Presentation b

1. 16 – 03 - 2012
The Hague

2.  What is DIY Bio?
 Goals & Motivation
 DIYBio tools and materials
 Challenges and constraints
 Knowledge sharing
 Ethics and safety

5. Genomics Health
Discovery Science
Home brewing SynBio
Ecology Biology
DIY Design
Bio
Microbiology
Bioremediation
Open Standards
Education
Workshops
Self Teaching

7.  Build what you can dream of

8. “If I were 13 again, I would be hacking biology instead of
computers”
- Bill Gates
“most of the action is in DIY biology — manipulating
genetic code the way a previous generation of hackers
manipulated computer code. It’s still in the fun stage”
-Tim O’Reilly
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/04/ff_hackers/all/1

11.  Living code:
AACATGACCTGACGA
 Digital code:
100101001110101010101010100101010
10010101010010101101101111001

13.  Easy way to put DNA in cells
 DIY Bio friendly organisms
 Model organisms
 Easy to use, techniques are known
 Safe, fun and easy to grow
Moss Halobacterium Acinetobacter
http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/SAFETY/bacteria.html

15.  deCODEme, Navigenics and 23andme
 DIYgenomics app: comparison of suppliers for 20
conditions (diabetes, cancers, heart disease, etc.)

17.  Resources
 Equipment
 Access to chemicals
 Proper lab environment
 Biosafety Regulations
 Don’t be stupid
 Patents
 Need for Open Source DNA / Proteins
 Access to knowledge and journals

21.  GenSpace
 BSL1-certified open lab in NYC
 IndieBiotech
 Class1-certified spare bedroom
 BioCurious
 Community lab in Mountview, CA

24. “Tuur Van Balen, a Belgian designer, has been making the speaking-circuit rounds,
showing audiences how to inject yogurt bacteria with antidepressant qualities,
making it possible for anyone to have a feel-good breakfast treat.”

26.  http://diybio.org/codes/

27.  Desire to create > desire to destroy
 Fear of hobyist or national biowarfare programs?

29.  Extract DNA from a fruit
 Probe and spool real DNA
 Build a double helix
 Solve a chromosome puzzle

30.  http://www.instructables.com/id/Project-Paper-clone/