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== Required Reading == | == Required Reading == | ||
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#Jorgensen [http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_biohacking_you_can_do_it_too.html Ellen Jorgensen TED Talk] "Biohacking -- you can do it, too." 10 min. | #Jorgensen [http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_biohacking_you_can_do_it_too.html Ellen Jorgensen TED Talk] "Biohacking -- you can do it, too." 10 min. | ||
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// Introductory article talking about the relationship of DIY biology and the field of synthetic biology. | // Introductory article talking about the relationship of DIY biology and the field of synthetic biology. | ||
#Kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit Glowing Plants: Natural Lighting with no Electricity (Kickstarter)] | #Kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit Glowing Plants: Natural Lighting with no Electricity (Kickstarter)] | ||
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Click around their Kickstarter site and links on the [http://glowingplant.com Glowing Plant website]. | Click around their Kickstarter site and links on the [http://glowingplant.com Glowing Plant website]. | ||
Read their [http://tmblr.co/ZgwW5urtZ_x_ blog post about regulations.] | Read their [http://tmblr.co/ZgwW5urtZ_x_ blog post about regulations.] | ||
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// Scientific paper covering how bioluminescent ''Nicotiana'' was created. (The same method to be used by the "Glowing Plants" project.) | // Scientific paper covering how bioluminescent ''Nicotiana'' was created. (The same method to be used by the "Glowing Plants" project.) | ||
| − | Interestingly, the first author on this study is listed as being involved in a company called BioGlow. | + | Interestingly, the first author on this study is listed as being involved in a company called BioGlow and a patent application. |
| − | [http:// | + | #Splasho [http://splasho.com/blog/2013/04/27/crowd-funding-avatar Crowd Funding Avatar] |
| + | // Detailed blog post putting the Kickstarter project's science and role in DIY biology in context. | ||
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== Additional Background == | == Additional Background == | ||
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8595734.stm Tech Know: Life hacking with 3D printing and DIY DNA kits (BBC News)] | * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8595734.stm Tech Know: Life hacking with 3D printing and DIY DNA kits (BBC News)] | ||
* [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28390773/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/hobbyists-try-genetic-engineering-home/#.Ui0gy-CV6AM Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home (MSNBC)] | * [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28390773/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/hobbyists-try-genetic-engineering-home/#.Ui0gy-CV6AM Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home (MSNBC)] | ||
| + | * [http://www.glofish.com/ GloFish] [http://www.glofish.com/our-company/ethics/ Ethics statement] | ||
| + | * [http://www.etcgroup.org/kickstopper "Kickstopper" campaign against glowing plants] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:47, 22 October 2013
Download Pre-Discussion Questions (PDF)
Required Reading
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- Ellen Jorgensen TED Talk "Biohacking -- you can do it, too." 10 min.
Intro to DIY biology by co-founder of GenSpace. - Error fetching PMID 20010587:
Introductory article talking about the relationship of DIY biology and the field of synthetic biology. - Glowing Plants: Natural Lighting with no Electricity (Kickstarter)
Main DIY project that we will discuss. Click around their Kickstarter site and links on the Glowing Plant website.
Read their blog post about regulations.
- Kickstarter crowd gives glowing plant the green light (BBC News)
News coverage of "Glowing Plants" project. - Error fetching PMID 21103397:
Scientific paper covering how bioluminescent Nicotiana was created. (The same method to be used by the "Glowing Plants" project.) Interestingly, the first author on this study is listed as being involved in a company called BioGlow and a patent application.
- Crowd Funding Avatar
Detailed blog post putting the Kickstarter project's science and role in DIY biology in context.
Additional Background
- Community / open Bio labs
- Kelty CM. (2010) Outlaw, hackers, victorian amateurs: diagnosing public participation in the life sciences today. J. Sci. Comm. 9:1-8. Available online here.
- Tech Know: Life hacking with 3D printing and DIY DNA kits (BBC News)
- Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home (MSNBC)
- GloFish Ethics statement
- "Kickstopper" campaign against glowing plants
