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Revision as of 13:09, 29 September 2013
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Reflection on the Open Source concept
As part of our reflection on our participation to the iGEM competition and on the future of synthetic biology, we decided to work on the Open Source concept and on its impact in our society. Our work was divided in three parts.
- Discussion about the open source concept during small meetings we organised
- Interview of Ellen Jorgensen (co-founder and president of Genspace) about her views regarding open source in biology
- Development of a new open source PCR thermal cycle project.
Reflections on the Open Source concept
We organized meetings in which two or three of us presented a specific aspect of Open Source: what is open source, what is the place of the open source synbio in our economy, what comparison we can make between computer science and synbiology, what are the risks of biohacking.... After each presentation we debated, and we hightlighted the important questions we wanted to broach. A report on the different meetings we had is available here: .
Interview of Ellen Jorgensen
To further enrich our reflection on Open Source, we decided to interview Ellen Jorgensen about her views on Open Source in Biology. Ellen Jorgensen is the co-founder and president of Genspace (http://genspace.org/), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting citizen science and access to biotechnology.
The Open Source thermal cycler project
Our team decided to participate to the development of open source biology by designing an Open Source thermocycler, the PSPCR. We have created a PCR thermal cycler, trying to keep its price as low as possible (about 30€,i.e. $40) and therefore using salvaged materials and common tools. The PSPCR is the good example of the positive consequences of the development of Open Source in synthetic biology : everyone can make it, improve it and share it. The goal of this project was to share with other iGEM teams the PSPCR and to use it like a basic tool that could be improved.
Some parts of this project were carried out at the Electrolab in Nanterre (near Paris)
Photos of our meetings and of the human practice team:
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Writing by Caroline and Damir
