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Index of global communities engaged in making biological engineering more accessible, with a focus on developers and potential users of low-cost tools.
DIYbio.sphere
An open source project to connect DIYbio initiative worldwide - with comprehensive directories of laboratories, projects, groups, events, etc. Great place to start for a map of global activities and inspiration.
DIY plant biology
Genspace
Well-established community biolab based in Brooklyn, NY. Genspace hosts a specialist group working on plants, with an OpenPlant project to produce insulin in transformed Marchantia plants.
Tool development
Gaudi Labs
Source of innovative, low-cost, high-function hardware designs, based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Includes a shop for purchase of low-cost instrumentation.
Open Bioeconomy Lab
Open Bioeconomy lab, led by Jenny Molloy, develops biomanufacturing tools and technologies that are sustainable by design and deployable in low-resource contexts. The site is full of useful resources, including a valuable collection of free cloned genes.
Beneficial Bio
Beneficial Bio is a network of social enterprises run by biologists. Their goal is to help labs around the world secure reagents quickly and economically. Distributing in parts of Africa.
Hohlbein Lab - open microscopy
Fluorescence microscopy is an extremely powerful and versatile technique contributing to many areas of the life sciences. To increase the affordability and accessibility of single-molecule microscopy, the Hohlbein group collates information on both hardware and software, and posts their own software contributions on Github.
Lab on the cheap
A large curated archive of DIY builds for the lab from Bezia Lemna (bezialemma.com)
>ATG start
Feed of collated DIYbio projects. Based in Belgium.
Federici Lab open source projects
Free/Libre and Open Source Technology for research and education - including the use, adaptation and development of Open Source Tools for research and education; namely open source hardware, free software and off-patent biological tools (e.g. enzymes). See also their extensive collection of biological protocols
Information
Synthetic Biology reports
Historical archive of technical reports on Synthetic Biology - documenting growth of the field globally.
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Community labs
Biocurious
Well-equipped community lab based in Santa Clara, US. Focused on community building and accessible science. Projects include bioengineering real vegan cheese and equipment "Fix or Teardown".
BUGSS: Baltimore Underground Science Space
BUGSS is a non-profit public laboratory offering classes, seminars, and lab access. Projects include Open Insulin, chromoproteins and environmental barcoding.
Counter Culture Labs
Counter Culture Labs' mission is to demystify and democratize biotechnology by putting tools in the hands of those who want to explore, innovate and learn to advance scientific literacy. Based in Oakland, US.
ChiTownBio
Chicago-based lab space where people from all backgrounds can learn, experiment, and collaborate in the life sciences.
BOSLAB: Boston Open Science Laboratory
BosLab’s mission is to democratize biotechnology for everyone, outside of academia and industry. We offer classes, educational workshops, and a laboratory to support community-driven research that is in the public interest. Based in Boston, US.
BioClub Tokyo
BioClub is a community biology lab and bio hackerspace that hosts projects encompassing bioart, biodesign, DIY bio, open science hardware, citizen science, and scientific research. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
Hacklab.to
HackLab.TO is a community space with a diverse membership, including artists, computer programmers, web designers, and hardware hackers. Based in Toronto, Canada.
waag@futurelab
The work of Waag knows many shapes and forms: it varies from co-creation sessions and educational programmes to toolkits, walks or hardware. Includes an Open Wetlab. Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ottawa Bio Science
Their mission is to foster a vibrant bioscience community and advance citizen science and molecular biology education, believing that combining cutting-edge molecular biology research with public education has the power to create a better world and accelerate scientific progress. Based in Ottawa, Canada.
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biomaker.org