hello all
Just discovered this community through the BioCurious DIYBio Lab. I'm currently in talks with a variety of stakeholders about starting a DIYBio lab at an innovation space affiliated with a local university. I've had contact with a business incubator who indicated they could be willing to offer support or resources to help build the Bio Lab, but they requested that I contact other similar initiatives elsewhere around the world and that I ask some questions related to measuring the impact of the space.
Could anyone in the community help me with this
What numbers typically use the community DIYBio Labs that you're involved with?
What's the typical mix of people who use it? Are people typically use the Lab professional scientists? Hobbyists? Novices? Science students? Artists? Tinkerers?
Is there perceivable value generated by opening up a bio lab to a diverse, interdisciplinary group of people who specialize in different fields and domains?
Have there been commercial spinoffs that have come out of collaborations in the DIYBio Labs?
Do people at the Lab contribute to participatory science projects or open access science publications?