Hackuarium
Welcome to the Hackuarium community's wiki.
As you might notice quickly, it is a work-in-progress.
This page was launched during our 1st Ever Hackuarium Wiki Sprint that took place on 7 December 2014.
More to come! We are planning on expending the content on our 2nd Hackuarium Wiki Sprint.
DIY Bio
What is DIY Bio?
DIY biology (Do-It-Yourself biology) is a movement that wants to free the practice of biological research and innovation from the institutional and industrial laboratories. Pursued both by amateur and professional biologists, DIY biology is developing low-cost and low-tech solutions to problems identified by the community.
The movement is characterised by an extremely diverse set of practices and participants. Some call themselves 'biohackers', in reference to the hacker culture.
DIYbio.org and DIYbio.eu are the portals of the international and european communities, respectively.
For more information, visit the Wikipedia page dedicated to DIYbio.
Hackuarium Association
Hackuarium is a not-for-profit association aiming at democratizing science through public engagement.
Its members are people from a variety of background who are passionate about tinkering with biology in particular, and science in general. They are interested in open and participatory biology, outside traditional institutions. We want to promote interdisciplinary research and innovation, with minimal costs (low-cost), simple and accessible technologies (low-tech) and open source philosophy. We also rely on upcycling material from institutions and industry from western Switzerland. Our projects are initiated and carried out by scientists as well as citizens from a variety of background. Some are engineers, architects, designers, IT and computer scientists or retired professionals, but others have no scientific education.
Our laboratory in Renens is open to anyone sharing the values of the association and who is dedicated to follow DIYbio Europe ethical guidelines. We are active within UniverCité, an innovation hub opened in May 2014.
The Community at Large
The community is pretty shy.. more to come soon!
Events
Upcoming Events
- Every Wednesday, 19:00-23:00 #OpenHackuarium: our lab and space are open to the public. Get in touch!
- 2015.06.14 Tuesday SAVE THE DATE Opendata.ch/2016 Conference, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne.
- 2015.12.02 Wednesday 19:30-21:00: Openhackuarium vol. 74 with presentations about open source projects in protein science and more!
- 2015.11.28 Saturday 9:30-15:30: The real Beer DNA workshop Sign-up! Limited space available.
Past Events
- 2015.11.05 Thursday 19:00-22:00: Lausanne Open Data vol. 3 Special meetup on Biomedical Data & Ethics (more here)
- 2015.10.28 Wednesday 19:30-23:00: #OpenHackuarium vol. 60 Hackteria: DIY bio in Indonesia and the Biology of cheese and wine. Part of a week-long experiment with HEAD: The Art of BioHacking
- 2015.09.19-21 A long week-end dedicated to biomusical innovation with the Living Instruments project
- 2015.08.27 Thursday 19:00-22:00: Lausanne Open Data vol. 1 (more here)
- 2015.08.26 Wednesday 19:30-20:30: #OpenHackuarium vol. 60: Do we need Lac Léman Science Hackathon?
- 2015.08.20 Thursday 19:00-22:00: Drone Racing 101
- 2015.08.05 Wednesday 19:30-20:30: #OpenHackuarium vol. 57 special Fermentation
- 2015.07.22 Wednesday 19:30-20:30: #OpenHackuarium vol. 55 special Urban/Vertical farming
- 2015.07.18 Saturday 9:30-15:30: A first DNA workshop/workchoppe
- 2015.04.22 Wednesday 19:30-20:30: General Assembly of Hackuarium association.
- 2015.04.16 Thursday 19:00-21:00: Discussion with Le Pansement, a medical students association
- 2015.04.15 Wednesday 18:30-21:00: Practical Session "Garage Electrophoresis" with Le Pansement, a medical students association
- 2015.03.29 Sunday 13:30-18:30: Hackuarium Wiki Sprint #2
- 2015.03.28 Saturday 10:00-18:30: Open DNA Sequencing Workshop
- 2015.02.18 Drone night with Flylab Paris (part of La Paillasse) (FR)
- 2014.12.07 Hackuarium Wiki Sprint #1
- 2014.11.27 Roundtable at EPFL organised by BNSL
- 2014.11.05 NexTrends/ECAL Bioart conference at UniverCité
- 2014.10.22 Open Access conference at UniverCité
- 2014.10.09 Conference by French artist Lia Giraud
- 2014.09.25-27 Design Days 2014
- 2014.09.24 Conference by Nicolas Nova, co-fondateur du Near Future Laboratory et enseignant à la HEAD, Genève.
- 2014.08.27 Introduction to BricoBio Montreal by Sarah Choukah
- 2014.08.20 Introduction to La Paillasse Paris by Clément Epié et Nicolas Loubet
- 2014.06.06-07 Water Hackathon organised by Hackteria
Participation to External Events
- 2014.11 - 2014.12 Re-Thinking Food, Gasthaus zum Bären, W.I.R.E., Zurich, Switzerland
- 2014.09.25 - 2015.02.22 LAB/LIFE Exhibition, Musée de la Main, Lausanne, Switzerland
Projects
Here, you will find the projects going on in the Hackuarium.
Active Projects
- Open-Food-DNA
- BeerDeCoded
- Living Instruments
- Bience (Beer and Science!)
- Protein purification systems
- Biodesign
- Spectro-pointer
- D+arty Monkeys
- Octanis
- Edible wall
- Projet Yann H
Archived Projects
- Mycelium Structures
- Live Type
- LivingLab Design
- Bioluminescence
- Quantitative Anthropology
- Impression 3D
- Projects:Dépollution des stands de tirs Suisses
- Incubateur bon marché
- Space Seed
- Reception d'images satellites
Practical Informations
Following this link you will find a general plan of Hackuarium.
Following this link, you will find the plan of Hackuarium with the position of equipment.
Rules at Hackuarium
This page describe the code of conduct for Hackuarium members.
Protocols
All the protocols that we use at Hackuarium can be found here They are detailed and structured so that the main focus is on applications. The idea is to give crucial information on how to apply the most common techniques of the Biology toolbox. The protocols are structured as follow:
- A scheme describing each
- A brief description of the protocol and its use
- A description of the different ways of carrying out the protocol. Ideally there should be a description of a commercial kit and a DIY kit.
- A description of the safety issues and best practice
- Information specific to Hackuarium and where to find the components, tools and reagents.
Instruments available
This page describes all the instruments available at Hackuarium (work in progress..), their location and how to use them.
Liste à jour de nos besoins en matériel
This document contains all the instruments and tools we need. If you happen to have a piece of equipment we are (or may be) looking for, contact us!
Where we shop
Consumables can be purchased from Huber Lab.
Swiss-based Smiples has a very extensive listing of second hand laboratory and technical items. These can be bought from their online shop or from Ricardo.
Options for electronic parts include Ebay (international), AliExpress (China), Adafruit (UK), etc.
How to built a new project page on our Wiki
People
Renens is a hopping hub - and our members reflect the diversity that is in and around Lausanne/Renens.
Check us out, and find out what makes Hackuarium a good mix.
Members
Hackuarium operates on a membership basis at this current time.
Friends of Hackuarium
Environment
Hackuarium is situated in the IRL building in Renens. We have documented our working environment as it has evolved.
We have a BIOLAB, a DIRTYLAB, and co-working space.
Tools and Equipment
Library and Reading List
Media and Press
- Newsletter
Wanted
Do you want to contribute to making Hackuarium a diverse and lively community? Check out our wanted lists:
- Skills
- Ideas
- Equipment
- Materials