We are offering a free biosafety advice kits for community labs based in the United States. Each kit includes a poster and a magnet featuring awesome artwork by the llustrator Himanshu Sharma (http://www.gohemu.com/), as well as a printed copy of a recent report about the DIYbio community (Here is a PDF of 7 myths & realities).
Here is a pic:
Want a kit? Please follow the link below and give us some info and we'll ship you a kit. 1 kit per community lab. Don't belong to a community lab, but still want a kit? Outside the U.S.? Stay tuned, we plan to make these available to individual practitioners and international folks at a later time.
Hey All -The Ask a Biosafety Expert (ABE) service by DIYbio.org provides free biosafety advice from a panel of volunteer experts to the DIYbio community. Check it out here: http://ask.diybio.org/
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Jason Bobe <jaso...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey All -The Ask a Biosafety Expert (ABE) service by DIYbio.org provides free biosafety advice from a panel of volunteer experts to the DIYbio community. Check it out here: http://ask.diybio.org/
Hey Jason.While I really appreciate the availability of this service,
it seems to me that you are potentially setting people up for a visit from the authorities since this service in itself is not anonymous in any way.
Your site should have a big clear warning about the lack of anonymity and instructions on how to use Tor to access the site safely. Biosafety is great, but cybersafety is equally important and I'm sure several government organizations around the world are interested in identifying everyone involved in diybio.
Based on the survey data we have of the community from the 7 myths/realities of DIYbio, many people favor working in community settings (vs. anonymous/solitary) and also favor openness over privacy in their research. I don't want to downplay your suggestions, I think it is important that people who feel threatened by potential oversight get access to solid biosafety advice. I also would hope to focus our efforts on having the most impact, where there is most demand since we are on a shoestring.
> also favor openness over privacy
Minor quibble, Jason: privacy is the *right to be open at your choice*.
I have privacy, because I can choose to disclose what I am doing to
whomever I choose. If I did not have privacy, I would not be "open"
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Marc Juul <ju...@labitat.dk> wrote:On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Jason Bobe <jaso...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey All -The Ask a Biosafety Expert (ABE) service by DIYbio.org provides free biosafety advice from a panel of volunteer experts to the DIYbio community. Check it out here: http://ask.diybio.org/
Hey Jason.While I really appreciate the availability of this service,thanksit seems to me that you are potentially setting people up for a visit from the authorities since this service in itself is not anonymous in any way.As it is currently set-up, people can simply submit a question, without providing contact details. They may optionally submit name, email and location. Many people do.Are you most worried about surreptitious tracking of IP addresses, or what?
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