[Noisebridge-discuss] Bio Hackers and geniuses, I want to use electronics to work with dna somehow

[Praveen Sinha]

Hey William,

A low cost microarray spotter would be a cool project, although we'd
still have to be able to fragment, amplify and dye our oligos or
whatever.   I am definitely all for advocating novel uses of inkjet
printers though :)  (I worked at a microarray company so I'm really
familiar with how much of a pain in the ass it is to print these
things).

   http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/42405
       ^^ here's an interesting paper/thesis on microarray and low
cost microarray fab

Let's get together sometime and talk!

Cheers,
Praveen

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, William Heath <wgheath at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rigel,
>
> Here is what I understand about DNA chips etc...:
>
> DNA actually has a certain resistance and it is possible to measure that.  I
> am also interested in automating DNA experiments the way the genome was
> decoded.  I am curious how to do this.  Anyway does that help you to
> understand more of what I am talking about?  The inkjet idea is way cool
> though!
>
> -Tim
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Rigel Christian <rigelc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> first off, i think you should define your problem better.
>>
>> second, while it's concievable that you could use an inkjet print head
>> to create gene chips, this still requires you to have made up all the
>> sequences that you want to test for. then you do your testing.
>>
>> then you have to figure out how to read it.
>>
>> i'm willing to consult with you on this if you have additional questions.
>>
>> also, read this if you havent already:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna_microarrays
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:55 AM, William Heath <wgheath at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I want to be able to use electronics to work with dna somehow.  I am
>> > working
>> > with DIY BIO experiments and completed a gel electrophoresis project
>> > using
>> > food coloring recently.  Now I want to somehow use electronics/chips to
>> > work
>> > with DNA.  I know this is possible but don't know how to do it.  For
>> > example:
>> >
>> > http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/dnachips.html
>> >
>> > Anyone know how I might accomplish this goal?
>> >
>> > -Tim
>> >
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