Victoria Makerspace

Victoria Makerspace
Victoria Makerspace Logo
Formation 2010
Purpose Biohacking, Hacking
Location
Services electronics, CNC, woodworking, machining and welding, Biosafety Level One lab, membership access, educational workshops, student programs
Key people
 Derek Jacoby, Thomas Gray
Website makerspace.ca

The Victoria Makerspace is a biology community lab, founded by Derek Jacoby and Thomas Gray in 2010.[1] The lab has taken part in the FBI DIY biology summit in Walnut Creek, California in 2012,[2] the first Canadian DIY Biology Summit in 2016,[3] and the iGEM synthetic biology competition in 2014 with a project on preventing dental decay.[4]

References

  1. ↑ MacAlpine, Winne (Oct 30, 2013). "Ideas Unbound". UVic Torch Alumni Magazine (Autumn 2013): 16–17. Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ Scroggins, Michael (Fall 2013). "DIYbio and the "New FBI"". O'Reilly BioCoder.
  3. ↑ "DIY Biology: From Basement to Biolab". The Science of Health.
  4. ↑ "iGEM 2014 Team Information". Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.

Further reading

  • Hunter, Justine; Giovannetti, Justin (February 13, 2014). "B.C. struggling to develop the trades of the future job market". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  • Gunn, Dan. "Victoria Makerspace on the B-Side". Retrieved Oct 4, 2017.
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