DIYbio events for the week beginning February 21

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Steven Stowell

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Feb 21, 2016, 1:43:06 AM2/21/16

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Hello. I am a volunteer editor for the global events listings on DIYbio. This is the first week that the weekly digest of events is being sent out on the global mailing list, and I hope to do this every week. This is a digest, so I do not capture all the events in the community. There are some guidelines for what is posted.

With your help I hope to dramatically improve these listings. I'm sure I am missing quite a few things, so please tell me about an event or conference, accessible to the public, that you feel would be of interest to the community.

Also, I'd love to post pictures of your event. It would be great if you could send them to me, or tell me how to find them.

Finally, there are usually some last minute corrections or additions to the listing. These changes will not be subsequently mailed out, so please check the global events listings on DIYbio for the latest information.

Thanks!

Steve Stowell

email: eve...@diybio.org

Here are your DIYbio events for the week. On Sunday, Durham meets for show and tell, with a featured iGEM discussion, Oakland continues its Open Insulin project. On Monday, Brooklyn begins its Biohacker Bootcamp course, and Sunnyvale continues its quantum salinity detector work, using surface plasmon resonance. On Tuesday, Amsterdam plans its collaborative monthly project cycle., Minneapolis shows how to do DNA extraction, and discusses further direction of their efforts, Oakland has a social, and Somerville is working on their projects. On Wednesday, Durham continues its study sessions of MITs Principles of Synthetic Biology course offered through eDX, London has a welcoming session, Oakland continues with its fun fermentation, as well as its Open Insulin work. San Diego continues its lab work emphasizing algae, Sunnyvale continues its course on biochemistry for newbies, as well as continuing their project on building a fluorescence microscope, and Vancouver has an open lab, where there will be a discussion of techniques and systems in development for supporting life beyond low earth orbit. On Thursday, Baltimore will have a discussion from new members involved in a startup company developing a microfluidic product, Ljubljana has an open day, welcoming you to participate in their projects, London is featuring a presentation from Professor Doug Yu on the use of bioinformatics methods to assess biodiversity, Melbourne is asking for help to finish their lab, while building a glassware drying rack, Montreal is having an open lab night, Somerville continues their study sessions on the eDX synthetic biology course, and Sunnyvale continues work on their community bioprinter project. On Friday, North York has video lectures on the immune system and cancer. On Saturday, Longwood continues work on its lab, San Diego has an open lab, another group in San Diego carries on a bioinformatics study group, and Seattle is helping beginners study neurobiology through sheep’s brain dissection.