https://www.genspace.org/featured-projects daily 0.75 2022-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1641670160428-R08FXAT3JRBRCQX7PDXE/image-asset.png Press Collection - Los Angeles Times: The untold story of how a robot army waged war on COVID-19. EMILY BAUMGAERTNER In an old bank building in Brooklyn, N.Y., amateur microbiologists were tinkering with DNA when the anarchist appeared. Then came a robotics expert, coders and other industry revolutionaries. Before long, this collection of inventive, if wildly independent, experimenters would reimagine COVID-19 testing in the fight against a globe-crippling pandemic. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1641670160428-R08FXAT3JRBRCQX7PDXE/image-asset.png Press Collection - Los Angeles Times: The untold story of how a robot army waged war on COVID-19. EMILY BAUMGAERTNER In an old bank building in Brooklyn, N.Y., amateur microbiologists were tinkering with DNA when the anarchist appeared. Then came a robotics expert, coders and other industry revolutionaries. Before long, this collection of inventive, if wildly independent, experimenters would reimagine COVID-19 testing in the fight against a globe-crippling pandemic. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1660154262744-5RAK2V4S95YBLDZR4P63/The_New_Yorker_logo.png Press Collection - The New Yorker: The Rogue Experimenters MARGARET TALBOT The D.I.Y.-bio ecosystem includes a lot of do-gooders, and many of them have been galvanized by the covid-19 crisis. Ellen Jorgensen is a molecular biologist and a founder of GenSpace, the country’s first community lab, which opened in Brooklyn in 2010. She is now a biotech executive, but she continues to believe in the possibilities of D.I.Y. bio. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1641670092795-VQLEZ4HZJIQKXJQ5X2GW/image-asset.png Press Collection - Science Friday: Out Of The Box Thinking, Out Of The Lab Research ANDREA CORONA Ajaykumar came back to New York looking for ways to create safer, biologically friendly dyes. There was one obstacle: As a fashion student, she had never set foot in a lab. But shortly after she found Genspace. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1660155091995-A787R1V21FVJ9DHZRS6K/img-interview-logo---default-image-_184932830704.jpeg Press Collection - Interview Magazine: Swabbing for Love in a Laboratory of Genetic Attraction SARAH NECHAMKIN If you think it’s daunting to walk the streets of New York City on Valentine’s Day as a single person — or ride the subway or venture into a dimly-lit restaurant — then try attending a genetic testing workshop. Particularly one that promises to analyze your genome for compatibility, romance, and “chemistry.” READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1660155372795-7HGVM5YXU4M82XE90JBG/Sciart+initiative+logo.jpeg Press Collection - SciArt Initiative: In The Lab with Tahiya Hossain SOFIA FORTUNATO “My current research development is going into more advanced samples of the SCOBY with the incredible help of Genspace and their professional guidance. I no longer have to do in my home (haha!), and am experimenting with color, temperature, and other elements that can enhance this textile to have more functionality wearable garments.” READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1528134067812-JC0KBW0ST3GLP3SRCXYW/cropped-stat-logo-teal.png Press Collection - STAT Opinion: Biohackers are about open-access to science, not DIY pandemics. Stop misrepresenting us Dan Grushkin “Yet the truth is that community labs like ours have more to do with science outreach and education than the scary-sounding research mentioned in the article. These labs, also known as biohacker spaces, are community hubs where people from diverse backgrounds and a range of ages meet to learn about biotechnology, work on projects, and share know-how and equipment.” READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1528133784980-SZ30AP099W9YML3OZCU2/images+%281%29.png Press Collection - BRICTV: Biotechnology Lab Provides Access for All Going In with Brian Vines “Here, we step into Genspace and meet the variety of citizen scientists who are working on projects ranging from biotech clothing to world-healing mushrooms.” WATCH HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1660227499506-CF56CY4OR3MXNBRZXHPQ/Proto+podcast+logo.png Press Collection - Proto Podcast: Enter the Citizen Scientist PROTO STAFF Given half a chance, non-scientists can also make discoveries that move medicine forward. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522871799581-E176KSZ9CY0L05VJ0TUA/fast+co+logo.jpeg Press Collection - Fast Company: Stella McCartney and PETA want students to invent vegan wool Elizabeth Segran Stella McCartney is partnering with PETA and investment firm Stray Dog Capital to sponsor the first-ever PETA Prize for Animal-Free Woolprize at the 2018 Biodesign Challenge, an international competition that offers university students the opportunity to envision future applications of biotechnology. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522182236233-K7C9Q6HI8BN686RAMHCH/Screen+Shot+2018-03-27+at+4.23.27+PM.png Press Collection - C.O. Design: A Guide To The $13.4 Billion Biodesign Industry Meg Miller Biodesign is a quickly growing field, and it will rely on designers as much as scientists. Here’s our guide to what you need to know. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1525289278797-YUP8MVLMEC4LTJPSXEIZ/SSIR_Logo.RGB_Black_tagline_984x234.png Press Collection - Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Civic Science Imperative Elizabeth Good Christopherson, Dietram A. Scheufele & Brooke Smith At a time of rapid scientific advances, philanthropy has a vital role to play in building a culture of “civic science”: one in which scientists take active roles as citizens, and citizens from all walks of life engage with scientific research and its social and ethical implications. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522182528805-HVBAYA4HQ9TIOE6E7657/screen_shot_2016-06-21_at_5.10.48_pm.png Press Collection - The Village Voice: In Brooklyn, Even Genetic Engineering Has Gone DIY Zoe Schlanger “Hacking,” in this case, is shorthand for “bio-hacking”; it’s a kind of half-motto, half–bill of services for Genspace NYC, New York’s first and only DIY biological laboratory. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522183252773-IKBDANPLQ9GESUVEO8QE/Screen+Shot+2018-03-27+at+4.40.31+PM.png Press Collection - The Washington Post: How DIY bio-hackers are changing the conversation around genetic engineering Ellen Jorgensen At Genspace, we believe the best way to understand biotechnology is to experience it through practice. CRISPR and other yet-to-be discovered genome editing technologies will be at the heart of the transhumanism conversation. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522181130400-4QSJPCD52O6XT1MFE547/Proto-Podcast_Hero.png Press Collection - Proto Podcast: Enter the Citizen Scientist Massachusetts General Hospital "Given half a chance, non-scientists can also make discoveries that move medicine forward." READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522186110445-YRE1B17XGV9LHN04ODR1/unnamed.jpg Press Collection - SingularityHub: Why We Should Teach Kids to Code Biology, Not Just Software Sveta McShane Over the next several decades we will develop tools that will make biotechnology affordable and accessible to anyone—not just in a university or even biohacking lab—but literally at home. READ MORE   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522185695080-FENLAJ7DCCNBH5KNNXAC/Screen+Shot+2018-03-27+at+5.17.17+PM.png Press Collection - The Guardian: Gene-trification? Inside the Brooklyn lab where you can splice your own DNA Olga Oksman The biohacking movement has created a wealth of options for hobbyist scientists. In Brooklyn, a DIY lab offers a place for the curious to dabble. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522183821671-WY5G31DCGEZZNQLXY2N3/q15_web_roche+interview_103579108_1536x1536_Original.jpg Press Collection - Mckinsey & Company: Exploring the disruptive potential of synthetic biology David Berry Three experts explain synthetic biology and discuss its potential to affect fields as varied as medicine, oil, agriculture, and even fragrances. READ MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588b7cc315d5dbdea1425e5e/1522871895362-P1NWDZSP4LONUS9OTXPL/SciArt+Center.jpg Press Collection - SciArt Magazine: In the Lab with Craig Trester Sofia Fortunato Each month we feature a member of Genspace, the first ever community biotechnology laboratory based in Brooklyn, New York. 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