We’re excited to bring back our second installment of our popular Teen Bio Summer Workshop! This year we’re focusing on DNA Barcoding and how we can use this technique to better study and understand biodiversity. In this week long workshop, teen scientists will learn how to perform and apply real-life laboratory skills not typically taught […]
DNA Barcoding with The New School
The Decatur Makers Community Lab was excited to welcome Ms. Rutland’s biology students from The New School to the space for a hands-on DNA Barcoding Lab. Using real-world molecular biology techniques, these students extracted and analyzed DNA from invertebrate specimens in order to confirm their identities down to the species level. At the completion of the […]
Do-It-Yourself Biology: A Different Kind of Making
What comes to mind when you think of a makerspace? Maybe it’s 3D printers. Maybe it’s a workshop. Maybe it’s a bunch of people hacking together electronics. Or maybe it’s a mystery. But have you ever thought a makerspace could be a place to experiment with biology? Do-it-yourself Biology, or DIYbio for short, is a […]