Baltimore, Maryland - February 27, 2016: Dr. Sarah Laun, from Baltimore, checks a Pitri dish used for a bio-art experiment during in her class's fifth and final Molecular Biotechnology Bootcamp course at The Baltimore Under Ground Science Space -- BUGSS -- create bio-art as a way to learn about bacterial communication. Dr. Laun is the lab & program manager for BUGSS.
Attendees are, clockwise from left, Margia Arguello, Francesco Savelli, Tony Lopez, and John Massale.
The new CRISPR-Cas9 technology is causing worry among mainstream scientists that the burgeoning DIY Biology scene, like BUGSS, might be cavalier with things like ethics and lab safety. Proponents of DIY Biology spaces say they make strides to implement a “culture of responsibility.”
CREDIT: Matt Roth