Re: [DIYbio] Re: Is BioBricks Free Genes Project still maintained and alive?

 I mean, is it time to yawn on this line item yet ?  Scholars heavy hitting on the invoicing-the-learned-institutions on systems for a perfect world go nowhere. Until the things do something all the way, no decisions are made on what's what. I think that sort of thing is for all practical purposes, a total waste of time. 

But even a single line item in the full flower of the 'story of biotechnology' can be pretty remarkable. For instance, tweak crops so just the right amount of nitrogen is fixed back without fertilizer, or maybe cure a couple diseases here and there.

And this moves Biotech from Sciencey fun stories to the reliability of technology. And a DIY subset is a perfect straddle of Science as fun to technology, totally. So This is a good spot to discuss how to make things work I think first, since what they do is decided by crazy uniformed processes anyway, yowling about it is a waste of attention span.

Of course, invoicing 3rd parties to dispense wisdom nobody listens to much is great work if you can get it.

Daniel B. Kolis