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Engineering Biology in Cambridge

 
Read more at: Amino One Personal Bioreactor demonstration - making synthetic biology accessible to school students

Amino One Personal Bioreactor demonstration - making synthetic biology accessible to school students

Friday, 3 June, 2016 - 13:30 to 14:30

The Amino One is a laptop sized Personal Bioreactor and Transformation station that is friendly to use, accessible, and contained. It makes learning and prototyping with genetic engineering and cells accessible to students and teachers.


Read more at: CRISPR/Cas9 – the good, the bad and the ugly!

CRISPR/Cas9 – the good, the bad and the ugly!

Wednesday, 22 June, 2016 - 18:30 to 20:00

This talk is part of the "Postdoc Masterclass" for All Life Scientists series. Dr Aisling Redmond (CRUK CI), Dr Florian Merkle (Stem Cell Institute) & Dr Alasdair Russell (CRUK CI)


Read more at: [Open Technology Week] Open Technology Workshop and Maker-Faire

[Open Technology Week] Open Technology Workshop and Maker-Faire

Wednesday, 15 June, 2016 - 09:30 to 16:30

Open technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in many aspects of society. In this workshop, open to the general public, we will explore through talks and demos many aspects of open technologies and their implications in the context of research and education.


Read more at: [Open Technology Week] OSF framework - platform to manage and share your research data

[Open Technology Week] OSF framework - platform to manage and share your research data

Thursday, 9 June, 2016 - 16:00 to 17:00

Open Science Framework (OSF) is an open source platform to support researchers during the entire research lifecycle: from the start of the project, through data creation, editing and sharing with collaborators and concluding with data publication.


Read more at: [Open Technology Week] Improving the research process - discussing an 'open research' position

[Open Technology Week] Improving the research process - discussing an 'open research' position

Wednesday, 8 June, 2016 - 15:00 to 16:30

How can we ensure that researchers are rewarded for the quality of their research and not only for the impact factor of the journals in which they publish? What needs to happen so the quality of the whole research process is taken into account when considering recruitment or academic promotions?


Read more at: [Open Technology Week] Open Technology for Development Make-a-thon

[Open Technology Week] Open Technology for Development Make-a-thon

Thursday, 9 June, 2016 - 10:00 to Wednesday, 15 June, 2016 - 17:00

The Open Technology for Development Make-a-thon brings hardware design challenges from international development and humanitarian contexts to problem-solvers who are challenged over the course of five days to prototype solutions using open source technologies. Open to Undergraduates at the University of Cambridge from any subject.


Read more at: [Open Technology Week] Arduino and sensors workshop

[Open Technology Week] Arduino and sensors workshop

Wednesday, 8 June, 2016 - 09:30 to 16:30

One day Arduino workshop 8 June 2016 Department of Engineering For beginners, intermediate, advanced users of Arduinos - Part of Open Technology Week 2016


Read more at: Technology for the Bottom Billion Workshop - Call for Contributions
Technology for the Bottom Billion Workshop - Call for Contributions

Technology for the Bottom Billion Workshop - Call for Contributions

18 May 2016

Cambridge is a global leader in science and technology, and advances pioneered in Cambridge have impacted significantly on the lives of the world’s poorest and most marginalised people. This workshop brings together people who are evolving innovative technological responses to challenges faced by people who live on less than $2 per day.


Read more at: Open Source Hardware Camp

Open Source Hardware Camp

Saturday, 3 September, 2016 - 09:00 to Sunday, 4 September, 2016 - 17:00

SynBio Fund grantee Tobis Wenzel (Department of Physics) attended this camp last year and ran a 'build a microscope' workshop featuring Dr Richard Bowman's (Department of Physics) 3D-printed microscope. He also presented the OpenPlant Fund support DocuBricks project. The event comes recommended for those with an interest in open source hardware!


Read more at: Workshop on Genotype Phenotype Maps 2016 Announcement

Workshop on Genotype Phenotype Maps 2016 Announcement

Thursday, 8 September, 2016 - 09:00 to Friday, 9 September, 2016 - 18:00

The organisers of IWGPM 2016 are inviting scientists from biology, physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields to participate in the International Workshop on Genotype-Phenotype Maps 2016, to be held at the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge from 8-9 September 2016. Both talks and posters are welcome.