Do-It-Yourself Bio Engineering

Posted on March 7th, 2009 in All Videos,Society

70 minutes

Natalie Kuldell and Reshma Shetty from MIT speak about current efforts to enable everyday hobbyists to experiment and build their own organisms. Whether it is making bacteria smell like bananas, or engineering trees to grow into houses, they would like to enable people to embark on such efforts by mimicking the homebrew computer clubs of the 1980s. Once inspired, check out DIYbio.org to get started and join the growing community.

  • DIYbio.org
  • DIY Bio for beginners
  • Ginkgo Bioworks
  • iGEM
  • DNA Wizard kit