Re: [DIYbio] Re: Proposal for a Global DIYbio Competition from Science-alliance.nl

At the moment I am trying to get a grasp of how many groups or
individuals would be interested in joining this initiative. At this
stage all input on how a global event could be set up best are very
welcome.

Also a global competition might be of great value of local groups that
struggle to give direction to their organisation. Lots of groups seem
to start up very excited, but seem to loose this drive after a while.

On 24 feb, 17:11, Sung won Lim <4phle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in touch with a group starting in Korea.
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> What are you looking for from the groups though? Just a list of potential
> participants?
>
> -sung

> On Feb 24, 2012 10:59 AM, "Pieter" <pietervanbohee...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Thanks for all the great input! We see so many local groups on this
> > list that it would be a shame not to set up a global event.
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> > Is anyone in touch with DIY Bio communities in Asia? I'll contact the
> > guys from Singapore, but their website hasn't updated in over a year.
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> > On 23 feb, 14:33, Avery louie <inactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I would be excited to participate in either a competition or a meetup!
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> > > I am in the boston area, and people are starting to do some DIYBIO here.
> > > In the next few weeks I will be showing people how do do a plasmid
> > > extraction and how to observe basic aseptic technique.
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> > > --Avery
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> > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Ian Simmons <Ian.Simm...@life.org.uk
> > >wrote:
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> > > > I'm new to the list, but may be able to help on this one - seems to me
> > > > that the Maker Faires bring people together in this kind of spirit and
> > that
> > > > doing something round one of these would potentially achieve what you
> > want
> > > > to do, they are excellent at sparking collaboration and creativity in
> > > > carious tech fields, and with last year's San Mateo and New York ones
> > there
> > > > were specific bio areas that started bringing people together. We run
> > the
> > > > UK one here in Newcastle, which will return next year, and also have a
> > > > pretty good suite of labs that could form the basis of a pre-faire get
> > > > together for this kind of exchange - would something like that be of
> > > > interest?
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> > > > IAN
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: diybio@googlegroups.com [mailto:diybio@googlegroups.com] On
> > Behalf
> > > > Of Pieter
> > > > Sent: 23 February 2012 14:50
> > > > To: DIYbio
> > > > Subject: [DIYbio] Re: Proposal for a Global DIYbio Competition from
> > > > Science-alliance.nl
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> > > > Thanks Cathal for sharing the idea with everyone in the community! So
> > > > far I have been contacting a number of people individually, and got
> > > > very enthusiastic and encouraging replies. So I am curious to see what
> > > > everyone here thinks about setting up a global event.
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> > > > A question I would like to ask is for example, is a competition really
> > > > the best way to set up a global meetup, or should we host more of a
> > > > conference/workshop event? In my opinion the goal should be to learn
> > > > and have fun as much as possible. The exciting thing about DIY Bio is
> > > > that when taking the DIY approach to solving biotech challenges you
> > > > sometimes end of with totally new methods that nobody has thought of
> > > > before. The ideal place for this to happen is when you go out, meet
> > > > people with different background, but with the same passion for
> > > > DIYBio. Competitiveness does catalyze this proces, but maybe other
> > > > methods work even better.
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> > > > So in true spirit of the open DIY Bio community, let's set this up
> > > > together and help us by posting your thoughts on how to achieve these
> > > > goals best.
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> > > > On 23 feb, 12:03, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > I've had the pleasure of talking to Pieter van Boheemen from
> > > > > science-alliance.nl, and he's shared with me his/their plan of
> > hosting a
> > > > > Global Competition for DIYbio, to help spark collaboration and
> > > > creativity.
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> > > > > Pieter is a formal iGEM finalist himself, so he's no stranger to a
> > > > > well-run bio competition. However, the focus will seemingly not be
> > > > > solely upon synthetic biology as with iGEM: The competition will
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> > > > > include areas for hardware, software and more general wetware
> > hacking.
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> > > > > Some additional blurb from Pieter:
> > > > > "For your information: Science Alliance is a Dutch intermediary
> > > > > organization between science and society. And it is their mission to
> > > > > connect both worlds, often through means of organizing networks,
> > > > > meetings and competitions. They operate in i.e. life sciences,
> > > > > international law, co-innovation and incubator / science park
> > > > development.
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> > > > > Right now [I am] doing a brief feasibility study and drafts [for] the
> > > > > outlines of the competition, and [I am] seeking input to help shape
> > the
> > > > > concept. Your thoughts or just simple support would be much
> > appreciated."
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> > > > > If you're interested in weighing in, get in touch with Pieter, who is
> > > > > cc'd on this email!
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> > > > > All the best,
> > > > > Cathal
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> > > > > --www.indiebiotech.com
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