So you wanna do Synthetic Biology?
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Well who wouldn’t?!?
You may think that if you don’t have access to a University Laboratory and fancy, enigmatic equipment (not to mention expen$ive), then practicing synthetic biology is out of reach.
Well, I found a website dedicated to
“makeing biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, amateur biologists, and DIY biological engineers who value openness and safety.” DIYbio.org is a really interesting site with blog entries and information on local events and conferences. While clicking around the site I found an interesting entry concerning amateur participation in the iGEM 2009 competition. It seems that amateur participation won’t be allowed this year due to safety and bureaucratic concerns…
So, I’d like to pose this question to the other iGEMers: What would you imagine a safety framework for amateur of DIYbio might look like? How would it be enforced?
