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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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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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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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27. March 2010 by admin.
I’ve been in contact with the Educational Outreach at J. Craig Venter International in Rockville, and suggested that we’d love to speak to some of their scientists working in Synthetic Biology, as part of the spring/summer lecture series. They have responded postively and are awaiting a speaker proposal. We’ll discuss the timing and subject matter of this at our next meeting on the 12th of April.
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20. March 2010 by admin.
This just in from Dr. Burkett.
“I also set up a course (BIOL 281-Cooperative Education: Biology (Section PZ1; CRN# 52644) with a special note section that it is for the iGEM competition. It is a one credit course so the financials shouldn’t be too onerous for anyone ( about $100.00 for in county). If we could work out a way that Towson students or Howard students, or UMBC students could get a credit for the course that would be great. I don’t think there will be any requirement for mentors to pay the fee. I’m going to look into some mechanism so that qualified mentors can have better access to the lab-not sure what that would be right now but I’ll work on it.”
So we’re in. We’ll be holding a second meeting 8 pm on Monday, April 12th in Rm D206: CCBC- Catonsville’s Biotechnology lab.
This will be an opportunity to differentiate DIY-Bio vs. iGEM 2010 team and how these projects will interact to feed the community of interested.
Note that DIY-Bio communities from Boston, NYC, and LA are also attempting to get their teams in. If you thought this was just for kids, it’s time to step up and represent BioMore.
Suggested Agenda items to be considered.
DIY-Bio projects (Re-imagining the design of the Sythesizer/Microarray)
iGEM competition projects and interactions
Outreach opportunities:Discussing Robotfest Table
Considerations for Lecture Series / Workshops
Employment Opportunities / Networking
If I can get a decent headcount, I’ll try and clear the supplies we’ll need to do the DNA extraction, otherwise we’ll save it for Robotfest demonstrations.
WOOHOO!
E-mail me via admin@genoblasts.com
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20. March 2010 by admin.
The MdBio Division of Tech Council of Maryland is pleased to host a legislative briefing by Jeanne Haggerty, Director of Federal Government Relations for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Ms. Haggerty will present BIO’s federal policy platform and elaborate on critical issues relevant to biotech business leaders today, including follow-on biologics, patent reform, and capital formation.
The program will be held at 9800 Medical Center Drive in Rockville, Maryland known as Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.’s Life Science and Translational Research Center.
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19. March 2010 by admin.
Frederick County’s Biotech Community, The BioBeers.
Friday from 4:30 til 7 at ImQuest BioSciences on 7340 Executive Way Frederick, MD 21704-9405.
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18. March 2010 by admin.
Is there any interest in the community in participating in National Lab Day?
Apparently, it is a STEM initiative in public education outreach, that seems to be inline with goals for DIY-Bio outreach initiative.
http://www.nationallabday.org/projects/all
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16. March 2010 by admin.
3/15/10
It’s been one week since our exploratory meeting and we have one more week to try and meet the initial $1750 iGEM Registration deadline. As of the moment we seem to be running into a few hitch’s with institutional supports. NSF funding usually requires much more planning, and the Howard County Community College has denied the request to become involved in the competition as far as offering access to facilities and/or funding. We look forward to hearing from any Biotech Start-ups, Educational Outreach programs or similar Institutions of Learning that would like to partner with us in growing a firm base of operations for Synthetic Biology enthusiasts here in Central Maryland.
We’ve arranged to partner up with Agent You of the WMD preparedness branch of the FBI, to help define reasonable guidelines for safety and security protocols in the field of SynBio and DIY-Bio community science. With a little more feedback, we can begin to plot out a series of workshops and activities to prepare us for the fun to come.
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If interested contact Ryan: admin@GenoBlasts.com
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10. March 2010 by admin.
I hope someone’s able to watch the webcast. I expect they’ll leave the feed up so we can review it later. It’s only in D.C. as well, maybe one of you could make it.
How synthetic biology is changing the way we look at biological threats
March 11 2010, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
-Light refreshments available at 3 PM
-5th Floor Conference Room
-Woodrow Wilson Center
Luckily I had the fortune of getting out of work a few minutes early so I could catch this. It was a nice presentation. I have been in contact with Agent You, and he has offered to work in tandem with our community as it develops to ensure clean lines of communication and proper education on areas of safety and security. Agent You works in tandem with Piers from iGEM and both are involved with Biological Weapons and WMD conventions.
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