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30. March 2011 by admin.
The DC Science and Engineering Fair is this weekend and they’re looking for judges, so I thought I’d send it your way. I won’t be able to make it, but looks like a fun way to volunteer some time to future nerds.
http://www.dcsef.com/Judging.
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30. March 2011 by admin.
http://citizensciencequarterly.com/
First issue ready, second issue awaiting submissions.
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22. March 2011 by admin.
Just in today… Should rebroadcast in the afternoon cycle and become posted at this link as webcast,
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-03-22/do-it-yourself-biology
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12. August 2010 by admin.
This article at ArsTechnica brings into question late crack-downs on small labs offering personal genomic analysis..
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27. July 2010 by admin.
Was just checking out our friends at the Foresight Institute and came upon this information…
“The Open Science Summit on July 29-31 in Berkeley is looking better and better.
Topics include OpenPCR, DIY biology, open source hardware, brain preservation, synthetic biology, gene patents, open data, open access journals, reputation engines, crowd-funding and microfinance for science, citizen science, biohacking, open source biodefense, cure entrepreneurs, open source drug discovery, patent pools, tech transfer, and much more.
Here’s some advance media coverage:
http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/07/07/the-open-science-shift/
If you can’t attend in person, watch the webcast live at:
http://fora.tv/live/open_science/open_science_summit_2010
Put it on your calendar now! Or we’ll hope to see you in person, especially for the session where Christine Peterson is speaking: “Safety and Security Concerns, Open Source Biodefense” at 5:15 PM on Friday. “
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21. July 2010 by admin.
The Federal Policy Makers have 2 more public forums to be held later this summer/fall.
Future Meetings
September 13-14 in Philadelphia,Pa.
November 16-17 in Atlanta, Ga.
Read the Agenda, Check out the Synthetic Biology background paper and make your voice heard if so called.
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21. July 2010 by admin.
The Presidential Summit on BioEthics met last week with Drew Endy, Rob Carlson and others addressing the Obama Administration.
Flash Video’s available
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/bioethics/100708/
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29. June 2010 by admin.
Medical and Bio: Open source hardware 2009 - The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009.
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29. June 2010 by admin.
Bryan Bishop just sent over this link to me. Sounds like an interesting competition and could be another focal point for a longer term project after this year’s iGEM competition.
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14. June 2010 by admin.
One of the folks at Hack:DC just posted a link to plans for a milled Atomic Force Microscope.
This is an extremely expensive piece of equipment that can give insight into a number of biological processes that go unseen from standard optical microscopes.
http://www.biophysik.physik.uni-muenchen.de/projects/plastic-afm
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