Genspace

Genspace
Formation2009
PurposeBiohacking, Hacking
Location
  • 140 32nd St, Suite 108, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Coordinates40°41′16″N 73°58′48″W / 40.6877089°N 73.9798782°W / 40.6877089; -73.9798782
ServicesBiosafety Level One lab, membership access, educational workshops, student programs
Key people
Ellen Jorgensen,[1] Daniel Grushkin, Oliver Medvedik, Nurit Bar-Shai
Websitegenspace.org

Genspace is a non-profit organization and a community biology laboratory located in Brooklyn, New York. Stemming from the hacking, biohacking, and DIYbio movements, Genspace has focused (since 2009) on supporting citizen science and public access to biotechnology.[2] Genspace opened the first community biology lab in 2010[3] and a Biosafety Level One laboratory in December of that year.[4][5] Since its opening, Genspace has supported projects, events, courses, art, and general community resources concerning biology, biotechnology, synthetic biology, genetic engineering, citizen science, open source software, open source hardware, and more.

A collaboration between Genspace and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory earned a second place win from the American Society for Microbiology's 2015 AgarArt competition.[6]

  • Objects made from mycelium
    Objects made from mycelium
  • Spoons made of various organic materials, used in place of plastics
    Spoons made of various organic materials, used in place of plastics
  • CRISPR yeast
    CRISPR yeast
  • The Genspace lab manager holds up microbe dye strains for a tour group
    The Genspace lab manager holds up microbe dye strains for a tour group
  • Leaves which have images printed on them
    Leaves which have images printed on them

References

  1. ^ Jorgensen, Ellen (20 May 2016). "How DIY bio-hackers are changing the conversation around genetic engineering". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ "About". Genspace.org. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ Mosher, Dave (2010-12-16). "DIY Biotech Hacker Space Opens in NYC". Wired. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Kean, S. (1 September 2011). "A Lab of Their Own". Science. 333 (6047): 1240–1241. Bibcode:2011Sci...333.1240K. doi:10.1126/science.333.6047.1240. PMID 21885770.
  5. ^ Mosher, Dave. "DIY Biotech Hacker Space Opens in NYC". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  6. ^ Dilger, Emily. "Announcing the 2015 ASM Agar Art Winners #agarart". Archived from the original on 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
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