Happy Yogurt
I just came across this video (see below) by Tuur van Balen, a self-described Freelance Designer Researcher, who talks about hacking yogurt to produce the antidepressant Prozac. van Balen brilliantly combines fact (synthetic biology, lab techniques, biobricks) with fiction (to my knowledge, biosynthesis of Prozac, or flouxetine, a chemical hasn’t been demonstrated) to produce a...
Singularity University and Triple Ring Technologies launch Synthetic Biology Entrepreneur Program
February 2, 2012: Singularity University and Triple Ring Technologies announced the launch of a summer entrepreneurial program in synthetic biology. The program combines Silicon Valley mentorship in synthetic biology and startup enterprises with world-class engineering in a state-of-the-art laboratory space, with up to $50,000 in funding. The goal? Help young synthetic biologists turn their ideas...
Genspace NYC celebrates first birthday
Brooklyn-based Genspace, the first community biolab, celebrated one year of operations on January 19, 2012 with an open house that attracted about 50 people. I went to the event with Popular Science executive editor Cliff Ransom, who was delighted to learn that Daniel Grushkin, a former colleague, was a co-founder. The Genspace lab is compact...
Homebrew Biology gets a home base at BioCurious
BioCurious is a 2,500-square-foot community lab in Sunnyvale where scientists, entrepreneurs and others can meet to conduct biology experiments and learn about topics ranging from DNA sequencing to microfluidics. It launched in November of 2011. Raymond McCauley, a c0-founder, explains the facility has navigated city, county, state, federal and water-district rules on zoning and safety...
