Multiplier Event Waag | Amsterdam
Creative CRISPR
Do we need public bioengineering?
Do you want to create a biotechnology course in a non-formal learning setting? Do you think genetic modification can shape our future for better or for worse and more people need to be educated on these topics?
This Thursday, May 12, the Waag presents a Creative CRISPR Course: an educational toolkit for those who are interested in creating a creative biotechnology course themselves for people who want to learn about DIY labs, growing your own materials and genetic engineering but who do not know where to start because they have the biology or technology background. This open-source course creator could help you kickstart or improve your own biotechnology course for artists or enthusiasts in non-formal education.
The Creative CRISPR Course is an educational course for artists and the general public who are interested in genetic engineering and want to explore CRISPR-Cas9 technologies in a creative context. No prior knowledge about biology or experience in the lab is needed to participate. This pilot course was developed during Hybrid Lab Network activities, and it was tested with students, teachers, and people from different countries and backgrounds.
This course is the result of a two-year collaboration between universities and Life Sciences research labs across Europe on how to develop creative experiments using genetic engineering, including CRISPR-Cas9. The course aims to open up genetic engineering to artists, designers, and the public at large. We’ll have an international video call with the partners, that will be shared on this page on Thursday 12 May at 15:00 hrs. Offline event registration allows you to join offline.
The presentations will be streamed between 16:00 and 18:00 hrs. The exhibition and tours are exclusively offline.
Offline & Online
16:00 – 16:10 hrs: Welcome
16:10 – 16:45 hrs: Presentation of the Hybrid Lab Network Project and its outputs (IO1 to IO4)
16:45 – 17:15 hrs: Presentation BioHack Academy students
17:30 – 17:50 hrs: Introduction TextileLab & Fabricademy
Only offline
18:00 – 20:00 hrs: Expo BioHack Academy students
18:30 – 19:30 hrs: Guided tours in the TextileLab (tour 1 at 18:30 hrs, tour 2 at 19:00 hrs)
You can register for the online event here: https://waag.org/en/event/academy-show-2022