DIYbio:Boston

12/13/2009 DIYbio-Boston meetup

todo: need better system for notes

Agenda

• logos: 5-10 useful icons
• safety badge brainstorming
• tix to outlaw bio
• demo @ outlaw bio brainstorming
• playing with electrophoresis
• Charlie wants to write diybio-safety stuff on a wiki somewhere
• openwetware? http://openwetware.org/wiki/DIYbio/FAQ/Safety

logo

• meetup at epic manor on Wed dec 16 for brainstorming
• markerboards + beer

safety badge

• what are you doing?
  • sentence-length + link
• what are the risks?
  • How are you managing them?
• how do you dispose of the waste
  • links to helpful resources
• materials list

• Safety logo - just one
  • not an endorsement
  • conveys I thought about it
  • recycle logo; look before you leap; suggests recursion
  • no biohazard! too scary
  • preflight checklist
  • says registered + date
  • a progress bar?

BOSSlab at cambridge science fest

when: april 24-25 2010

where: BOSSLab & @ Sprout

Cost: $40

Synopsis: Explore your own genome with DIYbio Boston at the Boston Open Source Science Lab! In this workshop, you'll amplify a fragment of one of your genes and examine it with PCR for mutations. The whole procedure takes about 6 hours and can be broken up over 2 days. Come get to know your own genome better with us at the BOSSlab!

Hacking webcams into ucams

• Details at http://diybio.org/2009/12/13/webcam-microscope-hacks-at-bosslab.
• processing code for accessing webcams: ucam (needs this blob-detection library)