OUTLAW BIOLOGY?

Outlaws in JCOM

Christopher Kelty — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:55:57 +0000

The Outlaw Biology essay that I wrote for this event is now a publication!

Videos and transcripts to come soon, we promise!

Memoirs of a Cowgirl: Reflections of my Outlaw Biology Experience Version 3.0

jillian — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:13:14 +0000

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 [...]

Memoirs of a Cowgirl: Reflections of my Outlaw Biology Experience Part Deux

jillian — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:48:14 +0000

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 [...]

Memoirs of a Cowgirl: Reflections of my Outlaw Biology Experience

jillian — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:42:10 +0000

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 [...]

More Pics from Saturday Workshops

Christopher Kelty — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:06:57 +0000

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 [...]

Pictures from Saturday Workshops

Christopher Kelty — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:57:24 +0000

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 [...]

Symposium Notes from DIYBio.org

Christopher Kelty — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:20:12 +0000

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 [...]

Program and Schedule

Christopher Kelty — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:04:13 +0000

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!

Poster for Outlaw Biology

Christopher Kelty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:06 +0000

We are incredibly thrilled that Henri Lucas from UCLA Design | Media Arts created the poster for Outlaw Bio. This image doesn’t do justice to the real thing… you’ll just have to come to the event to see it…

Preparing for the Outlaws

Christopher Kelty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:50:11 +0000

Three weeks to go. A website. A poster. An essay. Yet to come: a program of workshops, a discussion, and maybe a backlash?