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Genetic Engineering Crash Course – Four Weeknights in the Lab
Monday, July 24, 2023 - Thursday, July 27, 2023
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Be part of the biotech revolution! This hands-on class teaches the basics of cutting, pasting and editing DNA.Genetic Engineering Crash Course - Four weeknight sessionsJoin us for an exciting and informative series of hands-on biotechnology lab sessions! Biotech has revolutionized medicine, agriculture and manufacturing in the 21st century. This in-person event is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of modern methods of genetic engineering.Dates: Mon Jul 24, 25, 26 & 27 2023Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)Location: Biotech Without Borders, 43-01 21St Suite 319, Long Island City, NY 11101During the crash course we cover three different methods for engineering the code of life: restriction endonucleases/ligation, Golden Gate assembly and CRISPR. Participants will work with safe laboratory strains of bacteria and yeast, engineering them to have different characteristics. You will leave with a theoretical and practical understanding of modern genetic engineering. We supply all the materials and . . . More details
PCR + Pizza
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Our monthly open night. Pizza, beer, and lab work for everyone in a citizen science lab.Come on down to BwoB's regular Open Night! Pizza, beer, and lab work. Extract DNA from yourself and amplify it using PCR to test yourself for a CCR5 mutation, or just relax and have some great conversations around democratizing science. No charge, but donations for the pizza and beer greatly appreciated! More details
SciArt Synapse Gathering (in person!)
Sunday, July 9, 2023
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us at Biotech Without Borders for a fun and curious afternoon of science and connectionLearn more about this community bio lab at a fun, engaging social mixer. We'll have creative activities, light refreshments, and laid-back socialising so you can meet the community and learn more about what the lab offers to members.This event is a collaboration between Biotech Without Borders and the SciArt Synapse Gathering, a recurring virtual mixer connecting scientists and artists. More details
Intro To Mycology: The World Of Fungi, Mycelium & Mushrooms
Thursday, July 6, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Explore the world of fantastic fungi with Craig Trester, founder of MYC.NYC. Learn to do simple hands-on DIY mushroom cultivation.Lecture & DIY Cultivation Workshop by Craig Trester, founder of MYC.NYC:Fungi are the keystone species that interconnect every facet of life in our world. This workshop will highlight the supreme influence these ancient and often overlooked organisms have upon our health, society, environment, and also provide a succinct peek into the Fungal Queendom from the perspectives of ecology, anthropology, pharmacology, and bioremediation. Workshop attendees will learn how to perform low-tech, low-cost mushroom cultivation techniques that can be replicated at home with up-cycled materials and also take home their own DIY mushroom cultures made during the session. About the Instructor:Craig M Trester is a community scientist and creative biologist who applies biomimicry and permaculture principles through mycology to develop regenerative solutions. By studying Fungi, he believes novel approaches towards alternative agriculture, pharmacology, . . . More details
PCR + Pizza
Thursday, June 29, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Our monthly open night. Pizza, beer, and lab work for everyone in a citizen science lab.Come on down to BwoB's regular Open Night! Pizza, beer, and lab work. Extract DNA from yourself and amplify it using PCR to test yourself for a CCR5 mutation, or just relax and have some great conversations around democratizing science. No charge, but donations for the pizza and beer greatly appreciated! More details
BioArtBot @ BwoB Kickoff
Friday, May 12, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Lab robotics + coloured bacteria = growing your own pixel artJoin us for the premiere of Biotech Without Border’s implementation of the BioArtBot on Friday May 12th at 7pm! This project was first developed at Counter Culture Labs in Oakland, and a gracious volunteer has adapted and deployed it at our lab in NYC. We will be showcasing our Opentrons OT2 pipetting robot as it draws your pixel art pieces! Design your own art piece online then come watch your art being printed in bacteria, or just come to socialize and watch others' designs being printed. We will have a short presentation explaining what went into the implementation of this open source project and the colourful bacterial palette we have in the lab.Submit your art pieces to this website and select BwoB to load the correct palette if you would like the chance to see your art being printed on . . . More details
Digital Naturalism – Wild Labs and Junglepunks
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer's unique work at the interface of interactive design and tropical field biology in a jungle environment.How can interactive design benefit tropical field biology? There's many different ways to design WITH nature instead of against nature. Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer (@hikinghack) is a hacker-adventurer studying interactions between wild animals and computational devices. He left his job as a tenure-track professor at the National University of Singapore to start his own field-station makerspace in Gamboa, Panama. At Digital Naturalism Laboratories (the Institute for Interactive Jungle Crafts) he blends biological fieldwork and technological crafting with a community of local and international scientists, artists, engineers, and animal rehabilitators. All of his work is published openly for sharing and remixing. Quitmeyer and his research were also the subject of a television series called “Hacking the Wild,” distributed by Discovery Networks. In this talk, Dr. Quitmeyer will describe mobile workshops called “Hiking Hacks” in . . . More details
Snakes, Bats, and Glowing Things: Field Genomics in the Amazon Jungle
Friday, April 21, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A visual guide to doing science in the Peruvian Amazon.How do scientists do disease surveillance and study biodiversity through the lens of genomics? Citizen scientist Blacki Migliozzi joined a group of jungle field researchers to find out.Through anecdotes and stunning photography he will walk us through what it's like to work with big cats, primates, birds, bats, frogs, snakes and many other kinds of organisms. He'll also provide first-hand observations of the habitat loss endangering these ecosystems as well as the dangers scientists put themselves in when doing this important work. About the SpeakerBlacki Migliozzi is an award-winning journalist and amateur biologist who learned hands-on biology through DIY maker spaces like Biotech Without Borders and Genspace. He has been a member of several gold medal-winning teams competing in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. More recently he has spent several seasons doing genomics fieldwork in the jungles of Central . . . More details
Spring Party at Biotech Without Borders!
Saturday, March 25, 2023
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
We welcome old friends and new to come check out what's going on in our Long Island City Queens community biolab. Food, drinks and fun!What better way to welcome spring than a party? Please join us for an open house-style Saturday afternoon celebration at Biotech Without Borders, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit community biolab in Queens NY. We welcome friends, new and old to see our wonderful Long Island City facilities. Meet our members, find out about classes, workshops, lectures and community projects happening in the coming months. Ellen says she hasn't made DNA cocktails in awhile but is willing to give it a try...Food - Drinks - DNA HijinksBiotech Without Borders is a member-led community biolab founded in 2017 to serve the New York City community. See our website for more details! More details
Open Lab
Friday, September 16, 2022
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
You're invited to check out the lab and meet others who are interested in community lab space in New York CityIn 2020 we had to close our doors on the historic 33 Flatbush marking the end of an era for scrappy, community biology in New York City. We continued to have meetings throughout the pandemic and moved our equipment to Long Island City when our Brooklyn storage unit closed. At the end of 2021 we received a donation to let us reopen until the end of 2023, and so here we are!Join us to check out our new lab and chat with folks that have been associated with the space.Our summer 2022 interns will give an overview of the work they completed during the course of their Frugal Protein Expression Internship and be avilable for questions.Further details of our gathering will be released closer to the date.We're building a new . . . More details
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