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> Biology-focused hacker spaces are on the rise so there are still ways to do research. I am very interested in this concept. Are you thinking of any in partic

> Biology-focused hacker spaces are on the rise so there are still ways to do research. I am very interested in this concept. Are you thinking of any in particular? I really wish people invested in public spaces people could go do science, particularly chemistry.

idrios 6y ago
I joined one called "BioCurious"[1] in the SF Bay area to work on a project making a fluorescence microscope. The project was advertised on Meetup.com which is how I found it, and there were other similar projects that met up weekly. If you paid a membership fee though you got 24/hr access so I met a person there outside of academia who was using the lab's resources to continue the neuroscience research he had done for his PhD. In the bay area I also know of CounterCulture [2] which I've only heard high praise of but I've never visited. I've since moved to Baltimore and found some places I wanted to check out but unfortunately because of Covid I've been stuck at home. [1] https://biocurious.org/ https://biocurious.org/ [2] https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ https://www.counterculturelabs.org/
- gww 6y ago
  If you haven't seen it Lior Pachter at CalTech has been sharing open source / 3d printable designs for lab equipment [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/lpachter/status/1354955229532360707 https://twitter.com/lpachter/status/1354955229532360707
  - dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
    Thank you!
- dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
  Thanks for sharing. I'm in Baltimore, too. Please post these places if you have a chance. Would love to check them out when possible. Searching the web, I have found https://bugssonline.org/ https://bugssonline.org/.
  - idrios 6y ago
    Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond to this. When I moved here I made a list of hacker spaces that were both general and biology-focused. I thought I had found more that were focused on bio but unfortunately I think you're right, for biosciences it's only Baltimore Underground Science Space.
acomjean 6y ago
In Cambridge MA there is Bos Lab: (microbiology). https://www.boslab.org/ https://www.boslab.org/
- dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
  Thank you!

idrios 6y ago

I joined one called "BioCurious"[1] in the SF Bay area to work on a project making a fluorescence microscope. The project was advertised on Meetup.com which is how I found it, and there were other similar projects that met up weekly. If you paid a membership fee though you got 24/hr access so I met a person there outside of academia who was using the lab's resources to continue the neuroscience research he had done for his PhD. In the bay area I also know of CounterCulture [2] which I've only heard high praise of but I've never visited. I've since moved to Baltimore and found some places I wanted to check out but unfortunately because of Covid I've been stuck at home. [1] https://biocurious.org/ https://biocurious.org/ [2] https://www.counterculturelabs.org/ https://www.counterculturelabs.org/

gww 6y ago
If you haven't seen it Lior Pachter at CalTech has been sharing open source / 3d printable designs for lab equipment [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/lpachter/status/1354955229532360707 https://twitter.com/lpachter/status/1354955229532360707
- dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
  Thank you!
dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
Thanks for sharing. I'm in Baltimore, too. Please post these places if you have a chance. Would love to check them out when possible. Searching the web, I have found https://bugssonline.org/ https://bugssonline.org/.
- idrios 6y ago
  Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond to this. When I moved here I made a list of hacker spaces that were both general and biology-focused. I thought I had found more that were focused on bio but unfortunately I think you're right, for biosciences it's only Baltimore Underground Science Space.

acomjean 6y ago

In Cambridge MA there is Bos Lab: (microbiology). https://www.boslab.org/ https://www.boslab.org/

dmitryminkovsky 6y ago
Thank you!