Pieter van Boheemen

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    Pieter van Boheemen

    Pieter is a hacker, artist, engineer, researcher and teacher driving forward Free & Open Source Technologies as a catalyzer for social innovation. Until October 1st, 2017 he was leading the Open Wetlab, Open Design Lab and Fablab Amsterdam at Waag. He is an expert in biological technologies, an award winning entrepreneur and world recognized speaker on Biohacking and DIY Bio.

    He organized dozens of hands-on art science “Do It Together Bio” workshops, founded and led more than 150 Dutch DIYBio community events, runned the micro-organism store Pet Shop, and presented a YouTube channel on making and hacking things. The outcomes have been displayed at major international art, design and science museums and festivals.

    He coordinated several European research projects within his group at Waag and participated in KIICS, MakingSense, BrainHack and DITOs. After his period at Waag he went to work for the Dutch Rathenau Institute.

Articles

  • Citizen science at Waag
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    Open Wetlab
    06-02-2018
    Five ways for science to adapt to the “post-fact society”
    According to popular media we are living in a post-fact society. As we moved beyond a society in which facts and truth are used to prove a point, we…
  • BioHack Academy open hardware
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    Open Wetlab
    03-10-2017
    Five ways to make your Open Hardware succeed
    In a world where science is most often practiced in isolated labs, gaining access to the primary tools is of great importance to many independent…
  • Renew Digital art conference, Innoculab, Biostrike
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    Open Wetlab
    21-02-2017
    How to get in jail as a biohacker
    A new week, a new episode of #OPENBIOTECH! In this one I’m showing you how to get in jail as a biohacker. Yep, that’s right.
  • Maker Faire Rome
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    Open Wetlab
    30-01-2017
    The DIY Maker Movement is being hijacked
    Has it occurred to you that the far right of the political spectrum often uses the same rhetoric as the Do It Yourself movement?
  • CuttingEdge festival Oslo
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    Open Wetlab
    28-10-2016
    What to CRISPR first?
    At the Cutting Edge festival last week in Oslo, Pieter van Boheemen witnessed yet another debate on the future of genetic engineering. Unfortunately…
  • Open Wetlab Hortus Botanicus
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    Open Wetlab
    07-07-2016
    DIY Bio at the Open Wetlab
    Over the last four years, the Dutch Do It Yourself Biology (DIY Bio) community has continued to incubate and grow within the walls of Waag's Open…