Links
Very incomplete. Please add to this!
Biohackerspaces[edit | edit source]
This is a very short and incomplete list. There is an overly complete, but not updated, list at DIYbiosphere and you can find the raw data here. There is also a list on diybio.org which probably isn't up to date either and you can always check out the hackerspaces.org wiki which lists a large percentage of all global hackerspaces, makerspaces, fablabs and similar.
- BioCurious - Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Large, well-equipped and long-running biohackerspace
- Experiment with friends!
- Counter Culture Labs - Oakland, CA, USA (Our space!)
- Events free. $80 per month. Sponsored free memberships available
- GaudiLabs - Lucerne, Switzerland
- GaudiLabs is now a for profit LLC that sells products. Everything is open source/hardware. Unclear if it is a private space or open to new members / drop-in visitors.
- HackteriaLab - Zürich, Switzerland
- The lab space is part of the Bitwäscherei hackerspace collective
- Kaouenn-Noz - Rennes, Brittany, France
Chats[edit | edit source]
- Maybe the most active biohacking chat?
- Chat and virtual meetup about open lab automation
- There is also a bridge from Discord but it doesn't seem to be perfect
- Intersection of biohacking and transhumanism
Online and in-person communities[edit | edit source]
- The oldest and probably biggest mailing list for biohacking. Not much traffic but a lot of people listening.
- Molecular biology forum. Not super active.
- A community and unconference around Open Science Hardware
- There are several regional GOSH groups such as AfricaOSH and reGOSH which covers Latin America and the Caribbean
- A global network of people, a wiki and a physical lab
- The physical lab is located in Zurich as part of the Bitwäscherei hackerspace collective.
- An online community focused on environmental community science
- An annual gathering of people working on biohacking and biohackerspaces
- An online platform where a bunch of community projects are hosted but appears offline as of this writing (February 2023)
Individual biohackers - Blogs, vlogs, tubers, etc.[edit | edit source]
- Abizar Lakdawalla on YouTube
- Instructions for DIY lab hardware, including electrophoresis box, tissue culture hood, heater block, and monochromator. Also lab hardware teardowns and repairs.
- ATinyGreenCell aka Sebastian S. Cocioba part of Binomica Labs
- A plant biohacker. Also does some bio hardware hacking. Very active on twitter
- Also has a mastodon account and a blog for his lab
- Periodically sells various open plasmids and other wetware. Previously on etsy (got banned), sometimes on twitter and sometimes here.
- Based in New York City
- CCL has a set of his chromoprotein strains as glycerol stocks (archived March 2023). Ask Marc Juul or Tim Dobbs.
- CommonPlace Lab's blog run by NaturePoker aka Sung won Lim
- Blog posts about sequencing, halophiles and opentrons
- Works with (part of?) Binomica Labs in New York City
- Also has a main website and github
- Some dude calling himself "DIY Biotech" has a YouTube channel
- Some interesting stuff but also published a video about NFTs :(
- Free molecular biology courses, open hardware and wetware designs, info on low-tech plasmid/strain storage, etc.
- Also has a YouTube channel
- Lots of great wetlab and drylab protocols in video form
- Also on youtube
- Not a single person but youtube talks by a bunch of synbio students
- Mostly focused on C. Elegans but has generally interesting stuff
- e.g. Using LEDs as a low cost source to detect GFP and DsRED
- Youtube channel with videos of common lab techniques, e.g. how to do PCR, how to use a Centrifuge, etc.
Protocols[edit | edit source]
- Protocols for DNA extractions, gel electrophoresis, PCR and sequencing
- Lots of protocols on cloning, PCR, phages, sequencing, freezing strains and more.
- Huge wiki with lots of protocols and info in general
- Lots of great wetlab and drylab protocols in video form
- Also on youtube
Software[edit | edit source]
- Calculate Tm and other oligo properties
- The official release no longer runs or builds on modern systems so this is an unofficial update