@biophilebytes

Program Director, Bio+Design @thetechinteract | Glia academic turned educator | #BiotinkeringLab founder | Empowering w/ creative biology | #biotinkering | 🏔🏕

 San Jose
Joined September 2014
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Our friends @TheTechInteract and @biophilebytes are presenting at the #STEMvideohall! After watching, you can show support in the form of Twitter likes and shares! The team is bringing #biotinkering #biomaking #syntheticbiology to informal learning! stemforall2022.videohall.com…
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Don't just drink kombucha for #NationalBoochDay... instead use it to grow unique biomaterial! Learn how you can make your own biomaterial at thetechathome.org/makingwith…

Making with Microbes Ideas

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Your presents will cause quite the reaction when you use biology and chemistry to create the perfect gift tags. 🧪🎨 The BioTinkering Lab is back for the holidays!
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The BioTinkering Lab was full of beautiful, biodegradable color today! Thank you to everyone who was part of our Holiday Cabbage Inks activity, see you tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. for more!
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"Planting seeds and growing community" next up in @globalbiosummit in the D&I Power of Community track. @genspacenyc @Xinampa_Bio @SalinasLuggers @TheTechInteract @biophilebytes @CountrCultrLabs #GlobalBioSummit #CommunityBio
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#NationalMushroomDay 🍄
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Apply to compete in the first-ever Biodesign Sprint, organized by BDC in collaboration with @madebygoogle! Students, professionals & hobbyists can pitch sustainable solutions for tech-based hardware using biotechnology. Win cash prizes. Apply by 9/29: biodesignsprint.org
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Yay my first SCOBY/bacterial nanocellulose/kombucha leather! thank you @biophilebytes for the encouragement and tips, the and thanks to #giybiobuddies 's great video as well
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Help spread the wonder of #biodesign to new audiences + classrooms around the world! Our new book explores #sustainability, #circularity, #biotech, #bioethics, #bioart + more Please support our #Kickstarter (pledges in the next 18 hours get a discount!) kickstarter.com/projects/bio…

Biodesign Challenge: A Retrospective

An art and design book covering 5 years of biodesign with projects and voices of eminent artists, designers, scientists and BDC alumni.

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Sharing again but with higher voltage—rehydrated algae string is conducive!! Last image is before it was soaked over night and tested w/ a 9v battery. How might we program biomaterial circuitry into woven garments that trigger circuits when wet? @TheTechInteract @biophilebytes
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🦠🔬Microbe Mandalas! —Check out these tiny #diatom arrangements by Klaus Kemp. —"Diatoms are tiny single-cell algae encased in jewel-like shells that are among the smallest organisms on Earth..." ~100K living species! bit.ly/2zqPHAu #MicroMonday #MicrobeMonday🔬🦠
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Apply now to be a Program Intern in the Exploratorium's STARS (Striving for Trans-inclusion and Anti-Racism in Science-learning) program, in a cohort focused on creating educational programs. This paid internship is for 18-24 year olds: explo.me/8iy230rp2Z0
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Honored to work w/ @biophilebytes in designing & conducting this virtual forum that was supported w/ physical kits sent to teens in East San Jose, Salinas, & South Monterey County. Thanks to community partners @MCOE_Now @Veggielution @DigiNEST & Center for Land-Based Learning
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Bio+Food+Tech forum coming to life w/teen reflections on biotech, agtech & food systems education. Conversations to inform creation of future programming. Interesting to learn internships & tours are desired. Also preference for anchoring through the arts. bioplusfoodplustech.weebly.c…
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Can today’s dinner become tomorrow’s motorcycle jacket? The answer is yes. This Vietnamese designer is taking today's waste and creating tomorrow's raw materials. Check out Tômtex featured in @ISSUESinST issues.org/could-food-waste-…
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Happy Halloween! To celebrate, 🌱biologist Jason Thomas and I made bioplastic algae strings from @TheTechInteract using 🎃pumpkin purée as the base. We made it into a spooky “gourd”-ian knot/pumpkin!! @CorinneTakara @biophilebytes – at Palo Alto, CA
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DIY Algae string tied into Japanese Mizuhiki knots. #biomaking Recipe for algae string @TheTechInteract thetechathome.org
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Listening to Manu of @PrakashLab on frugal science at @globalbiosummit. So much wonder, food for thought, and reasons to be hopeful. "Access to science is a human right."
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We are very excited to have LaDonna Brave Bull, one of the founders of the resistance camps of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, join us for the Bio Summit !!! She will give a talk entitled “Scientists as Global Citizens" #globalbiosummit #communitybio
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Does genius absolve racism? Months ago I pitched an episode to @NPR’s Shortwave on decolonising science in education & assessing who we elevate as science role models. IT’S LIVE with some AWESOME educators who are making science classrooms more inclusive! npr.org/2020/09/30/918864226…

Want To Dismantle Racism In Science? Start In The Classroom : Short Wave

Some of the most prestigious scientists in history advanced racist and eugenicist views. But why is that rarely mentioned in textbooks? Today on the show, we speak with science educators building an...

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