The beginning of the journey of starting a community biolab starts with hopes, dreams and then fueling a community with pizza.

Define the path for setting up a community bio space

As an introduction to the class, Neil Gershenfeld, George Church and David Kong spoke about the structure and expectations. The first lesson on Ethics and Safety of bio was taught by Megan Palmer where she discussed the ethics and implications of open bioengineering.

Case study: In order to express GFP in a cell-free system in Cambridge, MA, ...

In our first project, each lab was tasked to examine the rules and regulations of our local and national region in order to take the first steps of building a community biology lab:

  • What rules / standards locally, nationally and internationally apply?
  • Where there are uncertainties / ambiguities around these rules?
  • Who you would work with to resolve these ambiguities / uncertainties?