Re: [DIYbio] Now I need to do something practically!

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:53:57AM -0800, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
> On Monday, March 4, 2013 1:41:14 PM UTC-8, eleitl wrote:
> >
> > Oh, you're just looking into synthbio way of doing things.
> > That is admittedly Big Science, and out of budget even
> > for most advanced amateur, or small-pocket professional.
> >
>
> Note true. Basic genetic engineering experiments like inserting green
> fluorescent protein are fairly easy for a careful amateur, and can be done
> using cheap educational kits. And every year, hundreds of undergraduates
> and high schoolers are doing very creative synthetic biology projects as
> part of the IGEM competition.

GM is not synbio.

> Where it gets more expensive is when you start synthesizing your own genes
> from scratch. But there's an awful lot you can do with preexisting genetic

Which is precisely what synthetic biology is.

> parts.

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