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Talks, Panels & Breakout Sessions
Throughout the weekend, Bio Summit will be live on Zoom!
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Events are being added every day, and the full schedule will be coming soon!
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Friday, Oct. 9 | Saturday, Oct. 10 | Sunday, Oct. 11
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- Bio Ethics Safety & Security 9
- BioArt & Design 10
- Communicating Science 6
- Diversity & Inclusion 8
- Fellows 1
- Fun Stuff 2
- Global Collaborations 8
- Governance & Leadership 11
- Guardianship of Ecosystems 6
- Learning & Education 10
- Open Innovation 7
- Power of Community 6
- Regional Meetings 2
- Responding to Covid-19 5
- Workshop 20
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Throughout the weekend, all events will be held in parallel zoom rooms. We refer to these rooms by the names of organelles in a cell! You can click on the organelles below to enter their corresponding Zoom room, or copy the link into your browser.
NOTE: ALL TIMES SHOWN ARE EASTERN TIME.
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Wine and Witches
Post-conference BYOB with Bio Summit co-organizers Alex Pearlman (MIT), Amanda Strawhacker (Tufts), and all other witchy biohackers who want to join us! This informal "Wine Chat" will center on historical representations of female bio practitioners, including artists, midwives, witches, herbalists, etc., and how these stereotyped images have impacted female involvement in the modern and future community bio movement. BYOBroom and your favorite tasty beverage!
ZOOM ROOM - LYSOSOME
Closing Session
Closing Plenary led by David Kong (MIT Media Lab)
Closing Remarks by Ladonna Bravebull (Standing Rock)
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
Hybrid Machine Learning Models to Remove Stellar Spots Noise in Exoplanetary Data and Learn About Exoplanet Characteristics
Removing stellar noise in data from space telescopes is essential if we have to analyse the data further to understand the predict the physical properties and chemical composition of the exoplanets.
Soil Microscopy: Observing Life In The Soils
Join us to understand how closely tied the quality of our soils are to the benefits they provide to our health, environment, and society.
Centre of Open Innovation on Biotechnology and Climate Change Mitigation
Join us to learn about agricultural innovations that we are creating such as biofertilizers, soil and biodiversity regeneration practices and CO2 fixation.
Responding to Covid-19: Lightning Talks
Translations 4 Our Nations: Pandemic Communication to Indigenous Communities by Victor Lopez-Carmen (Harvard Medical School, USA)
From labs to social media: The Role of Indonesian Scientists facing COVID-19 Infodemics by Sahal Sabilil Muttaqin (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
Q&A: 5 min
Change in education from classroom to Online Portals and open science sources by Muhammad Atif and Saleem Ullah (Biohack Peshawar, Pakistan)
Rapid development of emerging virus diagnostics for low-resource locations by Marc Expòsit Goy and coauthors (MIT and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Responsive Design for Emergency by Michael Hurtado Enríquez (Colegio Aleph, Peru)
ZOOM ROOM: RIBOSOME
https://mit.zoom.us/j/99515146425
Q&A: 5 min
Latin American Bio Summit
Breakout session with Isis Eich.
ZOOM ROOM: GOLGI COMPLEX
https://mit.zoom.us/j/97630135101
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The Open Yeast Collection, an open source toolkit for assembling metabolic pathways in yeast.
The Open Yeast Collection is a free, extensible, modular, multipart assembly collection of DNA parts for metabolic engineering in Yeast.
Themes in Communicating Science
Moderated by Amanda Obidike
4:00-4:45pm
Self-hacking for better health for women, by Sarah Lasso (Valkyrie Endeavour)
The Changing Nature of Communicating Science by Abhay Koushik, Mayank Saraogi, Pranay Didwania, Pradyumna Bang (SrishTaara Makerspace)
[15 minute break]
5:00-5:45pm
The Role of Science Communication in the face of Pandemic Conspiracy Theories, by Saleem Ullah and Muhammad Atif (Biohacking Space Peshawar)
How to Believe in Yourself: Selling Your Ideas, by Christian Sandoval (Universidad de La Frontera)
ZOOM ROOM: LYSOSOME
Responding to Covid-19: Breakout Sessions
Virtual Covid-19 diagnostic lab tour by Marc Juul (Biohacker)
Opentrons & Open Cell: Mobile Infrastructure for COVID-19 Rapid Testing by Chaz Childers (Opentrons) and Thomas Meany (Open Cell)
ZOOM ROOM: RIBOSOME
https://mit.zoom.us/j/99515146425
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Global Collaborations: Lightning Talks
The BioBox Project - A STEAMhouse X Materiom Collaboration by Zoë Powell and Sarah King
How to foster an innovation ecosystem in Universities in Latino america by Isabella Garcia Caffaro
Q&A
Moderated by Isis Eich
ZOOM ROOM: GOLGI COMPLEX
https://mit.zoom.us/j/97630135101
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3DuF: Microfluidics Design Tool
Join us to understand how closely tied the quality of our soils are to the benefits they provide to our health, environment, and society.
SuperMind Design
Join us to understand how closely tied the quality of our soils are to the benefits they provide to our health, environment, and society.
Telling the Story of the Community Bio Movement in Emerging Publications
Reporters, editors, and podcasters will talk about some emerging publications in the field, and how they cover synthetic biology and the global Community Bio movement. Moderated by John Allen (NCL BioBank)
Featuring:
Alex Pearlman, editor and reporter at Biodesigned magazine
Ewen Chardronnet, Editor in Chief at Makery
Christina Agapakis, Executive Editor at Grow by Ginkgo
Nina Alli, host of the Defcon Biohacking Village podcast White Hats & Lab Coats
ZOOM ROOM: LYSOSOME
Building a coalition for Open Source and Cooperative Medicine
Anthony Di Franco (Open Insulin Project).
ZOOM ROOM: GOLGI COMPLEX
https://mit.zoom.us/j/97630135101
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Biodesign with Grasshopper
The workshop is planned as an introduction to biodesign, integrating biomimetics and digital technologies.
Redefining the Narrative: Unconventional SciComm
Join us for a panel on using social media platforms to communicate issues in science and emerging technology. Moderated by Mackenzie Thornbury (BricoBio)
Justin Atkin (Thought Emporium): Doing science on youtube, and why publishing should include video
Carla Molins Pitarch (Elisava) - Guerilla SciComm
Darrion Nguyen (Lab Shenanigans) - Using TikTok to Visualize Science Concepts
Fernando Rivera (JourBiotech) - How to Disseminate Science Effectively
ZOOM ROOM: LYSOSOME
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92230200589
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Bio cybersecurity - An Introductory Board Game
What:
Bio cybersecurity (BCS) is a growing field of importance to organizations that utilize cyber components (like networked computers, password protected devices, mobile computers, or social networking) and biological components (such as biological research, medical treatment, or biometrics).
However, organizations that work within these two domains often do no consider the unique gaps in security that are applicable to them until it is too late.
Through the use of a simple board game, participants may be educated in the methods of breaching both cyber and biological defense apparati. This session will include being taught how to play, playing the game, and a feedback session to bring issues to the BCS community.
What to bring:
Just your mind.
ZOOM ROOM: CHLOROPLAST
https://mit.zoom.us/j/99871630836
Want to ask questions about the workshop: Email lpott005@odu.edu
Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) and Covid19
Led by JOGL co-Founder Thomas Landrain, Maria Chavez (BioCurious) and David Sun Kong (MIT Community Bio Initiative), learn about some of the projects that kicked off through JOGL’s OpenCovid Challenge.
Selected Talks by Open COVID19 Projects
Open Enzyme Production and Purification for COVID19 Diagnostics by Isaac Larkin
Quantified Flu: Using wearables to predict infections by Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
One Hour Covid Test by Sarah Ware (Bio Blaze Community Bio Lab) & Ellen Jorgensen (Biotech without Borders)
Open Enzyme Production by Scott Pownall
Corona Hunter by Aravinth Panch (CoronaHunter)
CoronaDetective by Guy & Rachel
ViralALERT by Ali Bektaş (ViralALERT)
Roundtable: How to foster successful virtual collaboration: Learnings from OpenCOVID19 Round Table
Participants: Thomas Landrain (JOGL) Kat Holo (JOGL) Rachel Aronoff (AGiR! & Hackuarium) Sarah Ware (BioBlaze Community Bio Lab) Martin Codyre (JOGL community member, GiantLeap Biotechnology) Tatiana Eliseeva (JOGL, Hackuarium) Guy Aidelberg (Cri Paris) Aravinth Panch (Corona Hunter) Ali Bektaş (ViralALERT) Ellen Jorgensen (Biotech Without Borders)
ZOOM ROOM: RIBOSOME
DNA Day: A Global Movement
Breakout session with David Kong, Rosann Wise and Kimberly Jacoby Morris.
ZOOM ROOM: GOLGI COMPLEX
https://mit.zoom.us/j/97630135101
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North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa Regional Meet-ups!
Get to know more members of the Community Bio ecosystem in your neighborhood and network with others in your region!
Remember to take a family photo and bring a fun prop!
North America Regional, moderated by Chazz Childress, Christine Marizzi, Corinne Takara, Mackenzie Thornbury, Sofia Lysenko, Andy Scarpelli, Craig Trester, Onye Ahanotu, Ana Ibarra
NUCLEUS- https://mit.zoom.us/j/92892308050
Latin America Regional, moderated by Thelma González, Mary Pulgar, Eduardo Padilha, Heidi Jalkh, Betsabe Román, Alejandra Sierra, Sascha Ram
Zoom: RIBOSOME - https://mit.zoom.us/j/99515146425
Africa Regional, moderated by Olatunbosun Obayomi,Jaiksana Soro, Stephanie Okeyo, Abigail Wilson, Amanda Obidike, Susan Moenga, Mowoh Azong
Zoom: GOLGI COMPLEX - https://mit.zoom.us/j/97630135101
Europe Regional, moderated by Adriana Daskavic, Mary Tsang, Roland Van Dierendonck, John Allen, Paige Perilllat-Piratoine, Christiana Gardikioti
Zoom: LYSOSOME - https://mit.zoom.us/j/92230200589
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Steve Cross: Stand-up Comedy as SciComm
Dr. Steve Cross is a geeky stand-up comedian, gigging all over the world. I also act as comedian-in-residence to research projects. He is also a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association, chair of the Royal Society of Biology’s Science Communication Awards, a previous winner of the Josh Award, a chair of two judging panels for the National Public Engagement Awards and an advisor to public engagement projects across Europe.
Bright Club, founded by Cross, is the thinking person's comedy night. Entrepid academics take to the mic and perform hilarious stand-up based on their research. They are based in Newcastle, UK and have expanded at universities across Europe.
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92892308050
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Growing Global Communities
A panel moderated by Maria Chavez (BioCurious), with:
Jenny Molloy (ReClone / Open Bioeconomy)
Thomas Mboa (Africa OSH)
Daniel Domenguez (AllBiotech)
Thomas Landrain (Just One Giant Lab)
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92892308050
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Chris Mason: High-Throughput Tools for Responding to COVID-19
Dr. Christopher Mason completed his dual B.S. in Genetics and Biochemistry (2001) from University of Wisconsin-Madison, his Ph.D. in Genetics (2006) from Yale University, and then completed post-doctoral training in clinical genetics (2009) at Yale Medical School while jointly a post-doctoral Fellow of Genomics, Ethics, and Law at Yale Law School (2009). He is currently an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, with appointments at the Tri-Institutional Program in Computational Biology and Medicine between Cornell, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University, the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, and the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute.
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92892308050
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How community biology labs promote research and elevate problem solving skills in the communities
During the resent months, the deadly pandemic Covid-19 has rapidly spread affecting every part of the world with the rural or sub-urban zones being affected the most. As a result, community biology labs located in these communities have sought ways to remedy the situation through biological research and seeking ways to engage members of the community in helping to prevent the continuous spread of the pandemic. These efforts can be seen through the participation of some labs like the Mboalab in Yaounde Cameroon in organising discussion session investigating how to use very simple , cost effective means to prepare hand sanitizers, face masks, and automatic gel dispensers that the community members could replicate and “home -make” their own versions. This is done through creation of an internal information department that is responsible for searching latest information regarding the most acceptable methods of preventing the spread of Covid-19. By so doing many simple methods are being developed and applied which follow the FDA and WHO recommendations in preventing infection and the spread of the Covid-19 virus and future pandemics or health issues.
By Mowoh Ndum Azong (Mboa Lab)
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
Linda Guamán: Assisting Government Response to COVID-19 in Ecuador
Linda Guamán is Chief Technical Advisor at Secretaría Salud Quito/ Researcher Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial.
ZOOM ROOM: NUCLEUS
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92892308050
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Open Mic & 99 Bio Summit Party
Join DJs Kongo and Nora for a virtual dance party!
Show up on the Zoom with costumes, flair, and good vibes!
Also, if you would like to share a performance, DJ set, or anything else, let us know at info@biosummit.org or on Slack!
Zap-pore: a Low-Cost, DIY Electroporator
In this workshop, you will learn about a cheap alternative to conventional electroporation devices, the Zap-Pore. First, you will learn about the high cost of conventional electroporation and why it is a problem.