Introductions and Volunteering with BwoB
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Introduction to BwoB
We have a new lab space in Long Island City (NYC) and equipment is gradually being set up there. Check out the website and/or sign up for our mailing list for more general updates.
As you may know, Biotech Without Borders is an entirely volunteer-run organization with no plans to change this structure. Our officers are a core group of volunteers who have developed relationships with each other and are currently tasked with formalizing the documents we need to operate. However formal documents are no substitute for building relationships with each other.
Purpose of the thread
New community members join the Loomio at some frequency and I am excited to learn more about you and hopefully see you in the lab when you are able to come. I see everyone associated with Biotech Without Borders as a community from which folks may emerge to take on responsibilities necessary for our continuation. Knowing each other's skills and interests helps us understand what our collective power can be. Importantly I want our community to also forge connections between each other and imagine what they can do with the assistance of each other.
Previously folks were invited to contribute to building a shared agenda and follow along with our activities on our Community Sheet. It wasn't used as much as I would like and there was some chaos on Google docs which led me to migrate to this platform which affords more moderation tool and is better aligned with the idea of being a collective. Meeting notes are now held here accessible by members.
If you have questions for the group please start a poll!
If you want to volunteer with something specifically let us know in a comment. This might be a good way of learning some of the Loomio ropes to begin (see the help thread for more information).
I will be reaching out on this thread with projects that need volunteers that would be appropriate for newcomers to join. But please keep your eye our for threads or polls marked as "opportunities" for other places you may be able to help. These posts may be moved to their own threads as appropriate.
Community introductions
Many of you have told me about yourself but there are others here who may be interested to know more about you. So please introduce yourself below in a comment. I will pin them to the timeline and you are welcome to edit them as you see fit. You are also able to edit a profile (which is standard across any Loomio group you join since we are using their server, but may disappear if we migrate to our own server) using the "Edit Profile" menu in the sidebar.
Daniel Wray Tue 7 Jun 2022 6:30AM
Just making a bioluminescent plant to start. I'd like to tinker with neurons by the end of the summer though. I'll have to revisit the igem tutorial about using databases. Should I finishing signing up? I mean can I get help pretty immediately?
Danny Tue 7 Jun 2022 4:18PM
We don't do human cell culture and I'm not familiar with non-human neuronal models. So that's something to consider when planning that work. I made a specific contribution tier for folks looking for some sort of consultation, but hanging out could also be a way of learning. I'm in the lab most days but I can also be quite busy. We could have a thread in the members subgroup discussing your project(s) though, that might be interesting for others to see and give them an opportunity to jump in there.
adrian Tue 5 Jul 2022 5:17PM
Hello, I'm Adrian and I'm the organizer for a community bio in Canada and also the author of several devices in the diy bio sphere most of them posted at http://specyal.com/diybio/. I also started to upload videos about the devices at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPW8qUh3Fhl35VwUN7RXtVw
My son summed them as blurry, boring and no subscribers. Prove him wrong. I'm fascinated and passionate about applied molecular biology.
Sana Jalili Mon 18 Jul 2022 12:02PM
Hello all! I am Sana Jalili.A person with Microbiology Background .(MS Microbiology) ,Worked in Academia as teacher . I am from Mumbai ,India . I was part of Manuprakash Frugal Course 2020 & 2022 (Plant AntiMicrobial Discovery Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiR31yx7rnU&feature=youtu.be & Erythrosight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaDRJxJsN_0
Team Open Sci Global 2021 (Friendzymes ) : https://2021.igem.org/Team:Open_Science_Global/Description
Researchgate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sana-Jalili
Linked IN : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sana-jalili-aa122470/?originalSubdomain=in
Orcid ID : https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-6266-9242
Twitter : https://twitter.com/chitinaseeeeeee
Happy to connect with you all.
Samuel Akinosho Mon 22 Aug 2022 3:25PM
Hello all, I'm Samuel, a software engineer and physicist super interested in Bio-tech and looking forward to contributing in any way I can.
Sümeyye Tue 1 Nov 2022 2:31AM
Hello everyone; I'm Sumeyye Yar. I'm a scientist and science outreach educator with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics. My specific area of expertise is in Cardiovascular/Cardiometabolic diseases linked to cardiac muscle. I previously worked as an instructor at Genspace and a science outreach educator at the DNA learning center of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. I'm also a DIY BIO and BioArt enthusiast. I did research at BWOB before, but this time my collaboration with Jen Liu, a visual artist, brought me here. I look forward to connecting with you, so please feel free to reach out.
Ellen Jorgensen Tue 1 Nov 2022 11:30AM
Welcome back Sumeyye and Jen!
Ibrahim Dulijan Wed 2 Nov 2022 2:38AM
Great to see you here Sumeyye!
Susan Harrington Wed 2 Nov 2022 1:35PM
Welcome and thank you for the introduction, Sumeyye. :)
Danny · Mon 6 Jun 2022 1:02PM
You should come visit the site!
Also I'll say looking at structure on pymol is very different that gathering data for that structure. What sort of things are you thinking about making?