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Bio
& Beers | with Biotinkering e.V.
A project of Dr. Mirela Alister, Rüdiger Trojok, Alessandro
Volpato and Biotinkering e.V.
The
Bio & Beers format is for everyone: we start with a 20 minutes
presentation, followed by discussions while having beers. In addition
there will be occasional DIY workshops!
2016
Bio
& Beers Aug 25, 2016 · 7:00 PM
We
kick off the use of new space with a series of weekly Thursday meetings.
The
Bio & Beers format is for everyone: we start with a 20 minutes
presentation, followed by discussions while having beers. This week's
topic is: Digital biology in every home: what would you do
with a personal lab?
Presenter:
Mirela Alistar, researcher in digital microfluidics.
Aug
27, 2016 · 11:30 AM Biohack Academy - The life of a single
organism
Get
your hands on micro-organisms! We will study the life of bacteria
in the most practical manner. We hacked the most advanced lab techniques
and we bring them to you in a simple, hands-on experience.
Sep 1, 2016 · 7:00 PM Bio & Beers This week's topic
is: Bio-commons afterglow
Presenter:Eugenio
Battaglia, biotechnologist
Sep
8, 2016 · 7:00 PM Bio & Beers: Hands-on Bioluminesce
workshop
Presenter:
Mirela Alistar, researcher in bio engineering
This
week we get out hands dirty with culturing bioluminescent bacteria
(yep, that glows in the dark). The late evening is the best time
to see this little organisms glowing. You will nurture the bacteria
and even take them home to see them glowing every night.
Sep 10, 2016 · 12:30 PM Biohack Academy - Algae Workshop
Get your hands on micro-organisms! We will study the life of algae
in the most practical manner. We hacked the most advanced lab techniques
and we bring them to you in a simple, hands-on experience. Join
us for this workshop!
Please
register and de-register accordingly: it will help us provide the
right amount of materials. Each participant will develop a unique
food recipe for bacteria and then culture and grow it.
If
you have a nice bottle or functional LED system, please bring it.
The result of the workshop is an ad-hoc artistic installation.
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12:30
- 13:00 Preparing the media
13:00 - 13:40 Making algae installations
13:45 - 14:00 DIY Bio code of conduct
14:00
- 15:00 Lunch and discussions
Sep
22, 2016 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Beers Talk: DIY Biology
– experimenting with self-built lab equipment
The
main interest of DIY (Do It Yourself) biologists is to give everyone
the possibility to answer biological questions affecting more or
less their lives. The first step towards that, is to enable citizens
to execute experiments in self-organized laboratory. The need for
more advanced tools led to the development of cheap, but functional
lab tools.
In
this talk I will present how much can be done with DIY equipment,
the failures and learns from building my own PCR machine, and most
importantly, how being able to build such equipment enabled a lot
of DIYBio spaces over the world.
Sep 29, 2016 · 2:00 PM Synthetische Biologie, Genome
Editing, Biohacking
Im Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Hausim Bundestag
Synthetische Biologie (kurz: Synbio), Genome Editing, CRISPR-Cas,
Keimbahneingriffe, Biohacking – entfaltet die Gentechnik im
zweiten Jahrzehnt des 21. Jahrhunderts ihr viel beschworenes Potenzial?
Kann sie dank technologischer Innovationen endlich umfassend und
nachhaltig eingesetzt werden – oder werden jetzt die Gefahrenszenarien
der Gegner und Mahner wahr?
October
6 · 7:00 PM DIY Biology/Spectrometry – Rock ur Rainbow
with Alessandro Voltape
The main interest of DIY (Do It Yourself) biologists is to give
everyone the possibility to answer biological questions affecting
more or less their lives. The first step towards that, is to enable
citizens to execute experiments in self-organized laboratory. The
need for more advanced tools led to the development of cheap, but
functional lab tools.
In this talk I will present the project that was taken on at the
Science Hack Day Berlin by the wonderful DIY Spectrometer team!
This
device was created by Public Lab (publiclab.org) during the deep
water horizon oil spill to detect mineral oil in water.
But
this device can be used for other purposes, for example to understand
the worries of the Consumer and Health Scientific Committees about
light sources at home.
"With
the growing use of energy saving lamps and the development of new
lighting technologies, comes the worry that some people who have
conditions that react to light might be negatively affected by this
shift. Can these new artificial light sources affect the health
of the general public or of light-sensitive people?"
Source: EU Comission - Consumer and Health Scientific Committees
http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/artificial-light/en/index.htm#1
with this cheap and portable spectrometer and your smartphone you
can check all the lights in your environment (home/work/school/etc.)
and have a better understanding about the worries of the scientific
committes.
Moreover
Dr. Kat F. Austen will be our guest and will tell and discuss with
us the results of her work. She is applying spectrometry for food
analysis
October
13 · 7:30 PM: Bio & Beers - Digital Microfluidics
Hacking
This
week's topic: DropBot - Digital microfluidics for everyone
Presenter: Ryan and Christian Fobel
Currently researcher in Wheeler's lab, Toronto, Canada, Ryan and
Christian have built DropBot, a digital microfluidic biochip.
Here is more about their vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdYNTL64lfwAfter
their short presentation, we will join them for an intense hacking
session.
October 15 · 12:00 PM: Growing Cellulose - Workshop
Microbial cellulose is a material with unique aesthetic properties:
delicate and sensuous, it resembles skin and bodily matter. Not
only: once dried, it has paper-like attitude. The best thing is
that you can cultivate it yourself!
Margherita Pevere will teach us how to get directly involved in
the adventurous life of microbial colonies and show us her unique
way to grow cellulose.
We will learn how to grow Glucoacetobacter xylinus with DIY
recipes, compare different kinds of cultures, how to protect them
from mold, how to dry cellulose and use it creatively.
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12:00 - 12:30 Microbial cellulose fundamentals: what it is, how
it grows, different kind of cultures
12:30 - 13:00 Preparing the media: DIY recipe based on soy derivatives;
Tricks to to protect cultures from mold
13:00 - 13:40 Creative prototyping
13:45 - 14:00 DIY Bio code of conduct
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch and discussions
Presenter: Margherita Pevere, artist and researcher at Aalto University,
Helsinki, Finland. www.margheritapevere.com
October 20 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Beers -Talk: Phylogentic
Analysis in Squamates
Presenter: Dr Utpala Sharma
October 27 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Beers - Messenger DNA
November 3 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Kombucha tea - introducing
Movember
November 10 · 7:00 PM: DIY CRISPR-CAS
If you are interested in what and how you can use gene technology
at home, tonight is the perfect occasion to learn about it. Ruediger
Trojok will introduce the latest techniques for genetic modification
(CRISPR-CAS) and will discuss the legal aspects of DIY genetic engineering.
November 17 · 7:00 PM: Do it together Art and Science
Can Art and Science work together?
Joanna and Mert will bring in their experience to discuss the potentials
of a program that brings together artists and scientists for a long
term collaboration.
Presenters:
Joanna Szlauderbach (http://szlauderbach.eu/about-me/)
and Mert Akbal (http://mertakbal.com/)
November
24 · 7:00 PM: Workshop: Brewing kombucha
December
1-3 · 7:00 PM: Biohack academy: DIY Gene Technology A
workshop on DIY Synthetic Biology
led by Rüdiger Trojok
During this 3-day workshop we will clone GFP and transform E.
Coli.
December 8 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Beers end of the year
brainstorm
2017
January
5 · 7:00 PM: Bio & Beers: OPEN SOURCE ESTROGEN
- DETECTION AND EXTRACTION OF SLOW VIOLENCE + THE PARADOX OF DISRUPTION
a
preesntation by Bio-artist Mary Maggic http://maggic.ooo/
DIYBio NOW
17
Feb. 7-10PM
18 Feb. 12-8PM
19 Feb. 12-6PM
DIYBio faire Organized by Biotinkering
Berlin
The three-day bio-fair brings together the players in the Berlin
biohacking scene for a series of hands-on workshops, talks and a
special exhibition featuring unique DIY laboratory equipment. The
bio-fair focuses on the elusiveness of nature, trying to rebuild
the lost connection between humans and the oldest organisms on Earth:
bacteria, algae and fungi.
The fairs opens on Friday at 7 PM with a series of presentations
by Berlin-based biohackers. The program continues on Saturday 12-8PM
and Sunday 12-6PM with workshops and talks on topics ranging from
'bioluminescent bacteria' to 'tempeh fermentation' to 'spectrometry'
by Jessica Bernds, Rüdiger Trojok and Alessandro Volpato and
an exhibition of artworks by Lusi Ajonjoli & Hong Yu, Mirela
Alistar, Graziele Lautenschlaeger, Fara Peluso and Margherita Pevere
April
20, 2017 · 7:00
PM Bio & Beer - Aquaponics
system under artificial light
Biotinkering Berlin
Biotinkering
wants to explore the possibilities given by aquaponics systems under
artificial light. Hence we will set up a small aquaponics system
under growth lamps. Organised
by Alessandro Volpato.
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