DIYbio

In Cambridge, Mass., a group called DIYbio is setting up a community lab where the public could use chemicals and lab equipment, including a used freezer, scored for free off Craigslist, that drops to 80 degrees below zero, the temperature needed to keep many kinds of bacteria alive.

Boing Boing 2008

In Cambridge, Mass., a group called DIYbio is setting up a community lab where the public could use chemicals and lab equipment, including a used freezer, scored for free off Craigslist, that drops to 80 degrees below zero, the temperature needed to keep many kinds of bacteria alive.

things I read last week and didn’t post | clusterflock 2008

In Cambridge, Mass., a group called DIYbio is setting up a community lab where the public could use chemicals and lab equipment, including a used freezer, scored for free off Craigslist, that drops to 80 degrees below zero, the temperature needed to keep many kinds of bacteria alive.

things I read last week and didn’t post | clusterflock 2008

Cowell is part of an effort called DIYbio - short for do-it-yourself biology - that aims to move science into the hands of hobbyists.

Jim Moore's blog: Innovation, Strategy, Public Policy 2008

The DIYbio mailing list (diybio@googlegroups.com) has been hard at work developing molecular biology techniques that are accessible to garage scientists with no budget.

Boing Boing 2009

Cowell is the cofounder of DIYbio, a worldwide network of "biohackers" dedicated to creating pop-up labs and doing biology outside the traditional environments of universities and industry.

Wired Top Stories jmckeel 2011

DIYbio is part of a wider movement of amateur scientists who, empowered by online resource sharing, are pursuing high-level scientific research in their basements and backyards.

NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2010

DIYbio is part of a wider movement of amateur scientists who, empowered by online resource sharing, are pursuing high-level scientific research in their basements and backyards.

The Seattle Times 2010

Such experiments are typical of today's DIY biology movement, or DIYbio

The Seattle Times 2010

Such experiments are typical of today's D.I.Y. biology movement, or DIYbio, a motley crew that includes artists, bankers, baristas and freelance writers, many of whom haven't cracked a science textbook since high school.

NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2010