Biohacking

People

• Scott Holmes
• Sergio Mazul
• Andrew Foo
• Peter Reintjes
• James Pfister
• Drew Nelson

Projects

Bioinformatics

Project initiated by members of the Sunday Software Group

Team Leads:

• Peter Reintjes
• James Pfister
• Drew Nelson

Description: Peter's PhageStat (Environment for maintaining a stable population of evolving virus) continues to progress. I hope to have it up and running in time for show and tell at Innatrix (September). A PhageStat is built on top of a CellStat (Environment for maintaining production of E. coli host cells), which is, in turn, built on top of a Turbidostat (to maintain cell density with optical feedback) and a ThermoStat (to keep the host cells at 37C (98.6 F).

Equipment: Deniz Chen donated an Electroporator and we bought the PCR thermocycler from FabLab Carolina.

Software: SnapGene($$) is awesome for constructing plasmids, but need an open-source alternative. Currently evaluating ApE

Research:

DIY Research Quality Lab Equipment

Team Leads:

• Scott, Sergio, Andrew

Description: We aim to create functioning DIY lab equipment and standardize the designs for easy replication and use across other DIY spaces or hobbyists. Our inspirations include teklalabs and openpcr.

Research: Research document covering May-June