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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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/

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/07/diy-biotechnologists-go-looking-for-a-bigger-garage/59701/

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.

http://www.bioethics.gov/

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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.

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.

Check it out!!!

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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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4. June 2010 by admin.

 The White House and DOE have session to review Synthetic Biology post JCVI’s announcement.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/congress-obama-synthetic-bio/

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3. June 2010 by admin.

Here’s a series of pre-conference podcasts with a number of specialists in the field of synthetic biology.

Speakers include J. Craig Venter, Drew Endy, Jay Kiesling, Ron Weiss and more. Definitely worthwhile background discussions.

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2. June 2010 by admin.

More press on the synthetic genomes…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZ-GjSaqgo

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24. May 2010 by admin.

Recently JCVI unveiled it’s manmade self-replicating cells. Today he spoke with NPR about his work and the questions it raises.

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