Re: [DIYbio] Current examples of DIYbio that I see, what others do people see?

I would definitely add the OpenTaq polymerase expressing plasmid from openbiotech.com as a great example. I mentioned this before but its so awesome i had to post. The plasmid is in the public domain so no copyright or patent infringement!

Sebastian S Cocioba
CEO & Founder
New York Botanics, LLC

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On Sep 28, 2012, at 1:58 AM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:

> Examples I see...
> To date most completed projects have focused on lowering the cost of
> laboratory equipment associated with biotechnology.
>
> An Irish bio-hacker named Cathal Garvey created an adapter that can be
> printed on a MakerBot (or any 3D printer). When attached to a Dremel
> tool it creates a centrifuge capable of performing to the standard of
> many lab standard models. This creation dropped the price of a
> centrifuge from thousands to a few dollars and made the technology
> much more widely available. (http://diybio.org/2010/03/21/906/) Josh
> Perfetto and Tito Jankowski created openPCR, a thermocycler device
> that heats and cools micro centrifuge tubes filled with PCR reaction
> mix to amplify DNA. This unit too compares with comparable commercial
> devices selling for more than 5 times the
> price.(http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/12/reviews_pcr/) SpikerBox is
> an amplifier kit for listening to the action potentials generated by
> neurons.(http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030837)
> The Pearl Biotech gel electrophoresis box is another example of a key
> biotech lab item that's open-source.
> (http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/29/open-hardware-for-molecular-biology-experiments/)
> Cory Tobin of LA BioHackers experimented and produced a plasmid
> mini-prep extraction protocol using centrifugal ion chromatography
> with silica columns and common household
> ingredients.(http://wiki.biohackers.la/Miniprep)
>
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