Garage Biology & DIYbio:

Because We Can, Because We Have to

To contact me after my presentation – text F3B to INTRO (46876)

Eri Gentry / @erigentry / eri@biocurious.org / @biocuriouslab

“To me, a scientist is bald with hair on the sides of his head. . . .

Scientists live in their own world and the rest of society puts them there.”

- Ashley (before visiting Fermilab, a protein-antiproton collider in Illinois)

“A scientist is a normal person. They have a life.

Scientists are just like you.

A scientist's job looks like a lot of fun.”

- James (after visiting Fermilab)

Hey, thanks for not hiring me!

recession-sponsored road trip

the comfort of your own home

Why in a garage?Because we can – know-how + cheap, accessible toolsBecause we have to – outpriced in existing market, not taken seriously without PhDs, IP problemRead: biotech world not ready for lean startups

Webcam Microscope$10 | $200

The Dremelfuge

Cathal Garvey

$55 | $500

OpenPCR

Josh Perfetto and Tito Jankowski. openpcr.org

$599 | $3,000

Open-source STM - scanning tunneling electron microscope

Sacha De’Angeli

$100| $9,500

SpikerBox Neuroscience for everyone!

Tim Marzullo and Greg Gage. backyardbrains.com

$50| $PhD

biotech without borders

we did it! 1st meeting in new space

inspired by MAKE work benches

CVS – high quality lab supplies

friends + fun + lab = endless possibilities

Singularity University – meet BioCurious

?Experiment with friends.

cheers to innovation in science

Thank you.

To contact me after my presentation – text F3B to INTRO (46876)

Eri Gentry / @erigentry / eri@biocurious.org / @biocuriouslab

Join us at BioCuriousOpening August 2011