opening a diy bio lab

[Varun Sharma]

hello everyone ,

i want to open a biohacking lab in india .The cost of equipments is a big  barrier which is stopping many biohackers to do research . We need biohacking labs all over the world to iincrease speed of innovation in this field.

Also biohacking business industry is being projected as a big industry in near future ..i mean 4-5 years from now .If there are like  minded people from my country who want to do this business then please reply to me . 

[A, Hayriye]

Dear Varun,

I am writing from Turkey. Your idea is hot prospect for the future as you say. I am wondering what your position is in your career.

Best,

Hayriye

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[Jonathan Cline]

I don't believe your hypothesis is correct.  The cost of equipment is the lesser part of a lab.  The reagent cost is the big barrier.  The next big barrier is the electricity cost because of the freezer, etc.  Depending on where you are in India, you may need to continually pay for a backup power source, which also big recurring cost.   Then you will need to have a lab manager to ensure reagents and cultures are stored safety and properly etc, this person will likely want to be reimbursed for their work time.  Be aware of these large, continual run time costs.  Recurring costs.  The equipment is only a one time expense and small in comparison.   This is why you are better off partnering with a university or more rarely a local incubator. 

The other hypothesis about needing more speed of innovation is also questionable but that is a big, separate discussion.  

You might want to look into areas like bioinformatics and bio data science which are growing faster than the synthesis area and these do not need wetware equipment.  There is a universe of bio data to make sense of.

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[shreyas ubale]

hey varun, where are you planning to make the lab - i mean which city 

[S James Parsons Jr]

Hi Varun,

What kind of work do you want to do in your lab?

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[Wala Ben Ali]

Hi, since you're talking about the topic

For a bio lab that's focused on bio materials (nothing advanced), what tools do you think should be provided, and if it's a non profit, any ideas how we should proceed to get them? 

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[drllau]

Bothe are correct ....(above figure is for diagnostics in SA)  for remote places with relatively less skilled technician there is high staffing overhead and low amortisaion costs. Whereas once you've get to a more centralised lab, reagents dominate. In India (was in Mumbai 3 yrs ago). I would suspect that the logistical challenges in getting lab grade chemicals and the red tape of govt regulatory approval, not to mention the unreliable elctricity supply are all going to be headaches in running a wet lab, dry labs like bioinformatics plays to the strengths on IIT