Difference between revisions of "Pushing the P1"

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Revision as of 16:18, 27 January 2016

Introduction

Having a lab space and instruments is one thing, possessing the tools to do real biology is another thing. For close to two years now, the Hackuarium community has built a space, where people can work on projects related to biology amongst other fields. The pretension of the international DIY bio scene, or closely related biohacking scene, is to bring to the people the tools to perform and work on the whole range of biological applications, as qualitatively and cheaper than what the industrial or academic institutions do. To achieve such level, the Hackuarium lab has to be upgraded to a higher level of competency. This level is the P1 biosafety level were genetic manipulation open the door to a vast range of research topic and engineering opportunities. This scientifically enriching, yet delicate step, is now in motion but in order to start practicing several items involving legal, technical and community topics have to be settled. Indeed, our laboratory practices and transparency as a citizen lab have to be absolutely irreproachable. The challenges we face are described in this document. Hackpad first exploration document : https://hackpad.com/Wanna-go-P1--I8F1GOCYTR9

Timeline

Here is the basic timeline we will try to keep in order to make the project move on. It is obviously a "best case scenario" approximation.

Pivot Points

Here we develop and tackle down the most critical points of this project. The idea is to estimate if our space can accommodate such an infrastructure and if our community has the shoulders to carry the necessary responsibilities.

Enclosed space

Waste eliminations

Here we describe who can and accepts to eliminate our wastes at what cost and try to estimate the frequency of elimination. We base the frequency on a per project base. How many liters of cultures are produced per production? How many biowaste bag can be filled in a week? etc...

Costs

Service providers

Frequency

Calculated base costs

Here we estimate the cost of starting the whole setup. Taking a standardized transfection method, expression method, cell line and antibiotic for the whole lab, how much would it cost to start it up? What are the most important enzymes? Are there opensource alternatives?

Enzymes

Cultures

Wastes

Summary

Softwares and Databases

Here we discuss the gene editing softwares to design plasmids, primers and gene building blocks. A total transparency has to be implemented in order for people to follow our activities. What kind of database will we use to store the ordered primers sequences? Same for the plasmids?

Softwares

Database

Providers

Here we discuss the possible service providers, their costs and if they are ready to deal with us. We canot create plasmids without primers or genes and therefore need providers. We cannot confirm the authenticity of our work without a verified plasmid sequence and therefore need sequencing services.

Primers

Sequencing

Genes

Legal

Hackpad first exploration document : https://hackpad.com/Wanna-go-P1--I8F1GOCYTR9
As said previously our laboratory practices have to be irreproachable. We carry the "hacker" label and therefore, for the public opinion and the built of trust, cannot fuck around. We need to study in depth several aspects of the legislation governing genetic manipulation.

WHO

Swiss legislation

BioSafety Officier (BSO)

Annonce confédération

Norms

Legal