5 Recommendations for Do It Yourself Bio in the European Union

Doing It Together Science received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 709443

Pieter van Boheemen-Waag Society-

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DITOs - togetherscience.eu

http://togetherscience.eu

A bit about me

Global BioHack Academy

What’s Waag?

Hackers & Designers Summer Camp / Teacher Maker Camp

We’re DIY

DIY Human Enhancement Clinic

Thnx Mary!Thnx Mary!

Methods

•Artistic research•Critical design•Social innovation

•Do It Together

•Focus on emerging technologies

Why a policy brief?

• The DIY Bio scene is growing

• The DIY Bio scene is changing

• The DIY Bio scene is in need

• The EU asks for it

Why a vlog?

#OPENBIOTECH vlogs

Policy Paper V 1.0

DiscoveryProblem

IdentificationSolutions Writing

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What makes a good Policy Paper?

Who are the key stakeholders? What are the most pressing issues? What are the options?

Who is the target audience and how do we reach them?

What are ongoing related Policy discussions?

What related policy papers are already written?

What is our vision?

What evidence is available on the value of citizen science in

biotechnology/life science?What is the potential impact?

What is the most effective format?

Online consultations Interviews Desk study

Online consultations Interviews

Public debate Desk study

Online consultations Workshop Interviews

Online drafts Reviewing

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Vlog topics

• What is DIYBio?

• What is the role of government in this?

• What are the expectations?

• What are the most pressing needs

Your input is needed!

http://togetherscience.eu/events/european-citizen-science-forum

The GMO issue

What’s up in Germany?

How big is DIYBio?

How about innovation?

How about investors? - IndieBio

How about governments?

What’s DIYBio about in Brussels?

How about science centers?

How about the green biotech?

Is DIYBio everywhere?

Voices of DIYBio

How about the EU?

How about bio volunteers?

Reoccuring subjects

• Understanding of DIYBio

• Ethics

• GMO regulations

• Innovation potential• Funding• Networking

Understanding

What’s so difficult to understand?

Open Biolab Graz

Citizen Science

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/citizen-science

Democratization

Citizen Science

http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n9/full/nmeth.3577.html

Open Science

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11693-013-9116-4

Innovation

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1751-7915.12715/full

Responsible movement

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201300149/abstract;jsessionid=D9DEF630E2AA3AC67757F6B4EAD6BC3E.f03t04

Composite movement

• Science

• Technology

• Services

• Society

• Humanities

• Art

Miha Tursic - Waag Society

Ethics

Core values in bio ethics

• Freedom• Autonomy• Privacy• Informed consent• Equality

Code of Ethics

https://diybio.org/codes/

RRI

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/responsible-research-innovation

The Spit Bank

Regulation

Biopunk manifesto

http://maradydd.livejournal.com/496085.html

Are these concerns legit?

http://www.synbioproject.org/publications/6676/

Directive 2009/41/EC

http://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/files/eudralex/vol-1/dir_2009_41/dir_2009_41_en.pdf

EU evaluations

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2016:808:FIN

Innovation

reagentlab.org - DIY bioreactor

DIYBCN - BHA prototypes

BeerDeCoded - Hackuarium

Protein purification - Hackuarium

Juicyprint - London Biohack Space

BRMScope - BRMLab

Electrowetting - Digi.bio @ Waag

What do these have in common?

Donut Economics - Kate Raworth

https://www.kateraworth.com

Most of economics

https://www.kateraworth.com

The Commons

Recommendations

1 Increase level of understanding

• Reporting

• Documenting

• Networking

• Advocating

• Value of the commons

2 Funding

• Adapt funding mechanisms

• Allow for DIYBio and traditional academia to collide

• Dedicated funding

3 Ethics update

• Reflection of the spectrum of DIYBio activities

4 Regulation

• Streamline across Europe

• Take DIYBio into account

• Design

• Evaluation

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• Room for more

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Thank you!

Keep in touch pieter@waag.org

Doing It Together Science received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 709443