Alexander Murer
Alexander Murer is the founder of Open Biolab Graz-Austria and Briefcase
Biotec. His attendance at student protests in 2009, where he adopted
ideas of a more self reliant, open & free education, ultimately led
him to independently work on biotechnology related projects and to found
his start-up company Briefcase Biotec. Later on he founded the
biohackerspace in Austria, Open Biolab Graz Austria, which is now the
first biohackerspace in Europe to hold a GMO license. His recent project
Kilobaser is a cartridge driven, rapid DNA prototyping machine.
Border Sessions 2014 - Wed, 12 Nov 2014
Synthetic biology represents a new phase in the development of biotechnology, in which scientists are gaining increasingly more control over the fundamental building blocks of life. By developing standardized interchangeable biological parts, biology is slowly becoming easier to engineer, thus opening up the door for non-experts to engage with the field as well. At the same time we are witnessing the emergence of numerous online platforms, where knowledge is shared by people all over the globe. In this session, three speakers will discuss the potential of online platforms, as well as the do-it-yourself community for the field of synthetic biology.
