Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking -- you can do it, too
Ellen Jorgensen is at the leading edge of the do-it-yourself biotechnology movement, bringing scientific exploration and understanding to the public. Full bio
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pentru a face accesibilă
din laboratoarele guvernelor.
să explicăm publicului larg
un laborator de biotehnologie comunitar
despre beneficiile
că potențialul pozitiv al acestei tehnologii
că presa are mereu tendința
nu lucrăm cu patogeni.
l-ar putea duce în laborator,
dacă caviarul e de morun sau nu,
sau dacă brânza de capră
îți poți analiza propriul genom
să vezi dacă nu conțin OMG-uri
în știința obișnuită.
și nu trebuie să explici nimănui
directivele de securitate.
calculatorului personal.
cum spunem noi în Brooklyn,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ellen Jorgensen - Biologist, community science advocateEllen Jorgensen is at the leading edge of the do-it-yourself biotechnology movement, bringing scientific exploration and understanding to the public.
Why you should listen
In 2009, after many years of working as a molecular biologist in the biotech industry, together with TED Fellow Oliver Medvedik, Jorgensen founded Genspace, a nonprofit community laboratory dedicated to promoting citizen science and access to biotechnology. Despite criticism that bioresearch should be left to the experts, the Brooklyn-based lab continues to thrive, providing educational outreach, cultural events and a platform for science innovation at the grassroots level. At the lab, amateur and professional scientists conduct award-winning research on projects as diverse as identifying microbes that live in Earth's atmosphere and (Jorgensen's own pet project) DNA-barcoding plants, to distinguish between species that look alike but may not be closely related evolutionarily. Fast Company magazine named Genspace one of the world's "Top 10 innovative companies in education."
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