BY, DEU – TECHFEST Munich 2017 – More than a hackathon!  The synbio group is getting together latest microfluidics together with the phage therapy experts and add a whole bunch of Biosensors to automate phage therapy in order to solve the antibiotic crisis. You must register.

Sunday, September 10
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Cincinatti, OH, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Reston, VA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Monday, September 11
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 12
Charlotteswille, VA, USA
Menlo, Park, CA, USA

Wednesday, September 13
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 14
Buenos Aires, ARG
San Francisco, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Somerville, MA, USA

Saturday, September 16
Hong Kong, CHN
La Jolla, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Sunday, September 17
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA

Monday, September 18
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Cambridge, UK
Oakland, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 19
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Wednesday, September 20
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 21
Portland, OR, USA
San Diego, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Friday, September 22 – Sunday, September 24
Cambridge, MA, USA

Saturday, September 23
San Diego, CA, USA

Sunday, September 24
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Stockholm, Sweden

Monday, September 25
Oakland, CA, USA

Monday, September 25-Thursday September 28
Boston, MA, USA

Tuesday, September 26
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Wednesday, September 27
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 28
London, UK
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Friday, September 29
Erlangen BY, DEU
Seattle, WA, USA

Sunday, September 30
Hong Kong, CHN

Saturday, October 7
Hong Kong, CHN
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Sunday, October 8
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Saturday, October 21
Hong Kong, CHN

To see when the next event is in your area, check the full list of usual suspects. Don’t see one near you? Why not have your own and get it posted here? Tell us about it by emailing events@diybio.org. It would be great to post some photos of your event somewhere. We’d love to see them. We do have some guidelines for what is posted, and are not capturing every event in the community.

DIYbio events for the remainder of the week of August 27

August 27, 2017

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Here are your events for the remainder of the week

Monday, August 28

Oakland, CA, USA – Plant Bio Group

Somerville, MA, USA – DIY Biology on Tap!: BosLab Fundraiser  Learn about and support DIY bio, all while drinking beer!

Tuesday, August 29

Cambridge, UK – The Art of Microscopy [Lab it Tuesday] at the Biomakespace  Ben Dobson (the Microscope Man) will introduce his wonderful artwork

Ottawa, ON, CAN – Biotown is turning one!

Wednesday, August 30

Cambridge, UK – Biomaker Challenge August Meetup Get help or help out with the Biomaker Challenge.  Activities include using the Gtronics Proto Shield Plus with Arduino, using the 4D Systems Display Programmable Touchscreen , and a general discussion

Charlottesville, VA – BioHack Meeting – New Toy! Play with a miniION!

Oakland, CA, USA – Open Source Insulin Project  The Open Insulin Project continues

Oakland, CA, USA – FermentationStation MycoFermentoOmniMondo Fun fermentations continue

Oakland, CA, USA – Protein Modeling, Lecture 4   Noel Carrascal leads the another no-nonsense lecture, this week working on insulin.

Renens, VD, CHE –  #OH165: 3rd year BIRTHDAY!  A big celebration!

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Micofluidics: ‘Lab-on-a-chip’  Eric Harness guides development of lab analysis automation hardware at the micro and nano level.

Thursday, August 31

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Bioprinter Community Project Night Work continues on building a printer for living cells

Friday, September 1

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR FRABICACADEMY- A New Textile Academy – a journey between textiles, digital fabrication, and biology

Singapore – Let’s meet to share about improvised lab equipment an home experiments

Saturday, September 2

Cambridge, UK – Science Makers: Biomaker Challenge Co-working (all welcome) Learn about or advise Biomaker Challenge participants.  Includes project lightning talks: quick intros to projects from Biomaker Challenge and further afield and requests for help and feeback.

Hong Kong, CHN – DNA Bar Code Workshop (insects)  In depth DNA barcoding workshop of insects, over 2 day, September 2 and 9

Oakland CA, USA Lab Skills 101: Intro to the Lab! See what kind of equipment CCL has and what it’s used for. Learn also how to dispose of biowaste, order reagents, and *ahem* any “quirks” the donated equipment may have 🙂  A must take class if you want to work in the lab

Zurich, CHE, – Erforschen Sie als Citizen Scientists Ihren Geruchs- und Geschmackssinn    Jeder und jede von uns nimmt Gerüche und Geschmäcker unterschiedlich wahr. Für bestimmte Aromen sind diese Unterschiede besonders ausgeprägt und stark durch unsere Gene bestimmt. Der Workshop gibt eine kurze Einführung in die aktuelle Forschung in diesem Bereich und beschreibt wie Sie als Citizen Scientist (forschender Bürger) einen wichtigen Beitrag zu dieser Forschung leisten können.

Other events coming up

Sunday, September 3
Oakland, CA, USA

Monday, September 4
Santa Clara and Oakland, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 5
La Jolla, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Seattle, WA, USA

Wednesday, September 6
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA

Thursday, September 7
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Friday, September 8
Munich, BY, DEU

Sunday, September 10
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Cincinatti, OH, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Reston, VA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Monday, September 11
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 12
Menlo, Park, CA, USA

Wednesday, September 13
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 14
Buenos Aires, ARG
San Francisco, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Somerville, MA, USA

Saturday, September 16
La Jolla, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Sunday, September 17
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA

Monday, September 18
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Oakland, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 19
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Wednesday, September 20
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 21
San Diego, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Friday, September 22 – Sunday, September 24
Cambridge, MA, USA

Saturday, September 23
San Diego, CA, USA

Sunday, September 24
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Monday, September 25
Oakland, CA, USA

Monday, September 25-Thursday September 28
Boston, MA, USA

Tuesday, September 26
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Wednesday, September 27
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, September 28
London, UK
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Friday, September 29
Erlangen BY, DEU
Seattle, WA, USA

Saturday, October 7
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Sunday, October 8
Brooklyn, NY, USA

To see when the next event is in your area, check the full list of usual suspects. Don’t see one near you? Why not have your own and get it posted here? Tell us about it by emailing events@diybio.org. It would be great to post some photos of your event somewhere. We’d love to see them. We do have some guidelines for what is posted, and are not capturing every event in the community.

DIYbio events for the week of August 20

August 17, 2017

scstowell

Here are your DIYbio events for the week

Sunday, August 20

Cincinnati, OH, USA – Science Book Club – The Gene: An Intimate History  Siddhartha Mukherjee’s  book is disussed

Honk Kong – We are at the Citizen Science Faire Last day of the faire.  Check out the booth and workshop!

Oakland, CA, USA – Open Insulin Lab Day  The Open Insulin project continues.

Monday, August 21

Cambridge, UK – Cafe Synthetique: Graduate Talks Quite a range of talks on synthetic biology including improvement of timber (Jan Lyczakowski), developing expression systems for chemicals produced by algae (Patrick Hickland), algal synthetic biology (Stefan Grossfurthner), creation of genetic circuits in an algae using proteins (Aleix Gorchs-Rovira), machine learning and automation (Clayton Rabideau), and cell-free arsenic sensing (Sensor CDT Students).

Oakland, CA, USA – Sythetic Biology, Biohacking and Cheese team meeting – Real Vegan Cheese team meeting  Collaboration continues on the Real Vegan Cheese project.

Tuesday, August 22

Brooklyn, NY, USA – DIYbio incubator: Build Your Own Incubator  Piym Fernando and Cassandra Barrett show you how to build a low-cost incubator including basic electronics and Arduino programming. The newly constructed DIY incubator will then be used to run an experiment!

Cambridge, UK – Going deeper with deep sequencing and deep learning[Lab it Tuesday]Biomakespace A talk by Tiong Sun Chia.  The first part of the talk gives an overview of deep learning, explaining what it is and how it works. The second part will review this paper.

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Cuttle Wranglin’: Studying RNA Editing of Dwarf Cuttlefish Dive deep into the genome of Sepia bandensis (dwarf cuttlefish). Effort is to identify highly edited RNA transcripts and find a correlation between changing environmental conditions and RNA editing capabilities.

Wednesday, August 23

Vancouver, BC, CAN – Introducing Bio Academy Scott Pownall a graduate of the 2016 How To Grow (Almost) Anything (HTGAA) Synthetic Biology program will talk about his experience and what to look forward to in this years program.

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Microfluidics: ‘Lab on a Chip’ Eric Harness guides development of lab analysis automation hardware at the micro and nano level.

Oakland, CA, USA – Open Insulin Project  The project to make open source insulin continues.

Oakland, CA, USA – FermentationStation MycoFermentoOmniMondo Fun fermentation continues

Thursday, August 24

Brooklyn, NY, USA – Genomic Lecture w/ Chris Mason: Designing genomes for Earth, Mars, & beyond  Learn about work on a ten-phase, 500-year plan for the survival of the human species on Earth, in space, and on other planets.

Santa Clara, CA, USA – Bioprinter Community Project Night  The effort to build a live cell printer continues.

Somerville, MA, USA – BosLab Book Club: The Discovery of Insulin Presentation and discussion of the book by Michael Bliss

Friday, August 25

Seattle, WA, USA Bionic Leaf Open Discussion  Biomimetics discussion in general to get interested individuals to help build a bionic leaf kit

Friday, August 25 – Saturday Aug 26

Oakland, CA, USA Biohack the Planet Come to a conference run by Biohackers, designed for Biohackers, with amazing talks solicited from Biohackers

Other events coming up

Sunday, August 27
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Cambridge, MA, USA
Reston, VA, USA
Tel Aviv, ISR

Monday, August 28
Oakland, CA, USA
Somerville, MA, USA

Tuesday, August 29
Ottawa, ON, CAN

Wednesday, August 30
Oakland, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Renens, VD, CHE –  #OH165: 3rd year BIRTHDAY!  A big celebration!
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Thursday, August 31
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 5
La Jolla, CA, USA

Friday, September 8
Munich, BY, DEU

Sunday, September 10
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Santa Clara, CA, USA

Sunday, September 17
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Friday, September 22 – Sunday, September 24
Cambridge, MA, USA

Saturday, September 23
San Diego, CA, USA

Tuesday, September 26 (13 weeks) APPLICATION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 1 Amsterdam, NTL

To see when the next event is in your area, check the full list of usual suspects. Don’t see one near you? Why not have your own and get it posted here? Tell us about it by emailing events@diybio.org. It would be great to post some photos of your event somewhere. We’d love to see them. We do have some guidelines for what is posted, and are not capturing every event in the community.