[Noisebridge-discuss] fridge at 83c

Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson mik at stanford.edu
Mon Mar 30 12:34:04 UTC 2009


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On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:50 PM, William Heath wrote:
> Oh man am I not the right person per se to lead this discussion.   
> What is going on is synthetic biology.  We are using cells as  
> computers to do novel important things.  The only marked hazardous  
> thing is like sodium chloride.  The rest is safe.
>

What? Kitchen salt?!?!?

> -Tim
>
> P.S.
>
> The experiment preparation we did this weekend did not involve that  
> hazardous material anyway.  We are following strict safety  
> guidelines as well.  Once again I am your humble servant.
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Rachel McConnell  
> <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> OK but we really need more info than this.  What is dangerous in  
> there,
> if anything, and what is the plan for dealing with it?
>
> Also: don't put words into anyone's mouth.  Nobody is "shutting down
> diybio", at least not yet.  What we don't have is the information to
> make any kind of reasonable decision, and I at least am rather unhappy
> that so little detail is coming out of diybio.  I'm glad you made
> history and all but what the heck is actually going on?
>
> Rachel
>
> William Heath wrote:
> > Marnia is the direct member sponsoring it.  My heart jumps out of my
> > chest at the idea of summarily shutting down diybio, I beg of you to
> > reconsider.  I consider the fact that all the materials to achieve  
> novel
> > biotech experiments are assembled in once place nothing short of a
> > miracle.  For what it is worth we made history this weekend.  I am  
> your
> > humble servant.
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Dr. Jesus <j at hug.gs <mailto:j at hug.gs 
> >>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:29:58PM -0700, Rachel McConnell  
> wrote:
> >     > In the interests of excellence, here's what I was just about  
> to post:
> >     >
> >     > Tim, can we get a little more information on what's inside  
> and who's
> >     > involved?  Also I will point out for future reference that  
> NB doesn't
> >     > take kindly to being dictated to ("may not be used for any  
> other
> >     > purpose") especially when nobody appears to have been  
> notified about
> >     > this.  Not Excellent.
> >     >
> >     > I think nobody will actively mess with this until you've had a
> >     chance to
> >     > clear this up, but I obviously may be mistaken.
> >
> >     I think what he really means is "may not be used for any other  
> purpose
> >     for safety reasons."
> >
> >
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Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu






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