How to get started with biotech?

[Ethan Smith]

Hey, I'm in high school and I've recently grown interested in biotech. I want to go into this field as a career and I really want to start doing things now. I would like to build my own lab in my bedroom or garage and start doing experiments, but I have very little knowledge in this topic and I have no clue where to start!

I have zero experience and zero equipment can someone give me some specific things I can do to get started and begin doing experiments please? What would be some good first-time experiments?

[Mega [Andreas Stuermer]]

Hi Ethan,

I'd reccomend starting by watching this video. They make bacteria give off green light upon UV light exposure (GFP protein).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sovDqqhQJx8



Then ask anything you didn't understand ;)

[Cathal Garvey]

Hey Ethan,
This is geared more towards community labs than individual labs, but the
equipment list in particular and the ethical considerations are
applicable to any lab:

http://openlab-blueprint.org

Credit Genspace.org for that one, I think it's a fantastic resource. :)

On 25/01/15 21:09, Ethan Smith wrote:
> Hey, I'm in high school and I've recently grown interested in biotech. I want to go into this field as a career and I really want to start doing things now. I would like to build my own lab in my bedroom or garage and start doing experiments, but I have very little knowledge in this topic and I have no clue where to start!
>
> I have zero experience and zero equipment can someone give me some specific things I can do to get started and begin doing experiments please? What would be some good first-time experiments?
>

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[Josiah Zayner]

If you want some inexpensive experiments check out http://www.the-odin.com

Email me if you have any questions.

I might be willing to even send you some bacteria with light activated expression of fluorescent proteins for you to play with.

Josiah

[Jojobead]

Wow what an awesome site ODIN is.  I have been looking so much for my lab and experiment supplies and can only find expensive, overpriced items.  Finding this site is a dream come true.

[Koeng]

Normally I'd recommend carolina kits, but the-odin kits are also very good. Probably go with those, I find the plasmids more useful in the long term

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 1:09:29 PM UTC-8, Ethan Smith wrote: