Year: 2022

RISE OF CITIZEN SCIENTIST must be real, since it is a conference topic today. "DIYBio has now become a popular conference topic; it was the topic of the 2010 Humanity+ Summit at Harvard (subtitled "Rise of the Citizen Scientist"), the Outlaw Biology Summit at UCLA and was included in the program of the Open Science Summit 2010 at University of California, Berkeley."" " http://lnkd.in/deKjDju View in LinkedIn

DNA HACKING: AKIN TO EARLY COMPUTING HACKING. "And we’re also seeing an explosion in entrepreneurial activity. Just as the Homebrew Computer Club and other garage hackers led to Apple and Microsoft, the biohacker culture is full of similarly ambitious startups, working out of hackerspaces. It’s entirely possible that the next great wave of entrepreneurs will be biologists, not programmers."" " http://lnkd.in/dyAQ-W8 View in LinkedIn

BIOTECH HACKER SPACE. "Bio, Tech and Beyond intends to “bootstrap” the traditional research model and provide a space for professionals and advanced amateurs to conduct independent research. For a fee that ranges up to $600 a month, they can access equipment and other resources that would usually be inaccessible to an individual. They will also offer classes that range in skill level from student to profesional."" " http://lnkd.in/dihJR8S View in LinkedIn

DIYbio WANTS DEMOCRATIZED BIOTECH "Cowell is the cofounder of a group called DIYbio. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cowell and his cohorts believe that biology is too important to be left in the hands of experts. By this they mean that the life sciences as practiced by academics, corporations, and the government are hamstrung by politics and bureaucracy in ways that make cumbersome the beneficial applications of the latest life-science discoveries."" " http://lnkd.in/d4ySrU7 View in LinkedIn

DNA BEING HACKED EVERY DAY: "cells are self-assembling, non-toxic, self-repairing, low-energy, infinitely scalable and adaptive computing devices. Cells are hardware and DNA is software. The result? Biology, like other forms of computing, can be hacked. And it is being hacked, every." " http://lnkd.in/dNr39y6 View in LinkedIn

KITCHEN SINK BIOTECH. "We're heading into an era where people will be writing DNA programs like the early days of computer programming..." Drew Endy, MIT. "I see a cell as a chassis and power supply for the artificial systems we are putting together..." Tom Knight, MIT."" " http://lnkd.in/dCV_93T View in LinkedIn

DIY BIOLOGY. Amateurs working on scientific projects has a long tradition in natural history and astronomy; more recently, AIDS treatment activists and family disease associations (particularly the muscular dystrophy associations) have taken on the role of evaluating scientific data, with and without scientists, and driving the search for new treatments (Lorenzo's Oil). This has been driven by frustration at institutional efforts. Biohacking by amateurs fits within the outer boundary of these societal trends. " " http://lnkd.in/dC6T6wU View in LinkedIn

THE FRINGE OR CUTTING EDGE? "Programmable memories, fatherless reproduction, nano-tech implants, amphibian-powered scar treatment, brain-scanning lie-detectors, inter-species reproduction, self-determining synthetic ‘green goo’… Which of these would you wager is pure science fiction, and which currently being developed in the lab?"" " http://lnkd.in/d4c4AZZ View in LinkedIn

BIOPUNK CRITIC "Pat Mooney, executive director of ETC Group, is a critic of biohacking who argues that—using a laptop computer, published gene sequence information, and mail-order synthetic DNA—just about anyone has the potential to construct genes or entire genomes from scratch (including those of the lethal pathogens) in the near-future. He warns that the danger of this development is not just bio-terror, but "bio-error"." " http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk View in LinkedIn

EXPANDING THE TREE OF LIFE. "Andrew Hessel, a Distinguished Researcher with San Francisco based company Autodesk Inc ... presented a slideshow of the cutting edge experiments in synthetic biology. Computer coders and biological engineers are collaborating on some of the most innovative experiments in enzyme, DNA, and chemical construction. And these collaborations are happening in garages, art studios, and high-tech facilities. “We’re expanding the tree of life into synthetic organisms,”" " http://biohackersnyc.com/home/2014/1/27/survive-better-biohacking-the-future-of-enhancement.html View in LinkedIn