Invitation
Biohackers,
A quick and short-timed announcement: FutureLabCamp2.5 is going to occur this weekend at the “t=0” hackathon / conference / festival at MIT. We’ll have a little brainstorming on Friday night and hack all day Saturday and Sunday.
We’re starting things off with a workshop on basic molecular biology on Saturday morning. We’ll walk everyone through genomic DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis with traditional equipment… then we’ll ask the participants to prototype a way to do part of the process better, cheaper, faster, or more DIY.
If any of you would like to volunteer to help, please email me (mac@futurelabcamp.com) – I have a limited number of registration slots for DIYbioers and FLC alumni 
Cheers,
Mac
About
FutureLabCamp 2.5 – Hacking the molecular biology toolchain
Biotechnology is expensive and complicated. It shouldn’t be. We’re bringing a conventional molecular biology toolchain (equipment and reagents) for genomic DNA extraction, DNA amplification with PCR, and DNA length analysis with gel electrophoresis. We’ll run a hands-on workshop Saturday morning to show you how it all works, and then ask you to hack on it and make any part of the process cheaper, easier, faster, better, more DIY-friendly, etc. Folks from the local diybio scene will be present. More info: futurelabcamp.com/boston.
Location and Schedule
where:
the Z center/Johnson in the “ice rink” (it’s near the student center).
t=0 schedule:
The t=0 official schedule: t0.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/t0-Schedule.pdf.
FLC sub-schedule:
6pm Friday night we’ll participate in startup-lab brainstorming.
11am Saturday, we’ll run through genomic extraction, PCR, and analysis w/ electrophoresis and then invite participants to hack on that toolchain until Sunday evening.
5pm Sunday demotime for all hacks!
