UCLA Magazine ran a great piece researched and written by Jack Feuer about DIY Bio and the Outlaw Biology Symposium this summer.
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At Long Last… (hey, outlaws work on outlaw time) Outlaw Biology Symposium Presentations Intro: Video Videos from the Workshop, courtesy of the Art|Sci crew (Vimeo album) The Outlaw Biology essay that I wrote for this event is now a publication! Videos and transcripts to come soon, we promise! It’s been a couple months since the symposium now, and I am still contemplating the complexities and mysteries of the world. Most of those thoughts however, have been dedicated to issues of public participation in science (okay, okay, maybe this is an exaggeration- I have been mostly thinking about what in the world I [...] In taking on any new endeavor, one never really knows how their expectations will overlap with what really happens. Going into the Outlaw Biology Symposium, I did not realize what my expectations were until meeting with Professor Kelty to prepare for the Outlaws. As a control freak, I was caught off guard when he [...] I spent most of my Outlaw Biology experience covered in guts and smelling of alcohol. Well, it was strawberry guts and rubbing alcohol. But I stand by my argument that it was a hootin’ an’ hollerin’ good time. On my day journey into the wonderful world of Outlaw Biology Workshops, I got to extract [...] Guido demonstrates the LavaAmp Mac demonstrates DIY webcam microscopy to high school students and others Richard demostrates molecular gastronomy: blood orange and hoorn carrot caviar with black truffle spray and Grains of Paradise Phil Does an impromtu lecture on the chemistry of sodium alginate The Pearl open source gel box in action, courtesy of [...] Volunteers set up the Welcome Wagon and Strawberry DNA Extraction station. Four quarts of Strawberries were smushed up and DNA extracted, enough to make 1 full-sized human-strawberry hybrid! Meredith Patterson’s Plasmid Extraction station… The FBI gathered a crowd to talk about lab safety, Dual Use and outreach FBI Agent Ed You gave [...] These notes were compiled by Mac Cowell, Charles Fracchia, Marcus Wohlsen and others who attended the event, I’ve re-posted them here from DIYbio.org This cowboy hat is acid-proof and recommended diybio safety-wear. Chris Kelty just kicked out the Outlaw Biology Symposium here at the N(c)SI center at UCLA. “Outlaw is not the same thing [...] We’ve posted the program and schedule for the Symposium and Workshop this coming Friday and Saturday. If you’d like to come participate, please do… bring your beakers and your gelboxes! |
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