DIY Bio is about democratization and demystification of biotechnology, by enabling as many people as possible to do independent biotechnological experiments. Driven by a dramatic decrease in costs to read and write DNA, and therefore program life forms, DIYBio enthusiasts explore how this may be used outside of the context of academic and commercial organisations.

The Dutch DIY Bio community started in 2012 as a virtual group on Meetup. The group was founded by Pieter van Boheemen with the aim to bring people with an interest in accessible biotechnology and the implications thereof together and provide a platform for the exchange of thoughts, skills and experience. 

Regularly activities are organized on this platform that encompass the field of art, design, hacking, citizen science, ethics and philosophy both at the Waag and other venues and organizations, such as the Groningen DIYBio group.

DIY Bio is an activity of Waag's Open Wetlab. The Wetlab focuses on life sciences and the design and ethics of life. We want to involve the industry, artists and designers, but also the political forces and the public, in the hands-on shaping of biotechnology, as well as in what biotechnology creates.

Project duration

1 Feb 2012 - 1 Jan 2015

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30
Jun
2019
Open Wetlab

Open Wetlab at Festival Invisible Landscape

13
Nov
2018
19:30
22:00
Open Wetlab

Tegenlicht Meet-Up 'Doktoren met DNA'

28
Mar
2018
20:00
22:30
Open Wetlab

Dokteren met DNA

8
Jul
2017
9
Jul
2017
Open Wetlab

Amsterdam Biohackathon

28
Sept
2016
08:30
18:30
Open Wetlab

European Researchers’ Night

13
Dec
2015
18:00
20:00
Open Wetlab

Digital biology and microfluidics hackathon presentations

29
Nov
2015
10:00
19:00

DIY Antibiotics @ Eureka! Festival

11
Nov
2015
11:15
12:15
Open Wetlab

Border Sessions: design with DNA

18
May
2015
19:00
20:30
Open Wetlab

Synthetic biology debate

22
Apr
2015
08:30
18:00
Open Wetlab

Hacking Habitat presentation & discussion

21
Apr
2015
17:30
21:00
Open Wetlab

BioHack Academy Graduation Show

5
Nov
2014
18:00
20:00
Open Wetlab

Next trends

14
Mar
2014
18:45
Open Wetlab

Transhumanism/Cyborgs & Biotechnology

24
Nov
2013
16:45
Open Wetlab

Pieter van Boheemen interviewed in Delft

5
Nov
2013
19:00
22:00
Open Wetlab

DIY Bio and genetic modification techniques

15
Oct
2013
10:00
15:00
Open Wetlab

DIY bio Europe meetup Brussels

2
Aug
2013
10:00
16:00
Open Wetlab

Open Wetlab @ OHM2013

19
Mar
2013
00:00
Open Wetlab

Symposium: BioSolar Cells