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Victoria Makerspace

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Victoria Makerspace
Formation2010
PurposeBiohacking, Hacking
Location
Serviceselectronics, CNC, woodworking, machining and welding, Biosafety Level One lab, membership access, educational workshops, student programs
Key people
Derek Jacoby, Thomas Gray
Websitemakerspace.ca

The Victoria Makerspace is a biology community lab, founded by Derek Jacoby and Thomas Gray in 2010,[1] and was one of the first do-it-yourself biology labs, following the establishment of BioCurious and Genspace in the US.[2] The lab has taken part in the FBI DIY biology summit in Walnut Creek, California in 2012,[3] the first Canadian DIY Biology Summit in 2016,[4] and the iGEM synthetic biology competition in 2014 with a project on preventing dental decay.[5]

References

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  1. ^ MacAlpine, Winne (Oct 30, 2013). "Ideas Unbound". UVic Torch Alumni Magazine (Autumn 2013): 16–17. Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Jacoby, Derek. "A Hackerspace for Biology". Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Scroggins, Michael (Fall 2013). "DIYbio and the "New FBI"". O'Reilly BioCoder.
  4. ^ "DIY Biology: From Basement to Biolab". The Science of Health.
  5. ^ "iGEM 2014 Team Information". Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.

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