Synthetic Biology at Science House

ScienceHouse is a cool organization with a mission to "bring people together to promote and advance science." Small, infomal meetings are their specialty. Recently, two of our DIYbio NYC denizens spoke at a gathering focused on syntheric biology. Check it out on the ScienceHouse website at http://sciencehouse.com/inside-sciencehouse/2009/11/synthetic-biology/

Also, we'll soon post more about ScienceHouse, including a special workshop on Biosecurity arranged in conjunction with DIYbio NYC.

Watch video of Russ talking about DIYbio NYC:

http://www.sciencehouse.com/VideoDIYBio.html

Watch Sung explaining the BioBricks concept:

http://www.sciencehouse.com/VideoBiobricks.html

Fun with the webcam microscope

Well, we followed the advice of the Boston DIYbio group and took the webcam apart to reverse the lens properly. When we get together next week, we'll build a stage for it so we can control the focus. For now, by holding it steady and putting it near Brian's chin, we caught a pretty impressive view of his five o"clock shadow. Can you say "Too much information"?

We also tried parts of a flower- stamens and pistils- but could not hold it steady enough to get a similarly good picture.