As a former resident of Santa Fe (grew up there, went to UNM, still
ahve family there I visit), I look forward to checking it out! I'd
also say that talking to the local Santa Fe Makerspace would be good
to add on to what Patrik has already mentioned. Also reaching out to
the local schools etc.
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <pat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool - are you the one moving to Santa Fe? Or involved in town govt hoping
> to get DIY biologists to move there?
>
> The main factor for success of a community lab is probably having a large
> enough biotech ecosystem in the area. In a location that does not have a ton
> of universities and biotech companies in the immediate vicinity, you may
> need to work harder to cultivate connections like that. I would recommend
> reaching out to NMBio, Santa Institute, SF Business Incubator's BioScience
> Lab, and other like minded networks.
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What would a town have to give (in regards to policy) to get do it yourself biologists to move there?
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